> Which just increases the hassle. At the moment I just go out and by a
> $20 USB-serial converter cable, a little bulky but not far 
> from the cost
> of putting one together myself. If they at least offered a DIP package
> I'd be willing to go my own, but if I'm going to pay $20 I'd rather
> spend it on the whole cable. Just my opinion. TTYL

The problem with such an adapter is that you must add something like a
max232 to get back to the TTL level and polarity required for a PIC,
while at the same time you 'pay' for the same type of chip in the
adapter itself!

But this is a symptom of this modern world: I buy USB/serial converter
cables for a price that is only a little higher that what I pay for a
bare FT232BM chip. If I add all components required to get an FT232 to
work, plus the cable and the max I end up somewhere between two and
three times the price of the USB/serial converter. 

Wouter van Ooijen

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