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Thanks for all of the replies and help. 
I am reading a serial data stream from a particle counter. They are 
always outputting. So I can read them whenever I want. It starts with 
an "=" and ends with a "CRLF", no handshaking. I massage the data and 
then stream it to a PC for data logging. The data from the counters 
changes slowly, so if I miss a few streams it's ok.
I am opening 6 ports (3in 3out) at the begining of the program and 
read from them when I ready. It seems to be working good so far.

KenT and JoeT

PS
I will look into the hardware solutions if it becomes a problem.


--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, mpdickens <md30022@y...> wrote:
> 
> --- David VanHorn <dvanhorn@c...> wrote:
> 
> > You'll be far better off to use a low end AVR with
> > hardware, or software uart, and have THAT act as
> > your uart chip. 
> 
> I agree. You can get a really low end avr for less
> than $2.00 USD. Program it to do the task (Whatever
> that is...) and then hand the result back to the
> parent mcu.
> 
> Best regards 
> 
> Marvin Dickens
> Alpharetta, Georgia  USA
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