> Really, really beautiful! I most certainly do NOT think it is a waste > of time! I find that re-inventing the wheel (under the appropriate > circumstances) can be very educational and can lead to discoveries of > improvements to be made. I agree it is really beautiful, although I would have preferred to see the = decoding part put into an FPGA instead of a program inside a PC. But the other thing I like about a project like this is that the person mak= es various discoveries along the way, and often comes up with explanations = about the discovery that help others who aren't ever going to duplicate the= ir project understand the technology they can buy off the shelf for relativ= e peanuts. --=20 Scanned by iCritical. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .