>>> I am trying to hook a 24LC256 (32KByte) eeprom up with a 16f877
>>> processor, but after reading all the information I could obtain in the
>>> form of application notes (very limited, as they all indicate
>>> implementation of eeprom other than the 24lc256) and related
>>> information on the internet I have still failed.
>>
>> What exactly is the problem?  I have connected IIC and SPI EEPROMs to
>> PICs several times.  The data sheet should be your most important
>> source of information, not app notes or other stuff found on the
>> internet.  That's all I ever used and never had a problem.
>>
>>> Is there anyone out there who has managed to communicate with a
24lc256
>>> from the pic in asm ?
>>
>>I don't know, is that an IIC or SPI EEPROM?
>
> The 24LC256 is a I2C EEPROM.
>
> <defensive babble snipped, none of which gave any more information
> about the problem>
>
> If you dont know, as you so elequintly indicated, how to perform this
> procedure other than with the information that is in the datasheet then
> why comment and waste valuable bandwidth?

Because you pretty much said you read everything except the data sheet,
like you weren't aware of it or couldn't get hold of it.  I thought I was
giving you useful information that the data sheet was both necessary and
sufficient to solve your problem.


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