Serial communication is basically the transmission or reception of data one bit at a time.
Today's computers generally address data in bytes or some multiple thereof.
A byte contains 8 bits.
A bit is basically either a logical 1 or zero.
Every character on this page is actually expressed internally as one byte.
The serial port is used to convert each byte to a stream of ones and zeroes as well as to convert a streams of ones and zeroes to...
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