Hi Luis, When I needed to learn more about RS485/422 I went throught the 1st 20 pages of hits on google, search "RS485" you will get LOADS of stuff. A couple of places I can recommend are www.bb-elec.com/ bb electronics www.national.com national semi has some good tutorials/tech notes/app notes www.rs485.com RE Smith schematics to look at and tech notes www.maxim.com HEAPS of app notes, caution though using MAXIM parts in a design for production they are the best ones I can remember off hand, good luck, JJ -----Original Message----- From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Luis Moreira Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 7:25 PM To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Subject: [EE:] Hi all I am trying to find out more about RS485, ie how to interface with pc, can I use serial port general info,application notes etc. thanks Luis -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.