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15 years ago

Uart Problem

Hi everybody, I need to write or read a package to UART. Package like 0xFF 0xFF 0x01 0x04 0x02 0x2B 0x01 0xCC This package or packages like that are needed to be sent to control Dynam...
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15 years ago

I think you are using the standard UART controller component available in sopc builder.

You'll find all the information you need in the embedded peripherals guide, under UART section:

http://www.altera.com/literature/ug/ug_embedded_ip.pdf

Basically, if you need to transmit a simple characters sequence, as you ask, you simply need to init the controller (set baudrate and line control register) and write the bytes into tx register.