On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, rad0 wrote: *>I now have a on off switch between the wall transformer +V *>and the input to the 7805 If you use a wall transformer all you really need is a 1k resistor between Vss and Vdd. If you use batteries you want something else. The 5mA the resistor takes will discharge all power rail caps in less than a few seconds and allow proper reset at each power-on. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.