At 13:58 10/11/97 GMT, you wrote: >Hi, >I'm building a small project using the PIC 16c74. I need to use an >EEPROM to store up to 99 data files. Each file will be in the >following format > >$GPRMC,HHMMSS,A,DDMM.MMM,N,DDDMM.MMM,W,XXX.X,XXX.X,DDMMYY,XXX.X,E*XX,BBBBBB BB,22 > >The file contains the RMC output from a GPS receiver, followed by an >8 bit binary number and last of all the file number i.e.22 > >I've never used EEPROM before, could someone give me an idea as to >how to work out the size of memory that i will need. > >Also, after collecting the data in the field, I intend to download it >to a PC. Does anyone know how this is done? > >Thanks. >Ross > > Which receiver are you using? Your NMEA data isn't quite what's in the NMEA spec! And what is the BBBBBBB,22 at the end?! Adrian WWW WWW Adrian Gothard WWW WW WWW White Horse Design WWWWWWWWWW 0385-970009, 01189-628913/628914, 0976-387778 (obsolete) WWWW WWWW whd@zetnet.co.uk