> > Why not ignore the stop bit altogether?
> 
> Because it's the only bit (other than the start bit) whose value you
> know, which lets you verify that the bit you thought was the start bit
> really was one.

When CPU time is as scarce as the original post indicated ignoring (not
checking) the stop bit would still be my first choice. Reliability/error
detection can be added by other means (higher level protocol) or might
not be needed at all.

Wouter van Ooijen

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