Everyone,

   I appreciate your input 1st and foremost. I am new
to designing circuits, and was looking to see if there
is a general rule of thumb. What I am looking to do is
get input from one serial (232) input and using an AND
gate switch between two outputs using a PIC to set the
second input of the gate high (the 232 input on the
other.) I know I cannot simply wire them straight
together, I will need some resistance and capacitance
somewhere, I was trying to figure out where without
having someone else answer the question for me.

This is why I was looking for a general rule of thumb
on using resistors and caps.

Also LED get REALLY REALLY bright before they blow.
8-)

Keith


--- Aaron Blohowiak <ellipsis@HOME.COM> wrote:
> checkit:
>
>
http://faculty.millikin.edu/~jaskill.nsm.faculty.mu/newphyslab9.html
>
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/courses/es154/pages/nicetut/
> http://www.pcguide.com/intro/fun/components-c.html
>
http://www.gae.ucm.es/~padilla/extrawork/electronics.html
> http://www.saburchill.com/tech/adobe/001.pdf
>
> (if i can find all this in 5 min using google, so
> can you =) [assuming you
> have a cable modem, maybe 10 mins if you dont;)])
>
> Aaron
> [snip]
> > I guess the question is:
> >
> > I would use a capacitor when (or if) . . .
> >
> > I would use a resistor when (or if ) . . .
> [/snip]
>
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