>   First, looking at providing an irDA interface to a current
> project, simply to get data not to transmit.  Is there a
>simple, inexpensive device that folks have had good luck using.?

I've heard good-ish things about Microchip's offerings in this
arena.  They have a chip which essentially needs only an
oscillator and a transceiver, handles all the overhead and
takes/produces a standard logic-level async serial stream.
Also has DCE/CD/etc. pins for easy use.

Can't recall the part number off hand- MCP2150?

Mike H.

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