Its an 11.1v lithium polymer battery. I plan to run a voltage regulator to bring the chip voltage down to 5v. Sorry about the schematic, it may not look right, i drew it up pretty quick.

Thanks for all your help, the link was great and the code will help out alot. Seing it action helps me to figure it out.

I may have some more questions here soon! I started from the beginning and am starting to get a handle on all this pic stuff.....

Thanks to all