Hello Tom!

>    Jean, you might consider implementing a simple 3-wire, SPI-style, serial
> bus depending on your application. That would eliminate the RS-232 `glue'
> since you are driving an optical network. All you need is serial data out,
> serial data in, and serial clock. It's much easier to implement in
> software.

Hey, that looks interesting! With 3 fiber optics I could send and
receive data! Oh, and I think that the 16C74 has SPI capabilities
right?

Does SPI and I2C meens the same?

Thank You,
Jean-Francois

>    - Tom
>
> At 05:23 PM 6/1/97 +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
>
>
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Jean-Francois Joly
jolyal@capitalnet.com