::t ake 5V from your main power rail, run the LVX04 from that. Run 3V3 :: from your DSP supply and run the 9572XL from that. Inputs to the 9572XL :: go through 33-ohm current limiting resistors, outputs go through the :: LVX04 (which boosts the voltage to 5V). Doesn't the 74LVX04 go the wrong way for this scenario? Isn't it a 5v5 in=20 and 3v3 out type device? According to the Fairchild datasheet, VO =3D Vcc and max Vcc is 3v6. Were you thinking of the 74LVC4245A which can take 3v3 and boost it to 5v5?= =20 I'm thinking of using one of these to interface a Pic24 to a 5v GLCD. Colin=20 -- cdb, colin@btech-online.co.uk on 5/03/2011 =20 Web presence: www.btech-online.co.uk =20 =20 Hosted by: www.justhost.com.au =20 =20 =20 =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .