I have realized that my current project is not fast enough to snatch =
bytes off the serial bus without some kind of protocall.

I want to use just Rx and Tx lines w/no handshaking. So I want to =
recieve a string.=20

What I would like to do is to have a character at the end of the string =
to signal end of transmission. That, way, my serial recieve can just =
loop until done, and hopefully catch everything.

I want to be able to send with a terminal emulator, so the =
end-of-transmission character needs to be something I can type on the =
keyboard, one key (no key combinations).

I was thinking about using the esc char. Would there be a better choice? =
What is a "break" signal?

Thanks

John

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