peter green wrote: >> Not critical, just above visual flicker rate and >> with a 0-100% adjustable duty cycle. > What else is the pic doing, if the pic isn't doing anything else and is > running at a reasonable speed then it should be more than fast enough to > do it in pure software. Nope, it has nothing else to do but manage the brightness of these three LED strings. -- #ken P-)} Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini http://Ken.Coar.Org/ Author, developer, opinionist http://Apache-Server.Com/ "Millennium hand and shrimp!" -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist