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How to Select the Right UART for Your Application: A new Video by Future Electronics
How to Select the Right UART for Your Application: A new Video by Future Electronics
Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, has added another how-to video to its tutorial video series: “How to Select the Right UART for Your Application”.
Pointe Claire,
Quebec,
Canada
(prbd.net)
14/11/2012
Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, has added another how-to video to its series about selecting the best electronic components for various applications. "How to Select the Right UART for Your Application" is now available along with many other helpful video tutorials on the company's YouTube channel.
As with all of the company's how-to videos, the tutorial begins by answering the most basic questions first, including "What is a UART?" A UART, or Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter, is an integrated circuit used for serial communications, which contains a receiver and a transmitter. A UART takes bytes of data and transmits the individual bits in a sequential fashion. At the destination, a second UART re-assembles the bits into complete bytes. A dual UART, or DUART, combines two UARTs into a single chip.
There are several good reasons to choose UARTs to translate data between parallel and serial forms. UARTS can have FIFO buffers with a high number of bytes. For example, for UARTs with 16 byte FIFO buffers, the UART can receive up to 14 bytes (or send 16 bytes) before it has to interrupt the CPU. Not only can it wait for more bytes, but the CPU can then transfer all (14 to 16) bytes at a time. The CPU receives fewer interrupts, and is free to do other things. UARTs can be used with several interface circuit types, are easy interface to PCs, and can cover a wide range of distance and speed capabilities with off-the-shelf hardware.
Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitters are commonly included in microcontrollers and are designed to be used for several applications. UARTs are used for devices including GPS units, modems, wireless communications and Bluetooth modules, amongst many other applications.
Step-by-step visuals and narration assist the viewer in understanding the basics of UARTS, UART applications, and then demonstrate the process of finding the right products on the company's website in real time, showing how quick and easy it is to navigate the site, filtering by characteristics such as data rate, number of functions, interface circuit type, nominal supply voltage, manufacturer and more, and find the best parts for any application.
To watch "How to Select the Right UART for Your Application" , more information about UARTS, UART drivers, serial UARTs, UART manufacturers and more of the how-to video series, visit Future Electronics YouTube channel.
About Future Electronics
Future Electronics is a global leader in electronics distribution, ranking 3rd in component sales worldwide. Founded in 1968, the company has established itself as one of the most innovative organizations in the industry today, with 5,000 employees in 169 offices in 42 countries around the world. Future Electronics is globally integrated, with one worldwide IT infrastructure providing real-time inventory availability and access, while enabling full integration of its operations, sales and marketing worldwide. Offering the highest level of service, the most advanced engineering capabilities and technical solutions through all stages of the design-production cycle, and the largest available-to-sell inventory in the world, Future's mission is always to Delight the Customer.
For further information, please contact:
Martin H. Gordon
Director, Corporate Communications
FUTURE ELECTRONICS
www.FutureElectronics.com
Tle.: 514-694-7710 (ext. 2236)
Fax: 514-630-2671
E-mail: martin.gordon@FutureElectronics.com
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