> I am needing to talk to a device that speaks RS485.  Can a PIC UART 
> talk RS485 without a protocol converter of some sort?

Yes.
RS485 is a physical layer specification. It has push pull voltage 
levels on a balanced line. Actual data can be async serial.
Someone will now complain that I have over simplified things AND done 
violence to the standard. :-)


    RM

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