Jinx wrote:
> The manual covers the usage of other special pins, such as
> MCLR, OSC, A/D etc. Surely a brief sentence along the lines
> of "RA4 may require a pullup if used as an I/O pin" is valid
> information for a manual ? Shoot, put it in the RA4 diagram
> next to Note 1 about the diodes

Jinx wrote (Re: [PIC]: USART -> RS232, Transceiver Chip Required?):
> > > > My statement is that the mention of a tranciever shouldn't
> > > > need to be in the datasheet, because the audience of a
> > > > datasheet is not  beginners
>
> I said -
>
> > Disagree

You are right:

> I think we'll have to agree to disagree whether it's a parameter
> for the manual or the app notes. Or both

Correct me If I've got it wrong: You prefer "all-in-one" style of
doc. Each chip should have it's own 10 MByte .pdf mentioning a
pull-up, a tranciever, block diagrams of I/O pins, crazy I/O latching,
handling EEPROM, A/D Conversion tips, oscillator tips,instruction
set, proper banking hints, DC and timing charachteristics  etc. etc.

Mike.

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