On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Jim Franklin wrote:

> As I am trying to shoehorn the project into an 877A, would you guys out
> there recommend using a second PIC (F84A or something - i'm using this as
> it's in my parts box) as a slave to the "master" 877A.

Two PICs invariably makes the software larger and more complicated,
and makes the hardware more complicated and more expensive.  I would
consider it a "last resort" solution, especially given the selection
of PICs available with large code space and generous I/O counts.

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John W. Temples, III

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