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Bit by Bit: Why Use Serial Communications?

Control Engineering Magazine, January 2009

In this day and age, why use serial communications, such as RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485? Control Engineering Editor-In-Chief and industry-experts discuss the continued prevalent use of serial communications because of low cost, simplicity, and familiarity.

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