So, I've been adding support for multiple baud rates (115.2, 57.6, 38.4, 19.2, and 9.6 Kbps) to the AVRcam recently. I have also added an auto-baud feature so that setting the baud rate doesn't require any jumper settings...just ping the system (by sending the "PG" command), and the baud rate gets set.
I was wondering if baud rates lower than 9.6 Kbps would be useful for developers? I don't have much experience with the BASIC Stamps, but I understand that those folks seem to really like 9.6 Kbps serial (don't know if its a hardware limitation or not). At 9.6 Kbps, two objects can be tracked simultaneously at 30 frames/second. at 19.2 Kbps, 5 objects can be tracked at 30 frames/sec. 38.4 and above allow for the full 8 objects to be tracked simultaneously.
What do you think? Would other baud rates be useful? Anyone really need 300 baud serial?