> I know the usb-232 are fairly cheap but I really need a much more
> compact design.  

An FT232RL will be more compact than a PIC (with associated components!)

> I googled and found lots of these but all seemed
> to use a FT usb converter chip. I was looking at the 18F's with 
> USB 2 and pondering if it could be done with just a pic.
> 
> so has anyone done it seen it? Has schematics to share? ;-]

Mircochip has

Wouter van Ooijen

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