some 20 years ago, I built one from a simple A/D and BDC27segment chip. If I recall, it was simply a diode temp sensor, etc. (remember these from Pop Electronics? Oil pressure, temp and voltage. Had the only truck in high school with a digital dash...sorta) So....plenty of stuff out there on temp sensing....feeding as digital, analog etc and then drive a display. Search the piclist archives and glue it all together....can't get much simpler than that! _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads