On 9/21/05, Wouter van Ooijen wrote: > > Now for something completely different: I think I have a realy original > idea (about reading a matrix keyboard with very few pins). I have > browsed a patent database and found some 20 patents in roughly the same > area, but nothing like my idea. What would be the next step to prove to > myself that it has been cooked up before, in other words: which other > reservoirs of knowledge should I check? > "PICkit 1 Tips'n'Tricks" #7: http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/40040b.pdf Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- You think that it is a secret, but it never has been one. - fortune cookie -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist