It's been a while since I looked at this, but Battery University would be a= good place to start. That and a copy of the data sheet for the cells you = are using. NIMH may be the most difficult of the common battery chemistries to charge = properly. My charger just barely fit in an Atmel Tiny26 and had six discrete charge m= odes, with complex rules for moving between them according to battery tempe= rature, battery voltage, current, probably a couple other variables I don't= recall. =20 --=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 .