[Jacob Geigle] had a problem. A GPS unit and a Bluetooth-to-serial were tying up all the hardware UARTs on an AVR Arduino project. “Software serial”, I hear you say. But what if I told you [Jacob] ...

So let’s say your using an Arduino in your project. You already have the hardware-based serial interface working with one portion of the project and need a second serial port for unrelated hardware.

Arduino enthusiasts searching for an isolated USB to UART converter specifically designed for the Arduino Pro mini may be interested in a new piece of hardware created by Simone based in Italy. The ...

I stood in stunned silence at the smoke billowing up from the hardware on the workbench. Just moments before, it had been operating as expected, before self-destructing with a sound that can only be ...

Frédéric Meslin has created a new multitimbral FM Synthesiser Shield for Arduino that has been inspired by retro-consoles and has been designed for the creation of chiptune music, custom instruments ...

Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitters (UARTs) are considered the simplest way to send data from one system to another system. UARTs are commonly included in microcontrollers and many modern ICs ...

Have you ever used the term UART only to be corrected by another engineer that it isn’t a UART but USART? In certain circumstances the interchangeability of these ...