RE: [AVR-Chat] When boyscouts say one for all, all for one
2007-02-28 by Tim Mitchell
Leon wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Mitchell" <tim@sabretechnology.co.uk> > To: <AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 10:30 AM > Subject: RE: [AVR-Chat] When boyscouts say one for all, all for one > > >> Leon wrote: >>> >>> RS-485 is one way. You could also daisy-chain the slaves and use the >>> UARTs, with each slave passing the message onto the next. You will >>> need some sort of addressing system; when the correct slave >>> identifies the message, it performs the desired action otherwise it >>> passes it on to the next slave. >> >> No, RS485 is not one-way, each node can transmit or receive. You are >> thinking of RS422 which has separate inputs and outputs. > > I meant that it is one way to do it, not that the comms are one way. > 8-) > Of course! Silly me. The wonders of text only communication. -- Tim Mitchell tim@sabretechnology.co.uk http://www.sabretechnology.co.uk Sabre Technology (Hull) Ltd, 3a Newlands Science Park, Hull HU6 7TQ Registered in England and Wales no.3131504 t:01482 801003 f:01482 801078