I would like to thank everyone who helped me about this, now I = understand how and why? best regards, Omer YALHI > I would like to give an open drain output from a circuit (RA4 not = available) > The circuit works with 3V or 3.6V which transistor do I choose and = what > resistors should I use (or how do I calculate which resistor to use > given the 3V input voltage) I probably can use BD138 but I don't know > how to connect it to my circuit and the resistor values. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics