Understanding RS232, RS485, UART, and TTL Serial Ports

Understanding RS232, RS485, UART, and TTL Serial Ports

Click Tech Training Top, delivering to you daily at 7:30 AM What are RS232, RS485, UART, serial ports, COM ports, USB ports, and TTL? Do you understand their relationships? First, we need to distinguish between timing standards and logic level standards. Timing standards refer to the logical values (0 and 1) corresponding to actual voltage … Read more

Why Do We Prefer Serial Communication? Exploring RS485, SPI, and I2C

Why Do We Prefer Serial Communication? Exploring RS485, SPI, and I2C

Click the card above to follow for more information 1. Why Do We Prefer Serial Communication? When working on microcontroller products, the most commonly used method is serial communication. For any microcontroller peripherals, those with serial port functionality are prioritized, such as Bluetooth modules, WIFI modules, 4G modules, electric meters, and displays. Why do we … Read more

Common Embedded Communication Protocols Explained

Common Embedded Communication Protocols Explained

I am Lao Wen, an embedded engineer who loves learning. Follow me to become even better together! Compiled by | strongerHuang WeChat Official Account | strongerHuang UART, SPI, I2C and other serial communications are very common methods in embedded development. The underlying communication principles are not difficult, but many beginners struggle to learn them. Today, … Read more

Differences Between RS-485 and MODBUS

Differences Between RS-485 and MODBUS

Tip:Click above“Ba Fang Hui PLC Practical Programming Training“↑Follow us for free RS485is a wired transmission, which requires a hardware transmission medium, essentially just two wires are sufficient. The actual signal transmitted over these two wires is the same signal; the sending end splits this signal into two, but at the receiving end, it is restored … Read more

18 Classic Questions About RS-485 Serial Communication

18 Classic Questions About RS-485 Serial Communication

BFH Click the blue text to follow us↑↑↑↑ The RS-485 interface forms a half-duplex network, typically using a two-wire system, often employing shielded twisted pair for transmission. This wiring method allows a maximum of 32 nodes to be connected on the same bus topology.Initially, data was output as analog signals for simple process quantities, later … Read more

Basic Concepts of RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 Serial Communication

Basic Concepts of RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 Serial Communication

This article introduces the basic concepts of the serial communication protocols RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485, including baud rate, data bits, stop bits, parity bits, and handshaking information. 1. What is Serial Port? The concept of serial communication is quite simple. Serial ports send and receive bytes one bit at a time. Although it is slower … Read more

In-Depth Explanation of RS-485

In-Depth Explanation of RS-485

(1) Introduction RS-485 is a balanced transmission standard for serial communication approved by the Electronic Industries Alliance in the United States in 1983. It only specifies the electrical characteristics of drivers and receivers without defining a protocol; therefore, many higher-level interface standards refer to RS-485 at the physical layer, such as Modbus, Profibus, etc. (2) … Read more

Understanding RS-485 Bus Simplified

Understanding RS-485 Bus Simplified

For more information on RS-485, you can also refer to some previous articles in our series: 1. Please check out this comprehensive RS-485 beginner’s guide!2. From beginner to advanced applications! Say goodbye to using RS-485 without understanding it! 3. What projects to test with RS-485, and how to test them? ▉ Overview of RS-485 RS-485, … Read more

RS485 and Modbus Communication Protocol

RS485 and Modbus Communication Protocol

In industrial control, power communication, and smart instrumentation, data exchange often relies on serial communication. Initially, the RS232 interface was the mainstream choice; however, due to the complexity of industrial sites, various electrical devices generate electromagnetic interference that can lead to signal transmission errors. In 1979, Schneider Electric designed and launched a bus protocol specifically … Read more

Common Issues with Modbus Protocol

Common Issues with Modbus Protocol

Follow+Star Public Account, don’t miss wonderful content Author | strongerHuang WeChat Public Account | Embedded Column Recently, some friends asked about Modbus issues. This article briefly describes some common problems with Modbus. You may not know what Modbus is. In fact, Modbus is widely used in real life and is present in almost all industrial … Read more