Cable Length Between Micros


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    Quote Originally Posted by Melanie
    Point-to-Point 2km for proper RS232 and that's without line extenders...
    Quote Originally Posted by BobK
    ...and can go up to 4000 feet on a pair of wires...
    Are you guys (and girls) saying that we can put 2000meters of RS232 cable between two PICs and expect them to see each other on the line?

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    At proper RS-232 levels (not at logic levels) yes. If you use unshielded CAT5 cable then a little less. If you want more, use a line extender.

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