IrDA has to be implemented in a Stack (See OSI) IrLAP(Link Access protocol
handles most of the difficulties)- THen there is IrLMP which handles the
connections. It can be very thin, but the trickiest part is that IrDA
pulses are 3/16th of the regular USART signals. I can help you some.

Kevin E. Dodd
Embedded Systems Consulting
kevindod@triax.com
503.684-3731 Reached at
541.753-3633


-----Original Message-----
From:   Nikola [SMTP:rzeff@NIKOLA.COM]
Sent:   Wednesday, April 08, 1998 1:23 AM
To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject:        IRDA ??  How to?

>Hi,
>
>I'm sure this question has been asked/answered before..
>How can I implement RS232 IRDA on a PIC?
>
>Thanks!,
>--
>Robert Zeff
>Nikola Engineering
>(209) 599-1989
>rzeff@nikola.com
>http://nikola.com