In this chapter we focus on digital communications techniques used in PIC interfacing with I/O devices, integrated circuits, and other forms of programmable logic. Communications, in general, refer to the exchange of information following rules, sometimes called a protocol. Digital and computer communications come in two flavors: serial and parallel. Serial communications take place when the data is sent one bit at a time over the communications channel. In parallel communications all the bits that compose a single symbol or character are sent simultaneously.
Popular lore regards serial communications as slower than parallel communications, but with modern-day technologies this is often not the case, as serial techniques ...
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