BS2 with MAX232 serial
Hi,
Can you point me in the direction of any HOWTO's or tutorials on using the
MAX232 serial line chip with the BS2 ? My BS2 app needs to do a lot of processing
and so I thought it would be a good idea to off-load the serial line task to a dedicated chip.
Thanks
Paul
Can you point me in the direction of any HOWTO's or tutorials on using the
MAX232 serial line chip with the BS2 ? My BS2 app needs to do a lot of processing
and so I thought it would be a good idea to off-load the serial line task to a dedicated chip.
Thanks
Paul
Comments
And as has been said, the MAX232 merely shifts the levels from TTL (0 to 5 volts) to RS232 (-10 to +10 volts). So it can't act as a buffer.
But it looks like that RS232 buffer co-processor is not available.
Are there any other chips I could be looking at?
or any other guides on doing reliable serial comm with a BS2px
Paul
Ok, thanks man!
I checked it out and it looks like just what I need with the receive buffer.
I have ordered one now. To get a headstart on the code, do you have any sample code
that shows how to retrieve data from the receive buffer?
How do you know there is something in the recieve buffer?
Can you check a pin status?
Thanks
Paul
It has a buffer depth of 8 characters
See
MAX3110E
http://www.wd5gnr.com/suart.htm
Do you know how deep the buffer on the rhombus co-processors is ?
http://www.rhombus-tek.com/co-processors.html
Thanks
Paul