these 3 things are exactly what i want to understand. this is what im having problems with to visualise and that is why i thought of turning to code directly. ________________________________________ From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of Jinx [joecolquitt@clear.net.nz] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 11:30 PM To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC]counting rpm with a 16F84A Do you understand how to make a timer interrupt ? For example, can you accurately time 1 second ? Do you understand how to capture input pulses ? Finally, do you understand how to relate time elapsed to input count to get the rpm answer you want ? -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist