Electronic Design

What’s The Difference Between The RS-232 And RS-485 Serial Interfaces?

Dozens of serial data interfaces are used today. Most have been developed for specific applications. A few have become universal, such as I 2 C, CAN, LIN, SPI, Flex, MOST, and I 2 S. Then there’s ...
EDN

Conversion of RS232 to RS485 Interface

The converter is designed for half duplex mode where the PC communicates with ROV using 2 wires from RS232 and RS485 interface. The converter is designed for half duplex mode where the PC communicates ...
Ars Technica

Retrieving data from a RS232 (or RS485) serial output to go to a realtime display

I'm a bit out of my league on this one. I need to take realtime data from a serial source and display it in a "retail display" type of fashion. My PLC sends data out via RS232 (I also have RF485 \ ...
Electronic Design

What’s The Difference Between The RS-232 And RS-485 Serial Interfaces? (.PDF Download)

Dozens of serial data interfaces are used today. Most have been developed for specific applications. A few have become universal, such as I 2 C, CAN, LIN, SPI, Flex, MOST, and I 2 S. Then there’s ...