On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 09:02:32PM -0400, Peter van Hoof wrote: > how about replacing the rs232 section with a usb chip similar to the > olimex usb pic boards , it's getting hard to find laptos and pc's with > serial ports But it's easy to get a USB to serial cable. We can't presume that the only thing that you'd want to connect a PIC to is a PC with USB. BAJ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist