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20 years ago

FIFOed Avalon Uart

I have posted the FIFOed avalon UART in the Hardware Projects area. It is the standard UART that comes with Nios but it has additional features such as FIFOs and hardware CTS fifoed avalon uar...
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19 years ago

Be aware of when using a PC serial port, its Tx FIFO will continue to empty itself after changing CTS. To ensure no more data is sent from the PC, go into "Port Settings - Advanced" on the Control Panel and set the Tx FIFO to 1.

I don't use this UART but is it able to set CTS when the FIFO is full, or when it's nearly full?