I may end up doing it this way (I've got enough extra pads on unused pins, etc that I could hand wire it pretty easily) but it draws 1-10uA in shutdown mode so I am trying to avoid wasting the power. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan-Erik Soderholm XA (TN/PAC)" To: Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:34 AM Subject: Re: [PICLIST] [PIC:] RS232 Driver IC Supply Noise > Another thought... > > You are switching the power line (Vcc) of the MAX, right ? > What about the !FORCEON and !FORCEOFF pins ? Could you > manage them from the PIC insted and leave Vcc connected > directly to the power supply ? It also have an "Auto > Shutdown" feature, but that might not be usable here. > > Anyway, using the !FORCExxx pins seems to be the way this > chips was ment to be used... > > Jan-Erik. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.