>*>I am developing a 16C84 PIC based product with and RS-232 interface and a
>*>Real-Time Clock.  Any hints, suggestions or recommendations?
>*>
>*>Dan Garlen
>
>For the clock:  Philips PCF8573 or PCF8583 - Since the `84 has I2C
>built in these should work fine.
>
>
 Wait a second. Since when does the '84 have I2C built in? On the other
hand it does not take much code to handle the I2C primitives. If you just
want to talk to a single I2C slave (such as the PCF8583) then it really is no
problem at all.

 Speaking of which.

 I have on hand a quantity of SMD PCF8583 (I2C real time clock,with 256
bytes ram) that I don't have an immediate use for. If anybody wants some for
experimental uses then send a self addressed stamped envelope to the below
address and I'll drop a couple of chips along with 32khz xtals into it and
smail it back to you. Keep in mind these are surface mount devices.
 I'm doing this as a favor to readers of this list who have problems getting
samples. So to keep things from getting out of hand I'm limiting it to the
first 25 people and only one offer per address. As for data sheets and such
you're on your own.

 Henry Carl Ott
 22 Nixon Ave.
 Staten ISland, NY 10304-2210

later....carl

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