> That is going to make a pretty ambitious project Flashing a LED (perhaps a power LED dimmer) or Hello World on an LCD is more like a starter I've done projects using both PIR and SMS and, whilst simple in concept, they were not 'very simple' to implement Not to say that the OP shouldn't have a go but I suspect there will be an awful lot of Hello World steps along the way Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .