[sdiy] MIDI specifications round 2

[BrightBoy]

> I'm not familiar with UART's, but I'm assuming they're IC's 
> that are used for Asynchronous transfer's, add start/stop bit, etc.

Precisely....

> Looking over my microcontroller a little more, I have notice 
> that it has a SCI built in.  

What specific microcontroller/model are you using????

> All I would have to do is set the baud and write to the
> register and it should take care of the start/stop bit 
> for me.  

Yep.  But you'll also have to configure the UART for the
number of start/stop bits, as well as baud rate....

> I'm not sure what the current loop is/does

20ma present = ON
0ma present = OFF

Cheers,

Jeff