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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Hello</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>A while back I designed a PIC based TX system based
around GPS and EasyRadio</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>One of the draw backs was that the GPS I was using
required me to have a MAX232 chip to make the GPS into USART compatible data
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I was looking at Scott's GPS GPS GT-320FW - Would
that be USART compatible ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>In that the idle is active high 5 volts, and then
goes to zero.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Where as RS232 is -7 volts idle and + 7 volts
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Andrew VK4TEC -</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>