> 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. Ok, so for the sake of the argument let's say 3% deviation is OK. Mind you, that is *total* deviation. How accurate do you assume the peer side is? 2%, like you claim for the PIC side? Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.