Lucian wrote: > I encountered a problem trying to interface a PIC 16F628 to PC by using > a MAX232. I had a similar baffling behavior recently, and resolved it down to bad MAX232 SAMPLES from Maxim. I replaced 2 of them without success, then finally put in a production part obtained from DigiKey. No circuit changes, and it finally worked. Jim -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics