On Friday 12 Sep 2003 4:01 pm, you wrote:
> Bob Ammerman wrote:
> > The user is depending on  the receiver recognizing the start bit
> > correctly, which is problematic at best.
>
> Why ?
> He is using the UART as an async UART, and hence uses normal,
> standard start/stop bits. It's of no importance that the
> higher level software then decodes the "bytes" as Manchster code...
>

Indeed not, but it IS important that there is no dc connection between the
transmitting and receiving UARTS which is what makes sart bit detection
difficult.

Ian

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