Serial Communication Protocols
Serial Communication Protocols
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The most common standard used for serial data transmission is called RS232C. It was set by the Electronics Industry Association and includes an assignment of the Digital conductors in a 25-pin connector. It has also been used widely for data transfer Circuits over a modem.
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Modem
For serial digital data transmission over telephone lines, the logic levels are converted to audio tones at one end (modulation) and then back into logic levels at the other end (demodulation). The device which accomplishes this is called a "modem" for "modulator-demodulator". The acoustic modem converts logic 1 to a 2225 Hz sine wave burst and a logic zero into a 2025 Hz tone. As a receiver it treats 1270 Hz as a logic 1 and 1070 Hz as a logic 0. This technique, called frequency-shift keying, allows the same phone line to be used simultaneously for sending and receiving in what is called full-duplex operation. The modem at the other end of the line must receive 2225 Hz as a logic 1 and send 1270 Hz as a logic 1. A basic rate of transmission is 300 baud, but data lines up to 56K baud are in use. Index Electronics concepts Digital Circuits
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UART
The conversion of parallel data inside a computer to serial data for use in serial communication is accomplished by a Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART). UART chips are used for RS-232 and MIDI communication.
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