>>USB requires better clock accuracy than you are likely to get without a >>resonator or crystal. > > That's what I've always thought as well. But don't recent FDTI USB > chips work without an external crystal? > > How do they work their magic? > > Thanks! > > dwayne I think they might adjust their timing based on the clock rate of the signa= l=20 from the host. I have used that trick to do bit-banged RS232 async without = a=20 crystal. -- Bob Ammerman RAm Systems --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .