XC-1 Tutorials: UART - having problems

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MosMax
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XC-1 Tutorials: UART - having problems

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I am following the XC-1 tutorial "Interface with a host using a serial link".

I am having problems displaying output through the terminal. What is a good terminal emulator to use? At the moment, I am using the one in Putty. I am on the right COM6 port at the right speed 115200, but I do not see any received messages in the terminal window when running the program.

Thanks

Here is my current code:

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/*
 ============================================================================
 Name        : xc1-uart.xc
 Description : UART code for the XC-1 board
 ============================================================================
 */

#include <platform.h>

#define BIT_RATE 115200 //rate
#define BIT_TIME XS1_TIMER_HZ / BIT_RATE //time = time/sec divided by bit/sec = time/bit

void txByte(out port TXD, int byte);

out port TXD = PORT_UART_TX; // setting up TXD to be the port

int main() {
	txByte(TXD, 0);
	txByte(TXD, 1);
	txByte(TXD, 2);

  return 0;
}

void txByte(out port TXD, int byte) {
  unsigned time;
  timer t;

  /* get initial time */
  t :> time;

  /* output start bit */
  TXD <: 0;
  time += BIT_TIME;
  t when timerafter(time) :> void;

  /* output data bits */
  for (int i=0; i<8; i++) {
    TXD <: >> byte;
    time += BIT_TIME;
    t when timerafter(time) :> void;
  }

  /* output stop bit */
  TXD <: 1;
  time += BIT_TIME;
  t when timerafter(time) :> void;
}


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Post by Lele »

Beware 0, 1, 2 are not printable chars by terminals, try '0', '1', '2' or 0x30, 0x31, 0x32.
Also check that COM6 is the right one.
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Post by MosMax »

Thanks! They are outputted as char bytes as you said. '1' '2' .. worked great.
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