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Sometimes we represent noninteger values using integers. For example the system could store the value 1. In this example, the voltage ranges from 0.

If the system wishes to display those values in volts, we simply add a decimal point to the output while converting, as shown in Program To convert an unsigned integer into a variable length string of ASCII characters, we convert the digits in reverse order, and then switch them. Print unsigned bit decimal number to an output device.

Example Design a function that outputs a bit unsigned integer. Solution: We will solve this iteratively. The iterative solution has three phases: initialization, creation of digits, and output of the ASCII characters. The digits are created from the remainders occurring by dividing the input, n by To get all the digits we divide by 10 until the quotient is 0. Because the digits are created in the opposite order, each digit will be saved in a buffer during the creation phase and retrieved from the buffer during the output stage.

The counter is needed so the output stage knows how many digits are in the buffer. Successive refinement method for the iterative solution.

The iteration solution requires two loops; the first loop determines the digits in opposite order, and the second loop outputs the digits in proper order. Iterative implementation of output decimal. Animation html5 : two microcontrollers connected via serial port, communicating in full duplex, both main programs use busy wait, data collected on A is passed to B, data collected on B is passed to A. A network is a collection of interfaces that share a physical medium and a data protocol.

A network allows software tasks in one computer to communicate and synchronize with software tasks running on another computer. For an embedded system, the network provides a means for distributed computing. The topology of a network defines how the components are interconnected. Examples topologies include rings, buses and multi-hop. The advantage of this ring network is low cost and can be implemented on any microcontroller with a serial port. Notice that the microcontrollers need not be the same type or speed.

A simple ring network with three nodes, linked using the serial ports. In this chapter we presented the hardware and software interfaces for the UART channel. In this section, we will build on those ideas and introduce the concepts of networks by investigating a couple of simple networks.

In particular, we will use the UART channel to connect multiple microcontrollers together, creating a network.

A communication network includes both the physical channel hardware and the logical procedures software that allow users or software processes to communicate with each other. The network provides the transfer of information as well as the mechanisms for process synchronization. When faced with a complex problem, one could develop a solution on one powerful and centralized computer system.

Alternatively a distributed solution could be employed using multiple computers connected by a network. The processing elements in Figure Distributed processing places input, output and processing at multiple locations connected together with a network.

There are many reasons to consider a distributed solution network over a centralized solution. Often multiple simple microcontrollers can provide a higher performance at lower cost compared to one computer powerful enough to run the entire system.

For real-time operation there may not be enough time to allow communication a remote sensor and a central computer. Another advantage of distributed system is improved debugging. For example, we could use one node in a network to monitor and debug the others. Often, we do not know the level of complexity of our problem at design time. Similarly, over time the complexity may increase or decrease. A distributed system can often be deployed that can be scaled.

For example, as the complexity increases more nodes can be added, and if the complexity were to decrease nodes could be removed. Develop a communication network between two LaunchPads. There will be five questions and three responses. The information is encoded as colors on the LED. The five questions are. Red: Are you there in your office? Yellow: Are you happy? Green: Are you hungry, want to have lunch? Blue: Are you thirsty, want to meet for a beverage?

LightBlue: Shall I come to your office to talk? White: Yes. Purple: Maybe. Dark: No. Chat Tool Protocol. While selecting the message the LED displays the message to be sent. The driver from Program Chat Tool Program walk through. Logic Analyzer used as a Network Sniffer. Demonstration of the Chat Tool. Microcontrollers employ multiple approaches to communicate synchronously with peripheral devices and other microcontrollers.

The synchronous serial interface SSI system can operate as a master or as a slave. The channel can have one master and one slave, or it can have one master and multiple slaves. With multiple slaves, the configuration can be a star centralized master connected to each slave , or a ring each node has one receiver and one transmitter, where the nodes are connected in a circle. The master initiates all data communication. The interface uses one of the synchronous serial ports on the TM4C The fundamental difference between a UART, which implements an asynchronous protocol, and a SSI, which implements a synchronous protocol, is the manner in which the clock is implemented.

Two devices communicating with asynchronous serial interfaces UART operate at the same frequency baud rate but have two separate clocks. With a UART protocol, the clock signal is not included in the interface cable between devices.

Two devices communicating with synchronous serial interfaces SSI operate from the same clock synchronized. With a SSI protocol, the clock signal is included in the interface cable between devices.

Typically, the master device creates the clock, and the slave device s uses the clock to latch the data in or out. The slave select SSI0Fss is a negative logic control signal from master to slave signal signifying the channel is active. In order to work properly, the transmitting device uses one edge of the clock to change its output, and the receiving device uses the other edge to accept the data. Notice the pin PA4 is not used, which would have allowed for receiving data from the device.

The Nokia interface does not use PA4. Be careful, there are multiple displays for sale on the market with the same LCD but different pin locations for the signals. Please look on your actual display for the pin name and not the pin number. Be careful when connecting the backlight, at 3. If you want a dimmer back light connect 3. For more information about SSI, see Section 8.

