Re: uC and USB implimentation

seegoon99@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi all.
I currently have a developement board for the PIC16f877 that I designed
that has a serial port to talk to the PC. This has been working great ,
but now I want to "Upgrade".
Is it a big task to replace the serial interface with a USB interface
to the PC. Serial ports on PC's seem to be getting fewer all the time.I
assume that some usb <> serial convertor (NCN2500) will be the way to
go.
Is this a simple thing to implement , or is it more complicated than
first appears>
 Cheers
Rob


Have a look at:
http://www.dontronics.com/cat_index_hard.html#usb
there a half a dozen possible solutions there.

Don...


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