John Nall wrote: > What does the 18F877 have to do with anything?? It's a generic example of a PIC with a 16/18 family 40 pin footprint. I couldn't remember what you were using at the time, but 18F452 has the same footprint. > So far as "like which ones," the 3013 > has 2 UART's and the 452 only has one, for example. Yes, but your board doesn't expect two UARTS so the extra UART on the 30F3013 will be unused and you can use those pins as generic I/O pins. Since your PIC has less pins than the board expects, I would think you'd want to hook up all the ones you can. Why 30F3013? I would try something like 30F4011 which at least has the same number of pins, although I think is has more power and ground pins and therefore fewer usable pins than the 18F452. ****************************************************************** Embed Inc, Littleton Massachusetts, (978) 742-9014. #1 PIC consultant in 2004 program year. http://www.embedinc.com/products -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist