Depends if "Wiegand card readers" is referring to the "real" Wiegand wire technology or to the interface of the same name, which is technically unrelated: It appears it's the former from your description. This only provides a foot in the door, but ... _____________ Wiegand wire, basic principle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_wire Wiegand effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_effect _______________________________ Wiegand interface and protocol which is *NOT* directly related to the above technology but may be used with it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_protocol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiegand_interface Roll yer own PIC controller http://www.remember.ro/scripts/wiegand.php Interface definition http://www.remember.ro/dl/wiegand/wiegand.pdf -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist