From: Asaf Shelly on
"Maxim S. Shatskih" wrote:

> > A communication frame can end by silent period.
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> Send an end-of-talk marker instead.

Can't. I am supporting an existing embedded system.

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> 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.
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> 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.

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> > As long as it works, I can deploy it to a real system
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> 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