Nice work on testing/verifying all the various circuits Luciano.

I vote we keep this thread alive. I can't help but think there's
a better way to do this with fewer discreet components, and
even less quiescent current drain.

Seeing all the various circuit ideas is very interesting.

Maybe we should create a new topic category named Tips &
Tricks for hardware/software solutions similar to the Microchip
web forum & Tips & Tricks app-notes?

These spark a lot of interesting ideas/approaches to doing things.