> Me, I'd use a small AVR with uart, get buffer ram and more > smarts for free, and byte-wide or SPI comms, or anything else I want.. Surely you mean a 16F628A? :) Or be brave an use a 16F629 with bit-banged serial communication. Wouter van Ooijen -- ------------------------------------------- Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: www.voti.nl consultancy, development, PICmicro products -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads