> good compromise. Hardware UARTs frequently use 1/16 bit sampling.

Busy-wait software receive can sample as fast as the processor allows, for
instance once every 3 instructions, almost 1Msamples/sec, ~ to 1/16 for 60
kbaud, but much better for lower baudrates.
Wouter

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