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<DIV>Ray,</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, newer serial ports support faster rates. You might be able to attain
500K baud before moving to something like USB.</DIV>
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<DIV>One thing I have noticed is that sometimes RS-232 drivers are not speced at
the higher rates. One example is the controller I use on my robots can run 500K
to 1M baud, but the RS-232 driver is speced at 115K</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the typical scenario for the faster rates is to go with a
differential driver scheme, e.g. RS-485 to support higher rates. </DIV>
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<DIV>Anyway figuring out how much data you need to move around will guide you in
deciding what you need..</DIV>
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