UART at 4 MHz: When Baud Rate Tolerance Actually Matters
Most UART tutorials show 115200 baud where framing errors are rare. At 4 Mbaud the 3% tolerance in the spec becomes a real engineering constraint.
Most UART tutorials show 115200 baud where framing errors are rare. At 4 Mbaud the 3% tolerance in the spec becomes a real engineering constraint.
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- uart
- serial
- embedded
- signal-integrity
- timing
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