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Unread 02-10-2003, 00:06
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Originally posted by FotoPlasma
If the FRC RC has a TTL serial port, wouldn't it be easier (and faster) to use that link to communicate between systems?
You could almost certainly implement a faster data transfer protocol between the RC and an external microcontroller using the digital I/O than using a serial connection limited to 115k. Parallel I/O is nearly always faster than serial. However, it would indeed be quite a hassle.