In my test setup I use a single transistor to buffer the serial I/P and one
for the O/P, using Hyper terminal it never fails.

regards Chris Chamberlain


----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Farnhill" <r.farnhill@STOR-WAVE.CO.UK>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 1:31 PM
Subject: [PIC]: 16F84 Serial question


> Hi,
>
> I've Been playing around with some serial routines on a F84.
>
> With the PC serial RX pin connected direct to the TX pin on the PIC
> I can seemingly reliably receive serial data using Hyper Terminal.
>
> I thought that a MAX232 chip or similar was needed to send 5v serial data
> to a PC. Is this just a fluke or am I missing something here ?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russ.
>

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