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9 years ago

UART 16550 vs standard UART

Hi all, is there a simple way of replacing the standard UART, which is in all examples, with the UART16550? I mean, that simply all stdin/stdout/stderr goes to the UART16550? I can only have o...
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9 years ago

I had a look at using the 16550 UART. In the end I found it much easier to use this one:-

http://www.alterawiki.com/wiki/fifoed_avalon_uart

It is exactly the same to use as the standard Altera UART but offers buffering, higher speed, RS485 driver enable + lots more. Well worth a look.