-----Original Message-----
> From:   Joe McCauley [SMTP:pmcculey@TCD.IE]
> Sent:   Friday, March 24, 2000 9:23 AM
> To:     PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:        Re: PICs and serial communications...
>
> You're asking a really vague question here. Lots of PICs have built in
UARTS
> and varying functionality apart from that. You would be better off letting
> the list know what else you need this PIC to do apart from serial comms.
>
> Many of the 16Cxx series have UARTS as do the 16Fxx series the 17C4x and
the
> 17C7Xxx.
>
> Joe
>
> I think you mean the 16Fxxx series.  The only members of the 16Fxx are the
> '83 and '84, neither of which have hardware UARTS.  Of course, serial
comms
> is possible with *any* PIC if you don't mind bit bashing it.
>
> Mike Ribgy-Jones
>


Ooops,
You are quite right of course!! I forgot the extra x in the 16Fxx.

Joe