Whats best for 2-way communication over Serial

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Whats best for 2-way communication over Serial

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I want to have a PIC talking to a PC over a serial port sending and receiving info.
Can I use SPI for this or do I need UART or something else?
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Hello

For this you will need a PICmicro with a UART and you will also need some extra components to do the voltage level shifting. We use a MAX232 chip on our RS232 E-Block. However if you google some PIC serial projects you will find versions that get away with using resistors to do the 12V to 5V conversion.
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Re: Whats best for 2-way communication over Serial

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I am new to flowcode (have V3)

I need the same function (sending and receiving characters),

Is there a sample for this routine for download?

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Re: Whats best for 2-way communication over Serial

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Hello

Yes there is an example available.

Simply goto our main home page, click on downloads and then click on Flowcode examples.
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