Hi everyone, this is just a curiosity question that came to me. Many of the newer PICs have this Precision Internal Oscillator and it does seem to be pretty good. I know that with a 12F629, I had set the OSCCAL register in order for a software UART to work correctly. But, I'm now using a 16F689 and with this Precision Internal Oscillator the built in EUSART works just fine without any calibration. So my question is this: how has the technology changed? Is a mini ceramic resonator present in these new chips? :) Or is it just a better designed RC oscillator? Thanks for any insight! Matthew -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist