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 * [http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/qbus/EK-DZV11-TM-001_DZV11_Asynchronous_Multiplexer_Technical_Manual_Jun78.pdf DZV11 asynchronous multiplexer technical  manual] (EK-DZV11-TM-001)
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 The introduction of UARTs can be seen happening in early DEC [[PDP-11]] serial interfaces; the earliest, the [[KL11 asynchronous serial line interface|KL11]], used discrete components, not a UART chip, as did the [[DM11 asynchronous serial line interface|DM11]]; the [[DL11 asynchronous serial line interface|DL11]], and all others after that date, utilized UART chips, though.
-Early UART chips only handled a single line; later on, DUARTs appeared, with 2 lines per chip. The QUART (four lines) and OCTART (eight lines) followed. (In general, all the lines in these have to share a singled set of parameters.)
+Early UART chips only handled a single line; later on, '''DUART'''s appeared, with 2 lines per chip. The QUART (four lines) and OCTART (eight lines) followed. (In general, all the lines in these have to share a singled set of parameters.)
 ==Buffers==

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 ==Description==
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+The [[DZV11 asynchronous serial line interface|DZV11]] technical manual (below) includes a detailed description of the UART in Appendix A, 'IC Descriptions'.
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 ==External links==
 *  [http://retrocmp.com/attachments/article/143/UART%20AY-5-1013.pdf General Instruments AY-5-1013A UAR/T: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter]
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−	~~#Redirect~~ [[~~Asynchronous~~ serial line#UART]]	+	The '''Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter''' (usually initialized as '''UART''') was a functional unit which contained all the [[circuit]]ry needed to originate and interpret [[asynchronous serial line]] signals, including the serial-[[parallel]] conversion.
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		+	Initially, they were implemented with discrete components. In about 1970, Vince Bastiani of [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]], together with engineers from Solid State Data Systems (in Long Island, New York) produced a complete UART in a single very early [[MSI]] [[integrated circuit\|chip]]. This evolved into a standard part, produced in a 40-pin [[Dual Inline Package\|DIP]] package by many manufacturers. The first, in 1971, was the Western Digital WD1402A; the Fairchild TR1402A, General Instruments AY-5-1013 and Intersil 6402 were others.
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		+	The parameters of the line ([[character]] size, [[parity]], number of stop bits, etc) are all selected by the inputs to the chip. The circuitry needed to produce the [[voltage]]s and [[current]]s needed by the particular interface type was outside the chip, so a UART could be used with either [[EIA RS-232 serial line interface\|EIA]] or [[20mA current loop serial line interface\|20mA]] interfaces.
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		+	The introduction of UARTs can be seen happening in early DEC [[PDP-11]] serial interfaces; the earliest, the [[KL11 asynchronous serial line interface\|KL11]], used discrete components, not a UART chip, as did the [[DM11 asynchronous serial line interface\|DM11]]; the [[DL11 asynchronous serial line interface\|DL11]], and all others after that date, utilized UART chips, though.
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		+	Early UART chips only handled a single line; later on, DUARTs appeared, with 2 lines per chip. The QUART (four lines) and OCTART (eight lines) followed. (In general, all the lines in these have to share a singled set of parameters.)
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		+	==Buffers==
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		+	With increased speeds, besides locking the DCE-DTE rate at 2x the communication rate, UART chips would need to increase their local [[buffer]] size to be able to send continuously. It has been reported that it did not help that a UART chip was released with a defective buffer, or that in some cases, the buffers would need to be enabled.
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		+	==Description==
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		+	''Add''
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		+	==External links==
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		+	* [http://retrocmp.com/attachments/article/143/UART%20AY-5-1013.pdf General Instruments AY-5-1013A UAR/T: Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter]
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		+	[[Category: Communication Basics]]
		+	[[Category: Components]]