I haven't followed the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned Roman Black's Zero-power self switch ? http://www.romanblack.com/self_swi.htm I'm not sure it meets all the OPs requirements, but interesting non the less. -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body