Well, Isaac led me down a half hour Black Hole at Richtek, following his po= st in the thread on "RE: [EE] Charger and power circuit for mobile equipmen= t". In the process I came across this application note, worth looking at for an= yone doing mains supplied LED lighting ... http://www.richtek.com/assets/AppNote/AN022_EN/AN022.pdf All about minimising light flicker in LED lighting applications. --=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 .