What Joe says is spot on,=20 I have had extremely complex code work first time, and a seemingly simple piece of code evade my personal debugging capabilities for a full day. "The Devil's in the detail" -Jim -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of IVP Sent: 02 January 2014 22:05 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC] Beep 3 times once a minute inside a timing loop >It all seems to be working in the sim Good luck with the real thing. Sometimes the quickest way is just do it and observe "Failure is always an option" I sometimes, not very often, put aside a day to experiment, with the full expectation that not everything is going to work as I thought. It might even work better. But I won't be disappointed if it doesn't work a= t all Joe -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .