Hi, Richard, That's what I was looking for! Schematic No.4 is exactly what I meant. Thnaks everybody for your quick and good help! Best regards Peter -----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht----- Von: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] Im Auftrag von Richard Seriani, Sr. Gesendet: Freitag, 16. November 2007 15:21 An: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Betreff: Re: [PIC]: RS232 to 5V interface without supply voltage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Feucht" To: "'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'" Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 7:38 AM Subject: [PIC]: RS232 to 5V interface without supply voltage > Dear Piccers, > > I remember, that a long time ago I saw an application note for a > RS232-to-PIC(5V) interface which worked without any external power supply, > but it took the needed voltages from some pins of the serial port. It had > just a RS232 9 pole Dsub and 3 Pins (Rx,Tx,GND) on the PIC side. > > I just googled but wasn't successful. > > Does anybody remember such an application? > > Thanks for any help and best regards > > Peter > Could one of these help? http://surducan.netfirms.com/RS232.html Richard -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist