So why would someone argue against telling someone that hardware is =
better than software?  (I feel stupid, like I'm missing something here. =
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> He's saying use hardware instead of software.
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> Lindy Mayfield wrote:
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> >>6. This is the tough one, and I'll probably get some flak over
> >>it: whenever possible, use hardware resources to get things
> >> done.
> >
> >
> >>BAJ
> >
> >
> > All the things you wrote are great and good advice.  I just
> wonder, why would anyone give you flak over this?  Am I
> understanding things correctly?  You're saying that using the
> on-chip USART is preferential to big-banging it?
> >
> > If this is correct, I rack my brain trying to think of any
> advantages bit-banging on a PIC would have over an on-chip
> USART.  What am I missing?
> >
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