At 17:23 01/06/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello all you PICers out there!
>
>I was wondering, has anyone tried to use the 16C84 as a asyn. serial
>transceiver? What I need is two 16C84, one the transmitter and the
>other the receiver, wich will be used as an optical communication
>system. (Using Fiber Optic)
>
>If you know anything about using async serial with the 16c84, please
>let me know... Your help is greatly appreciated!
>
>Thank you very much,
>Jean-Francois Joly
>
>PS: For those who respond, Iwill get back to you as soon as I can...
>----------
>Jean-Francois Joly
>jolyal@capitalnet.com

I would go for a 16C73 instead if possible. It has a built in UART and you
will probably save the extra few dollars in your time.

If you really want to use a C84 buy a 10MHz one and run it at 7.3728 MHz
this gives nice neat conversions to bit rates right up to 16 instructions
per bit at 115k baud.

Hope this helps,

Keith.
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