>                     I've been using PICs and Stamps for 2 years now.
> beginning at school and now playing with them at home using MPASM. I would
> like to start experimenting with the serial port. more precisely I would
> like to send 8-bit data to the PIC and get some back. My main problem
isn't
> on the PIC side of things as there is a wealth of code and examples
around,
> my problem is finding the software to send the data and to receive it. I
> have a little knowledge of using Delphi and QBasic but don't know how to
> implement the serial port. A program to send/receive the data would be
good
> enough at the moment.

For starters you don't need to write your own program at all.  User
HyperTerm.  It acts like an old fashioned dumb terminal in a window, and
comes with Windows.


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Olin Lathrop, embedded systems consultant in Littleton Massachusetts
(978) 742-9014, olin@embedinc.com, http://www.embedinc.com

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