Quote Originally Posted by TonyA View Post
Hi,

Was wondering if anyone can share some simple, test code for operating the FTDI FT232BM, or the FT232RL (The break out board from SparkFun).

Thanks,
Tony
The FT232xx is a USB-Serial adapter chip. Plug it into the USB port of the PC and it becomes a virtual com port, so you use Hyperterminal (or whatever) on the PC like you would a normal serial port.
At the PIC's end, the FT232xx turns the USB into a serial port. Some PICs have serial ports. All programs for PICs compiled by PBP have the ability to either use the hardware serial port or to 'bit-bang' a serial port on almost any available pin.
It couldn't be any simplier. But, we don't know what kind of PIC you're using, we don't know what kind of hardware you have built up, we don't know what kind of test code you want to use (loopback, read a button, light an LED), we don't know anything!