An interesting article on "eblocks" being developed at U.C. Riverside, based on the PIC 16F628. Check out http://slashdot.org/articles/04/04/16/1819226.shtml?tid=137&tid=159&tid=186 and http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~eblock/ Bill -- 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