> As for beginner friendly, I cannot stress this enough, start small and add > to it. Start with blinking an led, then go to four leds - hey that looks > like scanning the keypad ;o) Building blocks, just add one piece at a time. Thanks for the tips. Don't worry, I'm not totally crazy! I've already done some simple projects that are up to counting up on an 8 seg led display with a button triggering a count reset via an interrupt. And before adding the keypads, I plan on doing button sending midi output of a note on or something equally simple. = ) Thanks. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu