FW: Re: Radio Shack DMM with RS-232 interface and ProbeScope

john carroll jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us
Tue Feb 20 01:36:35 GMT 1996


I am finishing a PIC project that communicates in 8 bit bytes +1 +1 at about 80k baud 
without really trying for maximum speed.  The chrystal speed could be increased from 
4 to 20 Mhz.  If the PIC has the data ready it can be sent in a hurry.  What are you doing 
with all this fast data? 

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john carroll
jac at wave.sheridan.wy.us


>I'm not a pro "hardware hacker" but, with a very fast PIC and an even faster
>A/D  converter, could an anolog to RS232 module be built? Are there single
>chip devices out there, that will read an anolog voltage and transmit it at
>a high baud rate via RS232?
>I think the bottleneck would be the RS232 link. I can see a PIC-A/D reading
>the voltage in real time but not being able to 'talk' fast enough. What do
>you seasoned hackers think?
>
>GMD
>





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