I've used the 12C509 OTP at 9600 with great success. But just receiving data. I dont use RS-232>TTL converter, just a 27K resistor. Octavio ====================================================== Octavio Nogueira - e-mail: nogueira@mandic.com.br http://www.geocities.com/~oct_nogueira "ProPic" Production PIC Programmer Windows under US$20 ====================================================== ---- De: David Duffy Para: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Data: Sexta-feira, Setembro 05, 1997 12:55 Assunto: 12C509 @ 9600 >Has anyone tried to use the 12c509 at 9600 Baud ? (4Mhz OTP's) >It works well at 2400 Baud, but even when using the on-chip calibration >value not all chips work at 9600. I'm guessing that the timing must be >off enough not to lock. The 509 is being fed from a PC via a RS-232 > TTL >converter. When I use the JW chip, all is OK. I've run the simulator with >stopwatch and I get the exact bit delays required. I get the feeling that >9600 Baud with these chips is never going to be reliable using the 4Mhz >internal oscillator. Any ideas or comments would be appreciated. :-) >Thanks...