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== Interfacing a Processor ==
As our satellite will consist of various sensors which would need to be interfaced by microcontroller therefore our microcontroller should have various types of communication ports supporting various communication protocols such as :
* '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_asynchronous_receiver-transmitter Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART):]''' UART is used to send or receive serial data. A PC uses UART to communicate. Really useful for debugging.
* '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_Interface_Bus Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI):]''' It is a synchronous, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_(telecommunications)#Full_duplex full duplex] serial communication interface specification. It communicates using master-slave structure. Multiple slave devices are supported through selection with individual slave select(SS) lines.