{"id":18450,"date":"2017-01-23T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.digilentinc.com\/?p=18450"},"modified":"2021-06-11T10:55:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:55:52","slug":"getting-the-most-out-of-your-analog-discovery-lab-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digilent.com\/blog\/getting-the-most-out-of-your-analog-discovery-lab-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting The Most Out Of Your Analog Discovery: Lab 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I announced that National Instruments<\/a> has released a set of example labs<\/a> designed to show you how you can get the full use of your Analog Discovery 2<\/a>. If you have since forgotten and want to review the summaries and mission of the seven labs, you can check out the original post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The table of contents from the 7 free labs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the next few weeks I’ll be covering each lab, the tools it uses, and concepts that can help you teach your students. In my previous post I went over Lab 5:\u00a0Amplitude Modulation and Demodulation. In this post I’ll be going over Lab 6: UART Serial Communication.<\/p>\n

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Lab 6 is designed for a microcontroller or embedded systems course.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lab 6:\u00a0UART Serial\u00a0<\/strong>Communication\u00a0<\/strong>is designed to introduce students to serial communication, specifically with the example of UART. Students will learn about different ways to send serial data, the properties of serial UART communication, and see the effect of start bits, stop bits, synchronization bits, and baud rate. By the end of this lab, they will be able to send, receive, and decode a serial signal.<\/p>\n

This lab utilizes 1 set of software:\u00a0LabVIEW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LabVIEW<\/a> is a development environment design specifically to accelerate the productivity of engineers and scientists. It features a graphical programming syntax that makes it simple to visualize, create, and code engineering systems.<\/p>\n

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Lab 6 uses the logic analyzing features of the Analog Discovery 2 to receive and decode UART signals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For this lab students would need:<\/span><\/p>\n