kerrisnow@btinternet.com wrote :

> > > I would like to use the pic18f2455 to create a web server.
> > 
> > I can't see that you mention USB anyware in your post.
> > Any special reason you are using an USB device ?
>
> No special reason apart from the fact that I do posses one of those.
> The usb functionality will not be used, it wouldn't hurt would it?

I just expected that, becuse of the quite high complexity of the
USB periperial, there was some added configurations to do,
even if the USB interface wasn't used.
Maybe not...

> > Where is that "6 Mhz intosc" ? I can not find it in the data sheet.
> > And since you are going to use the serial interface, why not
> > just hook up a standard crystal (for better precision) ?

> I just checked in the datasheet, it is 8mhz. Would that be ok?

No idea.

> I don't want to complicate my hardware unnecessarily at this
> stage, as this is an excercise, not a real project, so I would 
> prefere not to have to worry about crystals unless it is absolutely
> necessary.

OK, I was just trying to point out that if you plan to use serial
(USART) communication, you must have a reasonable stable
clock source.

Jan-Erik.



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