Learn how to program the UART. Build a distributed system by connecting two systems together. Introduction to Serial Communication Synchronization Mechanisms Video Interactive Tool Enter an amount of time to wait :. Project: dyode Author: wavestone-cdt File: modbus. Serial if 'port' in self. Project: pydobot Author: luismesas File: dobot. Lock self. WriteBlocker self, reactor. ReadBlocker self, reactor. Project: piupdue Author: johngrantuk File: piupdue.

SerialException: log. This may work unreliably on some serial ports control signals not synchronized or delayed compared to data. Using delays may be unreliable varying times, larger than expected as the OS may not support very fine grained delays no smaller than in the order of tens of milliseconds. Some implementations support this natively in the class Serial. Better performance can be expected when the native version is used. The loopback property is ignored by this implementation. The actual behavior depends on the used hardware.

This implements a RFC compatible client. This class API is compatible to Serial with a few exceptions:. Due to the nature of the network and protocol involved there are a few extra points to keep in mind:. Due to lack of authentication and encryption it is not suitable to use this client for connections across the internet and should only be used in controlled environments.

This class provides helper functions for implementing RFC compatible servers. Basically, it implements everything needed for the RFC protocol. The user of this class must take care of the data transmission itself. The reason for that is, that this way, this class supports all programming models such as threads and select.

Each new client connection must create a new instance as this object and the RFC protocol has internal state. The negotiation starts immediately so that the class should be instantiated in the moment the client connects. This object will modify the port settings baud rate etc. The connection object must implement a write function. This function must ensure that data is written at once no user data mixed in, i. All data must be sent in its raw form escape must not be used as it is used to send Telnet and RFC control commands.

Logger e. The caller should configure the logger using setLevel for the desired detail level of the logs. A generator that escapes all data to be compatible with RFC Implementors of servers should use this function to process all data sent over the network. The function returns a generator which can be used in for loops.

It can be converted to bytes using serial. A generator that filters and processes all data related to RFC Implementors of servers should use this function to process all data received from the network. This function needs to be called periodically e. Default control characters instances of bytes for Python 3. A string indicating the pySerial version, such as 3.

This factory function is useful when an application wants to support both, local ports and remote ports. There is also support for other types, see URL section. Convert a sequence to a bytes type. This is used to write code that is compatible to Python 2. In Python versions prior 3. Through the variety of these signaling mechanisms, you'll find that there's no one way to send data serially.

The protocol is highly configurable. The critical part is making sure that both devices on a serial bus are configured to use the exact same protocols. The baud rate specifies how fast data is sent over a serial line.

It's usually expressed in units of bits-per-second bps. If you invert the baud rate, you can find out just how long it takes to transmit a single bit. Baud rates can be just about any value within reason. The only requirement is that both devices operate at the same rate.

One of the more common baud rates, especially for simple stuff where speed isn't critical, is bps. Other "standard" baud are , , , , , , and You usually won't see speeds exceeding - that's fast for most microcontrollers.

Get too high, and you'll begin to see errors on the receiving end, as clocks and sampling periods just can't keep up. Each block usually a byte of data transmitted is actually sent in a packet or frame of bits. Frames are created by appending synchronization and parity bits to our data.

A serial frame. Some symbols in the frame have configurable bit sizes. The real meat of every serial packet is the data it carries. We ambiguously call this block of data a chunk , because its size isn't specifically stated. The amount of data in each packet can be set to anything from 5 to 9 bits.

Certainly, the standard data size is your basic 8-bit byte, but other sizes have their uses. A 7-bit data chunk can be more efficient than 8, especially if you're just transferring 7-bit ASCII characters.

After agreeing on a character-length, both serial devices also have to agree on the endianness of their data. Is data sent most-significant bit msb to least, or vice-versa? If it's not otherwise stated, you can usually assume that data is transferred least-significant bit lsb first. The synchronization bits are two or three special bits transferred with each chunk of data.

They are the start bit and the stop bit s. True to their name, these bits mark the beginning and end of a packet. There's always only one start bit, but the number of stop bits is configurable to either one or two though it's commonly left at one.

The start bit is always indicated by an idle data line going from 1 to 0, while the stop bit s will transition back to the idle state by holding the line at 1. Parity is a form of very simple, low-level error checking. It comes in two flavors: odd or even. To produce the parity bit, all bits of the data byte are added up, and the evenness of the sum decides whether the bit is set or not. For example, assuming parity is set to even and was being added to a data byte like 0b , which has an odd number of 1 's 5 , the parity bit would be set to 1.

Conversely, if the parity mode was set to odd, the parity bit would be 0. Parity is optional , and not very widely used. It can be helpful for transmitting across noisy mediums, but it'll also slow down your data transfer a bit and requires both sender and receiver to implement error-handling usually, received data that fails must be re-sent.

So, what would a packet or two of 8N1 data look like? Let's have an example! The ASCII value of O that's uppercase is 79, which breaks down into an 8-bit binary value of , while K 's binary value is All that's left is appending sync bits. Notice how each of the two bytes is sent as it reads from right-to-left.

For every byte of data transmitted, there are actually 10 bits being sent: a start bit, 8 data bits, and a stop bit. Now that you know how to construct serial packets, we can move on to the hardware section. There we'll see how those 1's and 0's and the baud rate are implemented at a signal level!

A serial bus consists of just two wires - one for sending data and another for receiving.