OCSN/RMCS Data Communication &

Network Principles Section A 3

Parallel data transfer

Serial data transmission - asynchronous

Requires one
line per bit
(plus ground)
Requires
additional
timing signals,
e.g. clock or
strobe

Bit-serial transmission
Bit synchronisation
Character and frame synchronisation

Sections to read in Stallings's book

Chapter 6
Relevant sections in Halsalls book:
3.1, 3.2
Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

Section A 3, Page 1

Bit-serial data transmission

What timing information does the receiving
device require in order to decode and
interpret the data?

(Halsall Fig 3.2b)

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

(Halsall Fig 3.2a)

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

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Asynchronous transmission (stop/start bits)

What does asynchronous mean in this context?

(Halsall Fig 3.3)

Section A 3, Page 3

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

Section A 3, Page 4

Asynchronous transmission principle of operation

Asynchronous transmission bit synchronisation timing principles

What values of N are normally used?

Does RxC need to be exactly equal to N*TxC?

How does the

receiver get
the RxC/N
signal into the
correct phase?
What is a
UART?
(Halsall Fig 3.5b)

(Halsall Fig 3.5a)

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

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Asynchronous transmission bit synchronisation using 16 X receiver clock

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

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Asynchronous transmission character and frame synchronisation

How is character synchronisation achieved?

(Halsall Fig 3.5c(iii))

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

Section A 3, Page 7

(Halsall Fig 3.6a)

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

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Asynchronous transmission frame synchronisation with 8 bit binary data

What happens if data is not printable ASCII?

(Halsall Fig 3.6b)

Data Comm. & Net. Principles, Ed 3, D. Lauder

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