Synopsis
Virtually every microprocessor with the exception of the most simple, supports a serial input/output (SIO) port for serial communication and debugging. However, the electrical output of a typical microprocessor is TTL and very limited in robustness, and distance abilities

For real world world interfacing, two of the most popular serial interface protocols are RS232, and RS485. This book is one of the most complete on the subject of RS232 and RS485 interfacing available. This is a very practical book with lots of design and programming examples.

The RS232 protocol and its electrical variant RS485 are covered extensively. Data formats, timing and control are described in detail. In addition, hardware connections - standard connector pin outs and typical interface circuits are covered.

Specific PC link programming examples in Microsoft Visual are given, as well as examples in generic Basic as a program specification language.

This is a "must have" book for the book shelf of anyone working with serial interface design and programming. The book comes with a disk of program examples.

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Synopsis
The full title of the book is
Digital Signal Processing, A Practical Guide for Engineers and Scientists.
While theory is not ignored, the book is not a detailed theoretical treatise on the subject of digital signal processing. This book is directed towards users of digital processing such as engineers and scientists who want to use DSPs for signal processing applications.

This book presents a good as well as practical overview of all the aspects of digital signal processing with a lot of examples. Interestingly, BASIC is used as the program description language. At first I was a bit skeptical of this, but after reading through a couple of examples I found that from a learning perspective, a simple BASIC program is easier to understand than a C implementation (but not necessarily as a real implementaion!)

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