Hi: I got a Honeywell Q313 series "750 millivolt Powerpile Generator" and have measured it's output when in one finger of a gas stove flame. It puts out about half a volt at 100 ma with a 5 Ohm load (50 mw) and probably would produce more power with a lower resistance load. See: http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/batt.shtml#Heat Is there a circuit that would transform this into say 3.3 volts at 10 ma that would be suitable to power a PIC? Have Fun, Brooke Clarke, N6GCE -- w/Java http://www.PRC68.com w/o Java http://www.pacificsites.com/~brooke/PRC68COM.shtml http://www.precisionclock.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist