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What is RS-422? What are its uses?

asked Feb 09 at 14:46

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All of RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 are serial protocols. They specify the electrical interface between two "hosts", which is just any two or more things that communicate with each other.

Where RS-232 is normally used only between two hosts, RS-422 is normally used in a broadcast scenario (one sending to many), and RS-485 is more like a peer to peer network (many to many).

Maxim-IC has more info.

answered Apr 17 at 19:44

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edited Apr 17 at 19:55

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