Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> Why not ignore the stop bit altogether?

You can, as long as you understand what you are giving up in return.

Normally the stop bit is used as a check and if it's value is not correct
then a "framing error" is generated.  This is a clue that the received byte
could be wrong.  Usually framing errors are the result of baud rate
mismatches.  Checking the stop bit is also how a break condition is
detected.


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