Serial Port Complete: Programming and Circuits for Rs-232 and...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 306 pages
• Published by: Lakeview Research; Pap/Dsk edition June 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0965081923
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0965081924
• Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.3 pounds

Test & Measurement World, October 1998
The part of the book I liked most comes in the section that describes how to connect serial devices. Axelson covers not only RS-232 communications but also RS-485, a serial standard that allows for party-line or multi-drop connections. You would spend a lot of time looking for all the information that the book collects in one place. If you plan to use a serial port in any sort of application, buy this book. It should go on your bookshelf alongside Axelson's earlier book, Parallel Port Complete.

Nuts & Volts, Sept '98
Serial Port Complete is an accurate title. This book covers everything you'd ever want to know about serial ports and network projects. And it's not all theory. This is a very practical book, full of detailed examples - including Stamps and Visual Basic. This book is a "must-have" for serious experimenters.

Reader Reviews
This is a nice book if you want a basic introduction to the serial port from a hardware/circuits point of view. Primary coverage is on the RS232 and RS485, but there is information relevant to other serial standards as well. There is also information for serial communications using microcontrollers such as the 8052 and Basic Stamp; surprisingly NONE of the popular Motorola series (mc68hc11, hc12, hc16, etc) are covered. The glaring weakness of the book is the software coverage, which uses Visual Basic. Why use such an arcane and limited language? Very few engineers and techies use VB, so the majority of the intended audience will miss out on about half of the book. This is a shame since reading code for serial programming gives tremendous insight into what is really happening. This book would be useful to many more people had it been written in a standard language such as C or Java or even assembly. Comment | | (Report this)