Several devices convert various serial communications to Ethernet so data can be collected by all computers in the case of a failure of one computer.
For example, UI is used to measure timing jitter in serial communications or in on-chip clock distributions.
RS-232 is a specification for serial communication that is popular in analytical and scientific instruments, as well for controlling peripherals such as printers.
In serial communications, multiple single-ended signals are serialized into a single differential pair with a data rate equal to that of all the combined single-ended channels.
In serial communications, a framing error is the result of reading a string of symbols which are grouped in blocks at the wrong starting point.
In practice, this configuration works only for certain applications but offers potentially lower costs and higher performance using the Internet to carry serial communications instead of modems between two computers.
For many years, an RS-232-compatible port was a standard feature for serial communications, such as modem connections, on many computers.
S5/8 was a serial communications standard devised in the United Kingdom in the 1980s as a simplified subset of RS-232 intended to make interoperability easier.
When using serial communication, only one bit is transferred at a time, for example over a communication channel or computer bus.
Bit banging is a technique for serial communications using software instead of dedicated hardware.