----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Adams To: Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:39 AM Subject: Newbie Question HI Ya All, Im new to pic programming and would like to know in lame terms hat is 'bit banging'? Phil Adams Well, hopefully this isn't "lame" but is in "layman's" terms: Basically, bit banging is using the process to control something by just turning digital outputs on and off or sensing by just checking a digital input. The term is very often applied to using this sort of tecnhique to implement serial protocols of one sort or another (async, SPI, I2C and assorted other alphabet soup). Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=T%20PICList%20DIGEST -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! use mailto:listserv@mitvma.mit.edu?body=SET%20PICList%20DIGEST