January 23, 2023 - in class

Serial Communication

• Asynchronous - one-way. Signal is sent, recieved. The primary type we’ll be working with. (RS-232)
• Synchronous - Hardware is synced, constant back-and-forth communication. (i^2C, SPI, I-Wire)

Things to check out

• Sparkfun
• Adafruit - for circuts and sensors
• Pololu Electronics
• Hard Fork Podcast
• Matt Kenyon’s work
• Load cells for determining weight
• Bit banging