Reading inputs in time

[newbie]

I have a 16F876 and I am monitoring th RS232 port and woking on the data that comes in. I also need to monitor four other TTL inputs but I sometimes miss the event because the PIC is busy working with the RS232 Data.

Is there some sort of 4bit latch that when a input goes high the output stays high until I reset it.

Thanks.
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[PCM programmer]

:=I have a 16F876 and I am monitoring th RS232 port and woking on the data that comes in. I also need to monitor four other TTL inputs but I sometimes miss the event because the PIC is busy working with the RS232 Data.
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:=Is there some sort of 4bit latch that when a input goes high the output stays high until I reset it.
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How long do these inputs go high ? (What's the pulse length ?)

Let's assume they're at least 100 us.

It seems to me, that you can have an interrupt driven receive
buffer for the incoming RS-232 characters. Then handle the
characters in the foreground (ie., inside a loop, in main() ).

Then, use the "interrupt on change" feature of Port B, and
when you get a "change", then go to an int_rb_isr() function
and read port B. Save the value in a global variable, and
process it later, in main().
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[Sherpa Doug]

:=I have a 16F876 and I am monitoring th RS232 port and woking on the data that comes in. I also need to monitor four other TTL inputs but I sometimes miss the event because the PIC is busy working with the RS232 Data.
:=
:=Is there some sort of 4bit latch that when a input goes high the output stays high until I reset it.
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:=Thanks.

Look at a 74LS688. It has no latch and may be a little big (8 bits), but that may be the direction you should look.

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[R.J.Hamlett]

:=I have a 16F876 and I am monitoring th RS232 port and woking on the data that comes in. I also need to monitor four other TTL inputs but I sometimes miss the event because the PIC is busy working with the RS232 Data.
:=
:=Is there some sort of 4bit latch that when a input goes high the output stays high until I reset it.
:=
:=Thanks.
Look at the 4043.
It has four outputs (enabled by a single 'enable' pin, which can be left permanently on), four 'set' inputs (which can be connected to your four input signals), and four 'reset' inputs (which can be connected together, and wired to a single 'reset' output from the PIC). If the 'reset' inputs are low, when an input goes high, the output will go high, and stay high, till cleared.

Best Wishes
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