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- From: tchannon@black.demon.co.uk (Tim Channon)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!black.demon.co.uk!tchannon
- Subject: Serial to Parallel conversion RS-232 --> 32 bit Parallel
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- References: <1992Jul29.151608.28485@news.uiowa.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:40:36 +0000
- Message-ID: <712554701snx@black.demon.co.uk>
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- >I was wondering if there is an easy way to "capture" 4 serial bytes from
- >an RS-232 serial port on an IBM compatible machine to be output as 1 32 bit
- >wide latched byte. Perhaps a combination UART and a count to 4 timer?
- >Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated! Please respond to
- >
- Very easy, no, but a single chip micro containing a uart and 32 i/o lines is
- practical and it might even be possible to power it from the rs232.
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- A direct solution using the parellel port would be fairly easy to design.
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- TC.
- E-mail: tchannon@black.demon.co.uk or tchannon@cix.compulink.co.uk
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