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14 years ago

using altera_up_avalon_rs232.h to set up rs232 communication

Hello. I've found this header file and I have been trying to use it to communicate back and forth between a PC and my development board, Altera DE1. To use functions that read and write charact...
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14 years ago

Hello, me again.

I just figured out there is a function called:

alt_up_rs232_dev* alt_up_rs232_open_dev(const char *name)

which does exactly what I asked here - it returns the pointer to a RS232 device structure.

My problem now is the parameter name of the 'open' function. My uart module in the SOPC builder is called uart_0, but when I run this function after pointing *name to 'uart_0' I get error.

Does anybody maybe have a working example of these functions?

Thank you.