It might be worth a second to look at this one.... Looks darn close to a low end pic to me and starts at 50 cents. http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=8317 05&highlight= http://www.microcontroller.com/news/freescale_rs08.asp "...uses the same internal bus structure as the HCS08, which allows integration of HCS08 peripherals, memory, and debug hardware." Comments? --- James. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist