UART
UART implements the standard UART/USART duplex serial communications protocol. At the physical level it consists of 2 lines: RXD and TXD. The unit of communication is a character (not to be confused with a string character) which can be 5, 6, 7 or 8 bits wide.
UART objects can be created and initialised using:
Bits can be 5, 6, 7, 8
. Parity can be None
, UART.EVEN
or UART.ODD
. Stop can be 1, 1.5 or 2
.
A UART object acts like a stream object therefore reading and writing is done using the standard stream methods:
To check if there is anything to be read, use:
Quick Usage Example
Quick Usage Example using non-default pins (TXD/RXD only)
Quick Usage Example using non-default pins (TXD/RXD and flow control)
Constructors
class machine.UART(bus, ...)
Construct a UART object on the given bus
. bus
can be 0, 1 or 2
. If the bus
is not given, the default one will be selected (0
) or the selection will be made based on the given pins.
On the GPy/FiPy UART2 is unavailable because it is used to communicate with the cellular radio.
Methods
uart.init(baudrate=9600, bits=8, parity=None, stop=1, * , timeout_chars=2, pins=(TXD, RXD, RTS, CTS))
Initialise the UART bus with the given parameters:
baudrate
is the clock rate.bits
is the number of bits per character. Can be5, 6, 7 or 8
.parity
is the parity,None
, UART.EVEN or UART.ODD.stop
is the number of stop bits,1 or 2
.timeout_chars
Rx timeout defined in number of characters. The value given here will be multiplied by the time a characters takes to be transmitted at the configuredbaudrate
.pins
is a 4 or 2 item list indicating the TXD, RXD, RTS and CTS pins (in that order). Any of the pins can beNone
if one wants the UART to operate with limited functionality. If the RTS pin is given the the RX pin must be given as well. The same applies to CTS. When no pins are given, then the default set of TXD (P1) and RXD (P0) pins is taken, and hardware flow control will be disabled. Ifpins=None
, no pin assignment will be made.
uart.deinit()
Turn off the UART bus.
uart.any()
Return the number of characters available for reading.
uart.read([nbytes])
Read characters. If nbytes
is specified then read at most that many bytes.
Return value: a bytes object containing the bytes read in. Returns None
on timeout.
uart.readall()
Read as much data as possible.
Return value: a bytes object or None
on timeout.
uart.readinto(buf[, nbytes])
Read bytes into the buf
. If nbytes
is specified then read at most that many bytes. Otherwise, read at most len(buf)
bytes.
Return value: number of bytes read and stored into buf
or None
on timeout.
uart.readline()
Read a line, ending in a newline character. If such a line exists, return is immediate. If the timeout elapses, all available data is returned regardless of whether a newline exists.
Return value: the line read or None
on timeout if no data is available.
uart.write(buf)
Write the buffer of bytes to the bus.
Return value: number of bytes written or None on timeout.
uart.sendbreak()
Send a break condition on the bus. This drives the bus low for a duration of 13 bits. Return value: None
.
uart.wait_tx_done(timeout_ms)
Waits at most timeout_ms
for the last Tx transaction to complete. Returns True
if all data has been sent and the TX buffer has no data in it, otherwise returns False
.
Constants
Parity types (along with
None
):UART.EVEN
,UART.ODD
IRQ trigger sources:
UART.RX_ANY
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