At 01:44 AM 6/23/2004 +1000, you wrote:
>I have a PIC device that connects to my PC via serial port for constant
>communication.
>
>I would like to have over 10 PIC devices connected to my PC somehow for
>communication.
>
>However, i would not like to buy some sort of expensive multi serial port
>card for it.
>
>What sorts of things can i do to over come this problem? Potentially i would
>like to use over 10 of these PIC devices at once.
>
>Thanks all!

RS-232 to RS-485 converter on the PC, then use RS-485 on all the devices.

There are hack ways to use RS-232 to make a multidrop network, but I'll
let someone else suggest *that*.

Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
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