At 11:33 AM 2/3/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>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?

The electrical interface between the two is simple, the 8019 is not very
complex, but if you want to implement TCP/IP, there is a lot of software
that has to run on the PIC etc.

Best regards,

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