At 08:40 AM 9/5/01 +1000, you wrote:
>Dave Vanee wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>> I'm trying to make a simple timing loop which will run more than 255
>> times.  I need 0.1us precision, so I'm using inline asm in a PICbasic
>> program.  The number of times the loop will run will vary from 0 to 9999.
>> I'm using a 20MHz clock speed.
>
>At 20MHz you won't be able to get 0.1uS precision. The instruction
>execution time is 0.2uS.

Hmm.. the *resolution* is 200ns, but the *precision* may be quite a bit
better.

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