>>>the way I read the datasheet, the 628A internal oscillator should
>>>ALWAYS be stable enough for serial comm.  Not so?
>>>
>>>

> Jan-Erik Soderholm XA (TN/PAC) wrote:
>
>From "DS40044A-page 141" :
>
>1% @ 3.5V and +25 degC
>2% @ 2.0 - 5.5V and 0 - +85 degC
>5% @ 2.0 - 5.5V and -40 - +85 degC
>
>So it depends...
>
>

Didn't we all agree a few % is fine for standard 8N1 serial comms some
time back? Obviously less error is better but I can imagine that a lot of
times, the extra i/o pins and no resonator/crystal could be a good thing.
The 0 to +85 figures would certainly do me for this part of world. (Oz)
David...

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