Hi Paul,

you miss understood my post.

When i mention RS232 i really do mean RS232 as i have on pin from the pic to send data out through the serial port to my computer.

The issue about using lower voltages is that it will interfer with the TTL 5v required to send data via RS232 to the PC.

I have tryed lower the voltage. The pic, eeprom and leds work but i get no comunication from the serial port.

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