On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 12:36 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote: > > When I was using the Microchip MCU parametric search, I did not see > a filter for on-board power regulator. =A0Did I miss something > obvious ? I wasn't aware of PICs having this feature. I was recently surprised to see that Atmel has this in their ATtiny43U MCU. It can operate down to 0.7V with the right additional components. Perhaps look into how people do the fancy Christmas light displays. One strategy I've seen is to use RS485 to communicate between nodes. -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist