Affect of using high UART settings? (not an issue but a question)

[mxbdev]

Sorry for posting a question here, but perhaps you can redirect me to your email or a forum on which you're available to answer questions like this. thanks.

Here's my question:
The GC3355 datasheet (from one of your repositories) states:
"GC3355 is easy to program to support UART speed from 9600bps to 6.25Mbps and the typical baud rate is 115200bps."
I'm currently using a baud rate of 8 X the typical (921600) without too much of a problem. How high can I push this and is there any need for me to push this? Is there a harmful affect to the chips an/or will it up the hardware error rate?

I'm currently using an ACER netbook running Ubuntu 13.04 to control 4 Gridseeds (5-chip) units in a multi-pool balance strategy.

Thanks in advance,
Mxb

[davembg]

Uh, baudrate is essentially useless here.
Very little data moves to and from the devices.
Stick with the default baudrate of your OS.

On Apr 17, 2014, at 9:43 AM, mxbdev wrote:

Sorry for posting a question here, but perhaps you can redirect me to your email or a forum on which you're available to answer questions like this. thanks.

Here's my question:
The GC3355 datasheet (from one of your repositories) states:
"GC3355 is easy to program to support UART speed from 9600bps to 6.25Mbps and the typical baud rate is 115200bps."
I'm currently using a baud rate of 8 X the typical (921600) without too much of a problem. How high can I push this and is there any need for me to push this? Is there a harmful affect to the chips an/or will it up the hardware error rate?

I'm currently using an ACER netbook running Ubuntu 13.04 to control 4 Gridseeds (5-chip) units in a multi-pool balance strategy.

Thanks in advance,
Mxb

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[mxbdev]

Thanks davembg. I suspected that, as there was little change in performance observed as I bumped up the baudrate.