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12 years ago

UART (RS-232) problems with the use of Altera DE1 and FTDI UM232R

Hello. I have a problem with UART (RS-232) on Altera DE1 development kit and FTDI UM232R module. Main task is data transfer between Altera DE1 and PC through FTDI UM232R module. It is only p...
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12 years ago

can you connect the oscilloscope to which ever is the TX pin of your DE1 ? If you send a single character you should be able to capture it on the scope and verify that your verilog/firmware code is working and not your terminal application or chip.

Altera also has their own UART module which you add in Qsys/SOPC builder, this provides a GUI interface that you can use to just select the baud rate that you want.