Editing Microcontroller Serial Communications Articles

We have several related articles about Microcontroller Serial Communications on this site.  These articles themselves have many links off site.

* Microcontroller Serial Communications Articles this article, the a root for the articles on the site.

* [[BitWacker Java Communications]] an oveview of the applications for Microcontroller Serial Communications.

** [[RS232/USB Probe]] an application with much of the functionality of a terminal emulator but with specialized extensions for for MicroController command response control.  The basis for a series of more specialized applications. See it for information on installation of all the applications and for access to the bug and enhancement list.

** [[BitWacker Command GUI]] an application for issuing the basic commands of the BitWacker.  Part of a series of articles based on the [[RS232/USB Probe]]

** [[Graphical Data Logger]] an application data logging and graphing. Sometimes called the PICMeter. Part of a series of articles based on the [[RS232/USB Probe]]

** [[USB Bit Whacker]] Brief discussion of this interesting development board with built in USB communications.

** [[Making Your Own Microcontroller Serial Communications Application]] Using the code from the above applications to make your own.


* [[RS232]] a discussion of some of the theory behind Microcontroller Serial Communications.  The PC side of this is implemented by [[RS232/USB Probe]] and its related applications.

* [[Serial Communications (RS232) in BoostC]] and the earlier more limited [[Serial Communications Library -- BoostC and 16F877A]] are examples PIC programs and communications libraries that uses the techniques discussed in  [[RS232]], above.

* [[PC-Microcontroller Communications]] an article on some of the technology of microcontroller communications and lots of external links.  List of terminal emulators and alternatives to Hyper Terminal.

* [[Analog Whacker]]  a proposal for hardware to link the Bitwacker to the [[Graphical Data Logger]] above.

* [[SPI]] is a popular protocol for many small peripheral chips

* [[I2C]] is another popular protocol for many small peripheral chips

* [[CAN bus]] is designed to allow low-cost devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle without a host computer.

* Local Interconnect Network (LIN) is designed to be even lower-cost than CAN bus. Some large systems use many simple sensors in low-cost LIN sub-networks, then connect the single master of each LIN sub-network with CAN or some other backbone network.

* The [[1-wire]] network is designed to be an even lower-cost network for small peripheral chips

* The [[Servo control]] system for remote-control vehicles

* [[JTAG]] is often used for programming and debugging.

== Microcontroller Projects that Use Serial Communications ==

*[[Stepper Motor Demonstration and Tester]] a project for both PIC's and Arduinos.

*[[Arduino Command Interpreter]]

*[[PIC based Stepper Motor Dancing Analog Clock]]

*[[Experimenting with IR Remotes using a PIC running BoostC Project]]

*[[Experimenting with Stepper Motors as Rotary Encoders using a PIC running BoostC Project]]

*[[Arduino Laser Cannon]]

== Other Readings ==

* [[Projects#Audio as sensor data format]]: sending data as audio has many similarities (and some key differences) from sending data as binary Hi and Lo pulses.
* [[Radio communication]] has many similarities (and some key differences) from sending data as binary Hi and Lo pulses.
* Many [[Modules]] use serial communication
* [[PC-Microcontroller Communications]] often use serial communication
* [[Expansion bus]] discusses parallel communication, which was once far more common.

*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Serial_Programming Serial Programming -- From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection]
*[http://www.pharmalabauto.com/Electronics/pdfs/RS232.pdf Application Note 83 Fundamentals of RS–232 Serial Communications] a pdf, good
*[http://www.myplogger.com/circuit/admin/aa13af474cb1e3a0b1f51b6fa84e88c5.pdf {Serial Communications Protocol}] a pdf, not just for the PIC18

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