parallel port
USB virtual COM port with 328 – 329
vs. other interfaces 3
parallel termination 120
parameters, port
setting 33
See also code example (embedded); code
example (PC)
parity
defined 12
9-bit data and 275
PC Card (PCMCIA) 5
PIC microcontroller
FTDI chips and 330
See also Microchip Technology; specific
chip (PIC_)
PIC18F4520
bit rate 18 , 234 – 237
EUSART 230 – 237
features 230
flow control 256 – 262
interrupt 237 – 241 , 253 – 254 , 257 – 258
9-bit data 274 – 275
See also code example (embedded) 230
PIC18F4550 341
PIC18F8722 263
PICBASIC 241
See also code example (embedded)
PICDEM 2 Plus 66
PIE1 239
PinChanged 211 – 213
PIR1 238
Plug and Play 39
pnpports 38 , 40
polling 28
.NET 190 – 193
port power 55 – 58
Portmon utility 78
PortName property 157
Ports class, Windows 39
POTS model 336
abstract control model 337 , 339 , 340 – 362
datapump model 339
Direct Line (DL) model 339
direct line control model 339
telephone control model 340
See also abstract control model
power from port 55 – 58
power supply, ground and 72 – 75
primary/secondary protocol 269
PROFIBUS 271
Prolific Technology, Inc. 325
propagation rate 108 – 109
protective ground 71
putcUSART 244
putrsUSART 244
putsUSART 244R.E. Smith 89
Rabbit Semiconductor Inc. 263
radio frequency communications. See RF
RCON 238
RCREG 231 , 238 , 258
RCSTA 233 – 234
RD 45
Read (SerialPort class) 168 – 169 , 171
ReadBufferSize 197
ReadByte (SerialPort class) 169
ReadChar (SerialPort class) 172
ReadExisting (SerialPort class) 171
ReadFile 41
ReadLine (SerialPort class) 171
ReadTimeout 160 , 190
ReadTo (SerialPort class) 171