V G wrote: > they seem to have > made their own instrumentation amplifier that looks like this There is no special magic to making a diff amp with a fixed known gain (instrumentation amplifier). You can certainly make your own. However, to get the same kind of common mode rejection ratio in your discrete circuit that is available in a pre-packaged unit takes part tollerance matching beyond what you can reasonably achieve. In other words, you won't be able to achieve the same common mode reject they can. ******************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, http://www.embedinc.com/products (978) 742-9014. Gold level PIC consultants since 2000. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .