>> PICs running IrDA? Are you sure they're up to it? I looked at the specs
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>of flaws in the protocol, entitled "101 reasons why IRDA should be
>laughed out of the room" or similar. I suspect quite a few consumer
>goods with IRDA ports just run as half- duplex RS232 ports.
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http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda-flaws.html

-dn