USART driver asynchronous - USART echo

This example echoes the received characters over the console using the USART driver in asynchronous mode.

Description

This example uses the USART driver in asynchronous mode in Bare-Metal and RTOS environment to communicate over the console. It receives and echo’s back the characters entered by the user.

Downloading and building the application

To clone or download this application from Github, go to the main page of this repository and then click Clone button to clone this repository or download as zip file. This content can also be downloaded using content manager by following these instructions.

Path of the application within the repository is apps/driver/usart/async/usart_echo/firmware .

To build the application, refer to the following table and open the project using its IDE.

Setting up AT91Bootstrap loader

To load the application binary onto the target device, we need to use at91bootstrap loader. Refer to the at91bootstrap loader documentation for details on how to use it to bootstrap the application binaries.

Setting up the hardware

The following table shows the target hardware for the application projects.

Setting up SAM9X60-Curiosity board

• Connect the USB port J1 on board to the computer using a micro USB cable (to power the board)
• Connect the JTAG J12 on board to the computer using a JTAG based debugger
• Connect the J11 on board to the computer using a UART-FTDI cable (to enable debug com port)

Running the Application

1. Open the Terminal application (Ex.:Tera term) on the computer.
2. Connect to the EDBG/Jlink Virtual COM port and configure the serial settings as follows:
   • Baud : 115200
   • Data : 8 Bits
   • Parity : None
   • Stop : 1 Bit
   • Flow Control : None
3. Build and program the application using its IDE

4. Type a character and observe the output on the console as shown below:

   

5. LED toggles each time the character is echoed

Refer to the following table for LED name:

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