sorry on the late reply. No, he didnt really go into detail, just said...have you heard about...and then moved onto some issues I was having at the time. Its been about a month ago or so Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote: alan smith wrote : [about "J" parts...] > > If i recall the FAE, its primarily low voltage versions > only...battery based applications. > Did he specificaly mentioned battery based apps ? I'm asking since the J parts seems to primarily be larger, high performace parts, not small low power ones. It seems as MC wanted to be able to offer MPU's that didn't "slowed down" at 3.3 V. Many/most F-parts can't run at full speed at that voltage. Jan-Erik. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --------------------------------- Relax. Yahoo! Mail virus scanning helps detect nasty viruses! -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist