>Just remeber C is a RISC language. It has fewer commands >than the smallest pic (26 vs. 32). There is a reason it >is very popular. My response would be "so what" - but I am not setting out to put you down here. My reason for suggesting doing the parsing of the incoming ASCII in C is that it is probably easier to write such a parser in an HLL than in assembler, because of the language constructs available - e.g. the pseudo C code someone else gave in this same thread. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist