??? 09/22/09 12:12 Read: times |
#169042 - and .. Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I have 3 Atmel 2051 micros with serial I/O's connected in parallel, communicating with a PC through 1 serial port only. This has been in industry for over 5 years and working very well.
and someone has a couple of transistors running a 232 interface that "has been in industry for over 5 years and working very well". While your 'scheme' may, indeed, work under some circumstances, when implemented right, it is not a pat solution that can just be implemented by "paralelling the pins". When posting such solutions it should be your duty to go into such details that the 'copier' does not get burned. If the PC echoes back the characters, then each of the 8051's can determine when there is no transmission and can initiate a transmission if necessary. as an example of the dangers; what happens if both '51s detect 'silemce' at the same time. This, actually is a design flaw (someone elses) I once caught. Erik |