Questions tagged [serial]
In serial communication data is transmitted as a sequence in time. Main advantage: much less wires needed. Main disadvantage: Higher bandwidth for the same throughput.
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Do FT232 come pre-programmed out of the package?
I'm working on a board which requires USB serial communication. For this I want to use an FT232RNL, however I'd like to know if I need to program it before I install it on the board. Also, do I need ...
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Design of very long serial signal systems
In the current case there is a single signal conductor, tens (hundreds?) of meters long, which serially connects door and window sensors for a whole building. The sensors are simplest possible ...
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Is it normal to get garbage output through UART when resetting the microcontroller?
I have written functioning code for Serial Communication through UART, and when stepping through the code it transmits characters just fine. I have done this using microlib, so I can use printf (I ...
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Serial Port connected thru HDMI... Kinda works and now I have questions
I want to preface this with the fact that I don't know much on the hardware end of things.
We have a device at work that requires a serial port connection to communicate with the software that ...
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Decoding unknown serial data from treadmill console board
I have been working on a treadmill project whereby my aim is to manually control the treadmill with an Srduino without using the remote.
Info about the treadmill - The treadmill is just a normal ...
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Fingerprint sensor module communication (FPM383 R503)
I'm working on a fingerprint sensor that is known as FPM383. It is much like the well known R503 sensor. Their datasheet and serial communication manual are almost identical.
I was trying to control ...
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ATTINY85-20SUR and serial communication
I am trying to use this chip ATtiny85 for serial communication. So my question is, would you recommend using it for serial communication, such as storing names, IDs, data, and last operations? Should ...
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Where can I get the virtual port name for a serial monitor in Simulide
I'm trying to set up a Serial Monitor in SimulIDE, so I can keep track of the variables in my Simulation:
However I apparently need a port to open the monitor:
I've seen Youtube videos where they ...
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ESP32-C3-MINI-1-N4: can't establish Serial connection but can flash code
I've recently build my own dev board utilizing the ESP32-C3-MINI-1-N4 module. Everything works pretty well and just as expected, I can control a few onboard LEDs just fine and upload code and ...
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Designing a particular clock cycle series with glue logic/CMOS/TTL for serial data without a uP
I am looking to design an interface for serial data that runs for 31 cycles (not 32, I know), but with uneven cycles to transmit serial data. Each cycle is 8 clock pulses (at 7MHz). For the first 20 ...
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USB to TTL (CH340G) quickly becomes unreadable
I bought a CH340G based USB to TTL converter to interact with a new embedded system I got. The output starts out fine but becomes unreadable after a few lines
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Why does RS-232 Communication fail between these 3 ESP32's?
What's the Goal?
Trying to get two esp32's to communicate over their UART lines using RS-232.
My initial inspiration and idea for the connections was based on
https://esp32io.com/tutorials/esp32-rs232
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Gibberish data with custom Atmega 2560 UARTs
So I have an issue with the UART configuration of my customized uC based on the ATmega2560.
To establish serial communication, I'm using the FT232RL chip and the Arduino IDE.
I don't have any issues ...
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Custom Arduino MEGA crashes ONLY on a specific command when plugging UART-USB converter before main power. Phantom power leaking through UARTs pins
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Based on multiple attempts to find the cause of the problem, I have determined that I might be facing a hardware issue rather than a programmatic failure, hence why I am posting this here ...
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Is there a canonical way to signal WS2811/2812 LED strip?
The WS2811/2812 protocol is well-defined and hence the chip now seems to dominate addressable strip lighting products.
People have managed to use SPI and UART to control it, and someone even did it ...
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