Fast and Effective Embedded Systems Design

Chapter 7

Starting with Serial Communication

Chapter Outline

7.1 Introducing Synchronous Serial Communication

7.2 Serial Peripheral Interface

7.2.1 Introducing SPI

7.2.2 SPI on the mbed

7.2.3 Setting up an mbed SPI Master

7.2.4 Creating a SPI Data Link

7.3 Intelligent Instrumentation and a SPI Accelerometer

7.3.1 Introducing the ADXL345 Accelerometer

7.3.2 Developing a Simple ADXL345 Program

7.4 Evaluating SPI

7.5 The Inter-Integrated Circuit Bus

7.5.1 Introducing the I²C Bus

7.5.2 I²C on the mbed

7.5.3 Setting up an I²C Data Link

7.6 Communicating with an I²C Temperature Sensor

7.7 Using the SRF08 Ultrasonic Range Finder

7.8 Evaluating I²C

7.9 Asynchronous Serial Data Communication

7.9.1 Introducing Asynchronous Serial Data

7.9.2 Applying ...