>It's quite a complex curve, and I think curve fitting it would >be a long involved task (unless Excel does this automatically >somehow? ) Excel does have an equation solver. You need to enable it in the add-in's section to get access to it though. The little I have used it, it did seem to be quite capable. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads