Murata have a very good tutorial on PIR detectors, but I can't find it on their site (yet). I've an old hard copy somewhere There's information here that will help though http://www.murata.com/products/catalog/pdf/s21e.pdf http://www.murata.com/articles/ta0851.pdf -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist