[dorkbotdc-blabber] Ardunio / RFID serial + what else?

[M at]

Can you run the hardware and the software serials at different speeds.
I looked around for some code examples, but I didn't find any?

M@

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Thomas Edwards<tedwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> Arduino has one "hardware" serial port on pins 0 and 1, but you can
> use a "software serial port" on other pins:
>
> http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/SoftwareSerial
>
> It has many limitations though, especially speed (9600 bps).  So I
> have been using "NewSoftSerial" which has fewer limitations:
>
> http://arduiniana.org/libraries/newsoftserial/
>
> On the other hand, if you really want two solidly working serial ports
> with rates up to 230,400 bps, you could always drop the Arduino and go
> with the Comfile CUBLOC:
>
> http://cubloc.com/product/01_01cb220.php
>
> -Thomas
>  http://www.t11s.com
>
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:20 PM, M@<mattbillings at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My question is if I am using the serial RFID reader from parallax, can
>> I still use something like xport or xbee? Will the RFID use the only
>> serial port and make the transmission to the webserver impossible?
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