David VanHorn wrote : > > > >I don't want to go to the AVR base because I have no development st= uff for > the series - right now the only thing I have to work with is the PIC MP= LAB and > the flash devices. >=20 > You have my sympathies :) >=20 > Still, even in the pic, it's workable. <VBG> > I did a command interpreter for a tokenized language in EE, plus a bunc= h of > command routines, plus a full duplex bit-banged uart in an F84 once. >=20 > I'd take a hardware uart anytime though. > At least develop it that way at first, then you can go bit-banged if yo= u must, > and you're only debugging that layer. > Agreed, agreed, etc.: I am looking again at the '628A - that was my original thought and it loo= ks like I will go back to it. Save myself some trouble all around.=20 Roy J. Gromlich -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads