The Languages of LaunchPad

This chapter further elaborates on the digital stream, and through that helps our LaunchPad become a sociable device, capable of talking to external components such as LCDs, sensors ,or other LaunchPads through various languages or serial communication protocols. Readers will be introduced to UART, SPI, I2C protocols and some of their electrical configuration. The concept of libraries is also reiterated to show how it can help abstract away from the lower level communication protocols. This enables developers to focus more on the function and actions of our LaunchPad projects.