Hi there, Most probably a old issue on the list. But what is the difference = between the internal and external reference? When will you be using the = internal reference and when the other?=20 I have written a algorith on the pic to mathematically convert the = 10-bit number to a number between Ymin and Ymax but the algorithm takes = far too long. Is there a way (hopefully easy) that you more or less can = convert the 10-bit number to say between 100 and 200 almost directly = (bit manipulation) without long and cumbersome arithmetic. Thirdly, in the datasheet it is mentioned that it is best to use around = 10K pots for best results. Is this now to get the fastest charging of = the capacitor and therefore the highest speed in the conversion or is = there another reason, because I have a joystick that only uses 50K = pots. What can I do to remedy this? Maybe put some resistor in parallel = with this? Regards Nic Scheepers -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.