Re: PIC Programming - a where to start...

[Wayne <Wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Cool!
I think it may be a while before I'm anywhere close to doing that sort
of thing though :)

At what point do you choose to use another pic to do a job rather than
getting a 'bigger and better' main pic and add the task to 'its' list of
things its doing?
(I'm thinking where you said that you were using another pic to do tone
generation with your pbx.)

Cheery!
Wayne



Pete Shew wrote:
> Wayne, the PBX was really a rebuild. I took a broken Omnicom FS2828
and
> used the extension amd line interface electronics, plus the crossbar
> switch and some other bits and used a 16F877 to handle the smarts,
plus
> a 16F84 for tone generation. I keep thinking about Asterix, but the
cost
> of IP phones or the POTS interface cards for extensions keeps putting
me
> off. I use the PBX as a doorbell and granny alarm too. Plus one of the
> exchange lines goes to a Linksys PAP2 VOIP adapter.
>
>