1. Data transmission
1.1 History and performance
Data transmission goes back a long way, and has used many different media. The first media used were based on the human senses: voice, hearing and vision. We only have to go back to the novels and comic strips of our childhood to encounter communication systems such as smoke signals and tom-toms, but also, in ancient history lessons, the fires of Greek sailors, then, closer to home, the semaphores of Chappe* and the telegraphs of Morse** and Baudot***, to arrive at the inventions of the telephone, radio, television, cell phones, etc.
* Claude Chappe (1763-1805): French engineer who invented aerial telegraphy. The first line opened between Lille and Paris in 1794. History records that the...
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To learn more about the main protocols used in industrial communications, consult the following two books:
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The Industrial Communication Technology Handbook, Ed. Richard Zurawski, CRC Press, 2000 N. W. Corporate Blvd, Boca Raton Florida, 33431. 2005. ISBN 0-8493-3077-7.
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