From: Asaf Shelly on 5 Sep 2010 19:12 "Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote: > > A communication frame can end by silent period. > > Send an end-of-talk marker instead. Can't. I am supporting an existing embedded system. > > The normal, logical and well-supported COM port use is that only _bits within a byte_ have the guaranteed timing (baud rate), and no timings between _any two_ bytes are guaranteed. > > I do not say other uses are not possible, but they are _very much problematic_, especially in a multitasking OSes. These are embedded systems with a closed system desing. We are adding a PC as management. No need to microseconds, only miliseconds. > > > As long as it works, I can deploy it to a real system > > I have doubts you can even debug such realtime hardware-oriented code on a VM. > The idea is to debug the business logic. After I find no more problems I will start using the real HW Asaf |