View Single Post
  #11   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 01-06-2005, 09:23
Dave Flowerday Dave Flowerday is offline
Software Engineer
VRC #0111 (Wildstang)
Team Role: Engineer
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Rookie Year: 1995
Location: North Barrington, IL
Posts: 1,366
Dave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond reputeDave Flowerday has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Creative Misuse of Digital IO

Quote:
Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
the digital inputs are scanned. That means that the RC isn't looking at them all the time so to act as a serial port you will need to keep data there long enough to be accurately read.
This was true on the old PBASIC RC, but is not accurate anymore since they switched to the PIC for the user processor. The digital inputs are inputs direct to the processor and are not scanned.