Electrical Signaling: Serial Ports

• EIA/TIA-232 Serial Ports (Chapter 4)

  • One is a low voltage (-3 to -15 volts)
  • Zero is a high voltage (+3 to +15 volts)
  • 300 bps to 115.2 kbps
  • Length of clock cycle is 1/bit rate

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