>Ughh...I really dislike up/down buttons for most applications e.g. volume >controls. A rotary encoder is the way to go for user freindliness is the >input has to be in digital form IMO. I concur; Digikey has one or two rotary encoders which are mechanical rather than optical and come out to be very cheap (relative to optical), i.e., less than $5. In fact, it sounds like writing the code to use the rotary encoder would probably be easier than what you're trying to do now. Mike H. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body