Just ordered 4 PIC 16f688 :) To all, thank you very much. Uaca 2009/8/12 M. Adam Davis > A fairly new cheap PIC with uart built in is the 16f722 - > > Under $1 in volume, and digikey has them for $1.66 (SOIC) and $1.96 > (DIP) in quantities of 1. It has more pins than you probably need > (28), though, so the next good choice has already been mentioned and > is the 16f688 (14 pins) for $1.88 and $2.08 (SOIC and DIP) at digikey > in quantities of one. > > -Adam > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 4:40 PM, uaca man wrote: > > In my plan of word domination the first goal was to make a led flash on a > > 12F629 and with help from you guys the led is flashing and so I pass on > to > > the second goal: serial communication. > > > > Software USART did not work at all on the 12F629 and it looks like will > be > > very hard to make it work. > > > > The choice of using the 12F629 was only on price and for some insane > reason > > I was thinking that serial communication would be a piece of cake, now I > > believe that a chip with hardware USART will be a better choice and so I > ask > > for help again. > > > > What PIC should I buy? > > > > The sales man says that 12F675, 12F509 and 12F683 all have hardware USART > > but I did not find any mention of it in the datasheet. > > > > Any recommendation of PIC model with hardware USART will be greatly > > appreciated. > > > > > > > > Uaca > > -- > > 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 > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist