> >
> > No way  Alex! Don't leave. You're in learning mode. More below..
> >
>
>Nah, I'm not going anywhere.  This is too much fun.
>
> > >
> > >1.  I use a compiler, because I think coding in assembler is
> > silly (for
> > >what I need to do, and 99% of what other people need to do)
> >
> > That's OK. Who cares? _I_ don't. But I personally don't use
> > higher-level languages myself, for what I do, ASM is required.
> >
>
>I hear that a lot, but I am always skeptical.  Since you can use C and
>mix in assembler for time-critical parts, I don't know why anyone would
>mess with complete assembler.  The code is much more readable and
>manageable.
>
>What app are you doing that *has* to have assembler.

> >
> > >4.  I built a project with an external crystal for a
> > real-time clock,
> > >and I didn't use external capacitors
> >
> > Use ceramic resonators, they have caps built-in.
> >
>
>This was to drive timer1 to allow the PIC to have a real-time clock, it
>wasn't the PIC oscillator because I used the internal one for that.  As
>far as I know, there aren't any 32.768K ceramic resonators, and if there
>were they wouldn't be as precise as crystal.

>You could use a ohm-meter and do the process of elimination.  :-)
>
> >
> > Nope, you're a lifer here. Join the rest of us. Ignore the jibes.
> >
> > --Bob
> >
>
>I've been on the internet since the days when we just had 1's, so I'm
>fine.