On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 11:44, Trungie*! 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.

        What about USB? Either by converting your devices to USB or using
USB-serial ready made convertors. I think the limit on ONE USB port is
127 devices, FAR more then the software limitations you'll hit first! :)
TTYL

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