[sdiy] 6402 UART

[The Old Crow]

  Here is a suggestion: use a PIC16F628.  It is cheaper than a 16F84, has 
more capability, including a UART on-chip already. 6402s will involve a 
lot of effort (mostly wiring) and need a dozen PIC pins to interface.

Crow
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On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Karl Ekdahl wrote:

> As i would still need a 16f84, i was thinking of using
> a 16mhz clock driving the PIC and setting the TMR0
> prescaler to 1:32 and driving the UART trough TMR0.
> Anyone sees any problems with this approach?