There's an application note on the microchip web page, can't remember where, saw it last week, it will be around the C84 sections Ken -----Original Message----- From: SavanaPics@AOL.COM [mailto:SavanaPics@AOL.COM] Sent: 08 April 2004 9:41:pm To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: Re: [PIC:] Magentic Swipe Card Reader and PIC Interface if you are looking for a simple solution, you may want to look at Magnatek.. I have several of theirs that are RS232. There are also models designed as a keyboard wedge in whickyou simple look on the net for some ideas on a keyboard interface.. The RS232 versions are standard RS232 and would be easier to implement with a pic Eddie Turner, kc4awz -- 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.