On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 06:29:56PM +0000, ashly Dearden wrote:
> Nice new laptop with NO 9 pin D serial connection, just USB. Anyone have an
> idea how I can talk to the PicStart now????

Well the obvious answer is to get a USB/serial converter.

Another interesting idea is to build an interface using a 16C745 PIC with
a builtin USB interface. Since it has both a USB and a builtin USART, a
translator between the two should be a fairly easy task.

BAJ

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