>     Then I wired a GPS (4800, 8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit) to the RX and
> all I have is a string of  b '00000001' coming out of RB3.
>     The baud rates are ok ( measured in a osciloscope).
>
>     Did anybody find any result like this with F628? Am'I missing
something?
> any gotcha?
>
> P.S the GPS is sending NMEA sentences @4800,8N1 for sure.

Is the GPS sending real RS-232 or TTL-level with RS-232 protocol.  The PIC
does the latter and won't work or get fried by the former.


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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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