Start signal

Start signal

In telecommunication, the term start signal has the following meanings:

# A signal that prepares a device to receive data or to perform a function. "Contrast with" A-condition.
# In asynchronous serial communication, a signal at the beginning of a character that prepares the receiving device for the reception of the code elements.

A start signal is limited to one signal element usually having the duration of a unit interval.

Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188


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