On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 10:30:11AM +0100, Rikard Bosnjakovic wrote: > On 2/24/07, Jinx wrote: > > > So you choose your crystal based on the jobs the micro has to do > > Thank you for your very descriptive post. I will print it out and keep > it for reference when I start with my first PIC-circuit. Still waiting > (too long...) for the programmer to arrive by post. My impatience is one of the reasons why I developed the Trivial PIC programming series. You can get started with a single I/C and a handful of discretes in a short period of time. It's not a good permanent programming soluion (I'm partial to bootloaders myself), but it does have the quality of near instant gratification. http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys BAJ -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist