> Microchip app note AN710 I have that and will go through it. Was the magnet question I needed an answer to. Only occurred to me because I happened to be working with a Hall Effect sensor and used a small magnet as a flux concentrator, leading me to wonder if that would also 'focus' an electro-magnetic field > **If** the plane of your tag **coil** is almost perpendicular to the > plane of your "pickup" coil you have near worst case orientation Fortunately, although moving, the Tx-Rx can be in a fixed, optimised, spatial relationship as they move together, coupled magnetically, hence another reason to ask (Magnets. Always with the magnets) --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .