Hello folks

As I mentioned before I am developing a PIC (16F676) based solar tracker
that Is supposed to be released under some Open Source License

I can imagine it interesting that the hardware had a build in Interface for
serial programming and maybe even data communication with a computer, that
doesn't require anything fancy other than a standard cable.
So I figure a standard 9 pin DB Serial connector on the board would be OK.

And if it was just to program the devices that would be great, but maybe
sometimes one could also be interested in data gathering or remote control,
troubleshooting or calibration...
So if the serial connector had a dual functionality even better! Of course
that may then require a switch to select between modes...

Is there anything similar out there in published circuits that I could base
my design on?

Thanks everybody for your help

Tobias

P.S: am working away on the program and like the SourceBoost IDE a lot
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