What size pot? You need to meet the impedance requirements. You also should have a big cap on it, especially with newer chips I've found. Andy At 01:57 AM 12/21/02 -0500, you wrote: >I have been using PIC chips for a while and it seems that every time I use >the VRef option when working with AtoD ports on the mid and high end chips I >cant get the readings to settle down. I get a rough range of +-5 on my >readings. I I tie the Vref to VCC or disable this option it works ok. > > >Is there any hard and fast rules for using this option. > >-- >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body