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18 years ago

uart communications

Hey, I'm doing a project involving the DE2 FPGA, where I need to communicate with a pc via a serial interface. I have checked the pin assignments file and noticed there are only 2 pins associated wit...
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18 years ago

Hello,

I mentioned the decimal constant syntax, cause I was searching for an explanation why you didn't calculate the correct baud rate divider, but set it 4,6 % too slow. But I think you should be able to set the value also using binary constants.

DE2 can be connected to PC with a straigth (1:1) RS232 cable, DE2 has TX at pin 2, A PC at Pin 3.

Regards,

Frank