When
you use computers, entertainment systems or telephones, the various pieces and
parts of the systems make up a community of electronic devices. These devices
communicate with each other using a variety of wires, cables, radio signals and
infrared light beams, and an even greater variety of connectors, plugs and
protocols.
There are lots of different ways that electronic devices can
connect to one another. For example :
Component cables
Electrical wires
Ethernet cables
WiFi
Infrared signals
The art of connecting things is becoming more and more
complex every day. In this article, we will look at a method of connecting
devices, called bluetooth, that can streamline the process. A bluetooth
connection is wireless and automatic, and it has a number of interesting
features that can simplify our daily lives.
The problem
When any two devices need to talk to each other, they have
to agree on a number of points before the conversation can begin. The first
point of agreement is physical: will they talk over wires, or through some form
of wireless signals? If they use wires, how many are required – one, two,
eight, 25? Once the physical attributes are decided, several more questions
arise:
How much data will be sent at a
time? For at instance, serial ports send data 1 bit at a time, while parallel
ports send several bits at once.
How will they speak to each
other? All of the parties in an electronic discussion need to know what the
bits mean and whether the message they receive is the same message that was
sent. This means developing a set of commands and responses known as a
protocol.
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