C Programmer's Guide to Serial Communications

by Joe Campbell

Book Overview

Comprehensive coverage of serial communications for all intermediate and advanced C programmers. This new edition provides a new perspective on incorporating serial communications with C. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0672302861
• ISBN13: 9780672302862
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 939 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Why they stopped to publishing?

The title says a lot... I'm an embedded developer and this book is a bible for Serial Communications. History, error detection, flow control, PC Serial, etc. After the first look my first thought was "Why they stopped to publishing??"

Dated, but a great resource.

As others have said, you can't do much these days with the DOS-centric code you'll find in this book. However, it's a fantastic tutorial for serial communications concepts and includes a phenomenal, riveting chapter on telecommunications history. I typically don't enjoy reading textbooks, but this one was a wonderful exception.

My reference for serial communications

I bought this book several years ago. Since then, as an embedded programmer, I worked with GPS, landline and cellular modems, HyperTerminal scripts, as well as RS232 ports from the processor side. It has helped me with my job and saved my bacon several times. I am very happy that I purchased the book. Thank you Mr. Campbell.

Informative Book

This book is well written and easy to understand. The author provides an extensive background in the basics of serial communications in the first portion of the book. The second portion of the book provides many insights into programming for serial communications. The code examples are easy to follow and provide a useful library of tools.

Best serial communications book in 28 yrs experience.

I've been designing, installing and programming communications networks for 28 years (asynch, synch, X.25, APPC) and this is the most lucid explanation of asynchronous, serial I/O I've found.I've written low-level, interrupt-driven comm. handlers for the 8250 UART based on this book. To my knowledge, I've the only interrupt-driven INPUT buffer routine I've ever found (in C).Chapters 6 and 13 alone are worth the price of the book.Two of the systems I've used serial I/O are: [1] interface between HP 3000 and cardboard corrugator for production control; includes five serial I/O ports to machinery, consoles and spooled printers (under DOS!). [2] interface to meat grading probe, electronic scale & bard code reader in a slaughterhouse (DOS again).