Quote Originally Posted by Bruce View Post
I've never used this for sending inverted data with the USART, but it's really handy for
using the TX pin as an output on a 16F690.

With the USART setup to receive data, you can flip BAUDCTL.4 to set or clear the
hardware USART TX pin. Without it, you're stuck with the TX pin at logic 1 whenever the
USART is enabled.
I gotta try this out, would have saved me ripping up a PC board design if I had read this earlier, thanks Bruce ! And thanks to Mark for the heads up too !