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You can order RS485 shield from [http://www.linkspritedirect.com/product_info.php?products_id=23 LinkSpriteDirect ] or [http://www.cutedigi.com/arduino-shields/rs485-shield-for-arduino.html CuteDig].
 
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 09:44, 27 December 2012

Introduction

RS485 is a standard communication port for field bus. Arduino only has a USB port and a TTL UART interface. In order to talk to a device that has RS485 bus, we can add a RS485 port to Arduino using this handy RS485 shield.

  • Use this handy Arduino RS485 shield to add an RS485 port to your Arduino
  • Comes fully assembled with shield stacking headers

Features

Application Ideas

Cautions

Schematic



Specification

Pin definition and Rating

Mechanic Dimensions

Usage

Hardware Installation

To use it, just simply plug this shield onto Arduino Uno.

Note: As the RS485 shield and the USB port on the Arduino Uno are using the same TTL UART of Atmega328. Please remove the shield when you want to download program through the Arduino IDE.

Programming

Serial class of Arduino can be used for RS485 shield.

FAQ

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Support

If you have questions or other better design ideas, you can go to our forum to discuss or creat a ticket for your issue at linksprite support.

Resources

How to buy

You can order RS485 shield from LinkSpriteDirect or CuteDig.

See Also

Other related products and resources.

Licensing

This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0 Source code and libraries are licensed under GPL/LGPL, see source code files for details.