Tricks for monitoring RX

[Jerson]

Joel

I do not understand your reservation about using interrupts. Interrupts should be short and sweet. Then, they dont bite. That is the only way you can ensure keeping your date with the incoming data stream.

Jerson

[JoelMurphy]

ok, i'm getting a handle on the interrupt handler. the DT_INTS is very powerful!

i'm not sure if i can use it, because my hardware USART is located on a port that i'm dedicating to parallel in/out data stream.

i will try using an interrupt on the pin that i'm dedicating to serial in, but i'm not sure it will react fast enough to catch the data. perhaps what i really need to do is get a bigger chip.
seems like over-kill, though.

back to the lab.

[JoelMurphy]

haven't been by in a while. i'm working on about 4 different things right now, but life is good, even though life with electronics is slow. i would read a book on time management if i could find the damn time.
results do look promising, however.
j