thanks man. i'll buy the parts this afternoon. i will tinker with it tonight. again thanks.
one more thing, how am I going to interface the max232 schematic and the 16f84 schematic as shown in this diagram?
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It's from the tutorial of this page, **broken link removed**
Should it be like this?
16f84----->max232----->serial port
The PIC TXD, 5V DSR, 5V DTR, PIC RXD, which is found at the right side of the schematic (PIC16F84) of that tutorial, should be connected to the which pin(s) of the MAX232? And which pins of the MAX232 will go to the serial port? I have not found any TXD, DSR, DTR, RXD from the datasheet of PIC16F84.
I really can't picture what's going on in there. please give me a lecture lols.