Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2001 00:06:49 -0500 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Chern Lee <chern@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/serial-uart article Message-ID: <200111060506.fA656nE03987@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Nov 2001 21:34:21 %2B0100." <20011105213421.A67832@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200111051925.fA5JPqD87227@freefall.freebsd.org> <XFMail.011105114453.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20011105213421.A67832@freebie.xs4all.nl>
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> On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 11:44:53AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 05-Nov-01 Chern Lee wrote: > > > chern 2001/11/05 11:25:52 PST > > > > > > Modified files: > > > en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/serial-uart article.sgml > > > Log: > > > Use "raising" and "lowering" the signal over "asserting" and > > > "disasserting" (not a word). > > > > I think 'deasserting' may be a word, but raising/lowering is fine. > > Assert / deassert are the terms generally used in chip datasheets. > Assert/deassert tend to be preferable because the meaning of "assert" is clear even if the signal is active-low, while raise and lower might be ambiguous. This is also a problem when referring to RS-232 signals, since the "assert" state of a control signal is the more negative voltage, if I recall correctly. (Either set is probably better than "mark" and "space" as ways to refer to the states of the signals.) louie To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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