On Jul 1, 2004, at 7:49 AM, Russell McMahon wrote: > The supply is a NOMINAL 9 volt battery. These can start out with as > much as 9.6v (maybe even more at the very start) and down to say 6v as > a reasonable end point. Even at 9v to 6v that's a 3 volt swing which > is quite demanding for a microprocessor to handle. Say 2v to 5v or 2.5 > to 5.5. Since the tiny11 is spec'ed at 2.7 to 6V, that sounds like a pretty good match... BillW -- 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