> I'm just curious if anyone here has had any experience with using
RTL8019 chip?
> If I purchase this chip and mount it on my own pcb will the RTL8019
require any programming like a PIC, or is it a pre-programmed chip that I
can interface directly to a PIC with minimum effort?

I don't know anything about this chip, didn't you find such basic answers
when reading the data sheet?  That's the first thing I would do if I had
such questions.


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