You can go as fast as the hardware (or software, as the case may be) UART will go. Douglas Wood Software Engineer dbwood@kc.rr.com Home of the EPICIS Development System for the PIC and SX http://epicis.piclist.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Markus Vuori" To: Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:48 AM Subject: [EE]: RS-485 speed with 16f87x > Hi, > > You remember me, I'm the beginner planning a HA system. :) > So. I'm going to link pics together via RS-485 bus (using > for example MAX487). How fast can I expect to be able to > run the bus, 10kbps, 100kbps? I think I'll use the 16f87x > pics which run at 20 MHz. I think the distance won't be > the problem as the total physical length of the bus will be > about 200-300 feet (max). Thank you. > > Regards > -- > Markus Vuori | ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > Jyvdskyld, Finland | - against HTML email X > mm@vuori.net.NOSPAM | & vcards / \ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body