[RobH] > Under CTS flow control I understand taming the incoming data stream to > the PIC to prevent overflow of the receive buffer in the PIC. > Please give a good reason why you would want to make this feature > optional. The PC can ignore the CTS signal, and a device could not > connect the CTS lead. So there is not much to gain, but maybe I'm > overlooking the obvious.....
[Joep] > To save an IO pin! The few extra bytes of program memory don't bother me. > Or maybe we can fake this by supplying a bit var in stead of a pin name? I think yes, you can assign the CTS signal to any bit, be it a bit of a Port (connected to a pin or not) or a bit in RAM. If that is worth the risc of buffer overflow will depend on the characteristics of the communication. Regards, Rob. -- Rob Hamerling, Vianen, NL (http://www.robh.nl/) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jallib" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jallib?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
