The RS-232 protocol
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 93% confidenceDecodes real serial frames bit by bit; a definitive explainer of a protocol still used everywhere in embedded systems.
What you'll learn
The RS-232 serial protocol: voltage levels, start and stop bits and baud rates, decoded on a scope.
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