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MultiUART COM port demo quickstart guide
REV A
Publication Date: 2013/11/22
XMOS © 2013, All Rights Reserved.

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  • Page 1 MultiUART COM port demo quickstart guide REV A Publication Date: 2013/11/22 XMOS © 2013, All Rights Reserved.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    MultiUART COM port demo quickstart guide Table of Contents 1 MultiUART COM demo quickstart guide 1.1 Host computer setup ........
  • Page 3: Multiuart Com Demo Quickstart Guide

    Next steps This demonstration uses the XA-SK-UART-8 MultiUART sliceCARD together with the xSOFTip MultiUART component to create 8 UARTs. The working is shown as follows Data is received from a host computer over a null modem cable on the first UART (UART 0) using the DB9 connector.
  • Page 4: Set Up The Multiuart Slicecard

    MultiUART COM port demo quickstart guide XA-SK-UART-8 sliceCARD XA-SK-XTAG2 XTAG-2 sliceCARD XP-SKC-L16 sliceKIT core board has four slots with edge conectors: SQUARE , CIRCLE , TRIANGLE and STAR , and one chain connector marked with a CROSS . To setup up the system refer to the figure and instructions below.
  • Page 5: Setting Up The System

    1. Open xTIMEcomposer Studio then open the edit perspective (Window->Open Perspective->XMOS Edit). 2. Locate the MultiUART COM port demo item in the xSOFTip pane on the bottom left of the window and drag it into the Project Explorer window in the xTIMEcom- poser Studio.
  • Page 6: Run The Application

    MultiUART COM port demo quickstart guide Figure 2: Full system setup for MultiUART demo 1.4 Run the application 1. Open the configured terminal client application console on the host computer 2. Click on the Run icon (the white arrow in the green circle) and wait for the application running message in xTIMEcomposer Studio console for all UARTs before proceeding to the next step.
  • Page 7: Next Steps

    8. If you successfully sent characters using the b option above, verify that the MultiUART pipe through all UARTs is indeed present by removing one of the jumpers, repreating the b , CTRL-D sequence above upon which an error message regarding the broken pipe should be displayed.
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