> I'm going to carefully price out a few complete solutions > (wall wart and > all) and see where things come out. How much is flexible input power > requirement worth? I don't know how things are at other parts of the world, but I can buy a low-quality wall-wart for E 2 (300mA unregulated DC), a high-quality one for E 5 (1A switcher). For both an 7805 + some capacitors would do. Perosnally I always add a series diode and protection dioded for the 7805. Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products docent Hogeschool van Utrecht: www.voti.nl/hvu -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist