I haven't tried this, but many USB-RS232 convertors will run a higher
than normal speeds. Also, there are USB-Parallel chips that might
work. 1MB is a fair chunk of data though, I wouldn't expect it to
travel in an instant.

I2C might work, but I think it will end up harder on the PC side. 

Josh
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:07:07 +0100, Palmed GmbH <palmed@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hello, Picers,
> 
> with a new project I have the problem that I have to transfer 1MB of data
> from a PC to a PIC based device, the data have to be stored in a SRAM.
> 
> Up to now I only worked with RS-232 at 9600 Baud, but this would result in
> endless transmission times.
> 
> Has anybody ever realized a fast transmission to a PIC?
> 
> I know about the very fast USB, but when using a USB to RS232 converter I
> would bring down the speed to RS232 level.
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