Quote Originally Posted by Joe S.
Hi Skimask,
I have no particular project at hand, I am trying to learn how to control a PIC via a serial connection, you know turn on some LEDs . . .
JS

Well, heck, that should be simple enough for ya.
Set up the receiver PIC to read the serial port.
Receive an 'a', Portb.0 goes high, led goes on, echo back 'PB0=1' if you want,
receive a 'b', Portb.0 goes low, led goes off, echo back 'PB0=0',
get a 'c', portb.1 goes high, led goes on,
get a 'd', portb.1 goes low, led goes off....

And so on and so on.
It all goes back to JCP (remember Joe's Communications Protocol?). It's all about what you want to do. In the end, it doesn't matter what I or anybody else thinks....it's all about what you want.

So design the thing, write the firmware, and make it work!!!
The problem is, once you get that working, ideas start flooding forth, and then you start spending big money on pieces/parts...

JDG