How do instruments communicate with microcontrollers?
Have you ever wondered how do instruments communicate with microcontrollers? Communication between electronic components is similar to that between humans. Both the components need to speak in the same language in order to understand each other. For electronic components, these languages are known as communication protocols. Communication protocols are rules required to exchange information between computers and instruments. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C), Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter (UART), Controller Area Network (CAN), and Universal Serial Bus (USB) are ideal communication protocols which people use for communication between microcontrollers. Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) SPI is a common communication protocol used in various devices like SD card modules, RFID card reader modules, etc. When designing an embedded system, it is important to consider how the speed of the system is. The speed will largely impact the user e...