On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:18:02 +0100 (MET), you wrote:

>Mike Harrison wrote :
>
>> Use a micropower regulator. e.g. Holtek HT7150 - about 1-2 
>> microamps for the regulator and a few
>> tens of uA for the PIC, less if WDT is disabled. 
>> There are several other micropower regulators available - I 
>> think Micorchip inherited some from the old Telcom line,...
>
>Problem with the MC LDO regs, are that very few of them
>accept a higher input voltage then 6 V (!).
>
>Regards,
>Jan-Erik.

The Holtek one takes up to 24V.
I think the Onsemis go to either 10 or 12V from memory


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