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Altera_Forum
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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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Altera_Forum
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18 years ago

thanks.

Ok my clock is 50mhz which = 52428800hz

now i want 9600 baud so: 52428800 / 9600 = 5461.3333333333333333333333333333

so using 5461 as my divisor, which = 1010101010101

or am I doing something stupid.

Sinec I do require a null modem cable, i'm fairly sure that getting one will fix my problems, and make this work. I have arranged to pick one up tommorrow.

I'll get back to you once i've tried the cable.