Digital Interface Handbook, 3rd Edition

Contents

Chapter 1   Introduction to interfacing

1.1     The need for digital interfaces

1.1.1    Transparent links

1.1.2    The need for standards

1.1.3    Digital interfaces and programme quality

1.2     Analog and digital communication compared

1.3     Quantization, binary data and word length

1.4     Serial and parallel communications

1.5     Introduction to interface terminology

1.5.1    Data rate versus baud rate

1.5.2    Synchronous, asynchronous and isochronous communications

1.5.3    Uni- and bi-directional interfaces

1.5.4    Clock signals

1.5.5    Multiplexing

1.5.6    Buffering

1.6     Introduction to networks

1.7     The electrical interface

1.7.1    Balanced and unbalanced compared

1.7.2    Electrical interface standards

1.7.3    Transmission ...