Overview

The MCUXpresso SDK provides a peripheral driver for the Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) module of MCUXpresso SDK devices.

The UART driver includes functional APIs and transactional APIs.

Functional APIs are used for UART initialization/configuration/operation for optimization/customization purpose. Using the functional API requires the knowledge of the UART peripheral and how to organize functional APIs to meet the application requirements. All functional APIs use the peripheral base address as the first parameter. UART functional operation groups provide the functional API set.

Transactional APIs can be used to enable the peripheral quickly and in the application if the code size and performance of transactional APIs can satisfy the requirements. If the code size and performance are critical requirements, see the transactional API implementation and write custom code. All transactional APIs use the uart_handle_t as the second parameter. Initialize the handle by calling the UART_TransferCreateHandle() API.

Transactional APIs support asynchronous transfer, which means that the functions UART_TransferSendNonBlocking() and UART_TransferReceiveNonBlocking() set up an interrupt for data transfer. When the transfer completes, the upper layer is notified through a callback function with the kStatus_UART_TxIdle and kStatus_UART_RxIdle.

Transactional receive APIs support the ring buffer. Prepare the memory for the ring buffer and pass in the start address and size while calling the UART_TransferCreateHandle(). If passing NULL, the ring buffer feature is disabled. When the ring buffer is enabled, the received data is saved to the ring buffer in the background. The UART_TransferReceiveNonBlocking() function first gets data from the ring buffer. If the ring buffer does not have enough data, the function first returns the data in the ring buffer and then saves the received data to user memory. When all data is received, the upper layer is informed through a callback with the kStatus_UART_RxIdle.

If the receive ring buffer is full, the upper layer is informed through a callback with the kStatus_UART_RxRingBufferOverrun. In the callback function, the upper layer reads data out from the ring buffer. If not, existing data is overwritten by the new data.

The ring buffer size is specified when creating the handle. Note that one byte is reserved for the ring buffer maintenance. When creating handle using the following code.

Refer to the driver examples codes located at <SDK_ROOT>/boards/<BOARD>/driver_examples/uart In this example, the buffer size is 32, but only 31 bytes are used for saving data.

Typical use case

UART Send/receive using a polling method

Refer to the driver examples codes located at <SDK_ROOT>/boards/<BOARD>/driver_examples/uart

UART Send/receive using an interrupt method

Refer to the driver examples codes located at <SDK_ROOT>/boards/<BOARD>/driver_examples/uart

UART Receive using the ringbuffer feature

Refer to the driver examples codes located at <SDK_ROOT>/boards/<BOARD>/driver_examples/uart

UART Send/Receive using the DMA method

Refer to the driver examples codes located at <SDK_ROOT>/boards/<BOARD>/driver_examples/uart

Data Structures
struct	uart_config_t
	UART configuration structure. More...

struct	uart_transfer_t
	UART transfer structure. More...

struct	uart_handle_t
	UART handle structure. More...

Macros
#define	UART_RETRY_TIMES 0U /* Defining to zero means to keep waiting for the flag until it is assert/deassert. */
	Retry times for waiting flag. More...

Typedefs
typedef void(*	uart_transfer_callback_t )(UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, status_t status, void *userData)
	UART transfer callback function. More...

Enumerations
enum	{ kStatus_UART_TxBusy = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 0), kStatus_UART_RxBusy = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 1), kStatus_UART_TxIdle = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 2), kStatus_UART_RxIdle = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 3), kStatus_UART_TxWatermarkTooLarge = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 4), kStatus_UART_RxWatermarkTooLarge = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 5), kStatus_UART_FlagCannotClearManually, kStatus_UART_Error = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 7), kStatus_UART_RxRingBufferOverrun = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 8), kStatus_UART_RxHardwareOverrun = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 9), kStatus_UART_NoiseError = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 10), kStatus_UART_FramingError = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 11), kStatus_UART_ParityError = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 12), kStatus_UART_BaudrateNotSupport, kStatus_UART_IdleLineDetected = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 14), kStatus_UART_Timeout = MAKE_STATUS(kStatusGroup_UART, 15) }
	Error codes for the UART driver. More...

enum	uart_parity_mode_t { kUART_ParityDisabled = 0x0U, kUART_ParityEven = 0x2U, kUART_ParityOdd = 0x3U }
	UART parity mode. More...

enum	uart_stop_bit_count_t { kUART_OneStopBit = 0U, kUART_TwoStopBit = 1U }
	UART stop bit count. More...

enum	uart_idle_type_select_t { kUART_IdleTypeStartBit = 0U, kUART_IdleTypeStopBit = 1U }
	UART idle type select. More...

enum	_uart_interrupt_enable { kUART_LinBreakInterruptEnable = (UART_BDH_LBKDIE_MASK), kUART_RxActiveEdgeInterruptEnable = (UART_BDH_RXEDGIE_MASK), kUART_TxDataRegEmptyInterruptEnable = (UART_C2_TIE_MASK << 8), kUART_TransmissionCompleteInterruptEnable = (UART_C2_TCIE_MASK << 8), kUART_RxDataRegFullInterruptEnable = (UART_C2_RIE_MASK << 8), kUART_IdleLineInterruptEnable = (UART_C2_ILIE_MASK << 8), kUART_RxOverrunInterruptEnable = (UART_C3_ORIE_MASK << 16), kUART_NoiseErrorInterruptEnable = (UART_C3_NEIE_MASK << 16), kUART_FramingErrorInterruptEnable = (UART_C3_FEIE_MASK << 16), kUART_ParityErrorInterruptEnable = (UART_C3_PEIE_MASK << 16), kUART_RxFifoOverflowInterruptEnable = (UART_CFIFO_RXOFE_MASK << 24), kUART_TxFifoOverflowInterruptEnable = (UART_CFIFO_TXOFE_MASK << 24), kUART_RxFifoUnderflowInterruptEnable = (UART_CFIFO_RXUFE_MASK << 24) }
	UART interrupt configuration structure, default settings all disabled. More...

enum	{ kUART_TxDataRegEmptyFlag = (UART_S1_TDRE_MASK), kUART_TransmissionCompleteFlag = (UART_S1_TC_MASK), kUART_RxDataRegFullFlag = (UART_S1_RDRF_MASK), kUART_IdleLineFlag = (UART_S1_IDLE_MASK), kUART_RxOverrunFlag = (UART_S1_OR_MASK), kUART_NoiseErrorFlag = (UART_S1_NF_MASK), kUART_FramingErrorFlag = (UART_S1_FE_MASK), kUART_ParityErrorFlag = (UART_S1_PF_MASK), kUART_LinBreakFlag, kUART_RxActiveEdgeFlag, kUART_RxActiveFlag, kUART_NoiseErrorInRxDataRegFlag = (UART_ED_NOISY_MASK << 16), kUART_ParityErrorInRxDataRegFlag = (UART_ED_PARITYE_MASK << 16), kUART_TxFifoEmptyFlag = (int)(UART_SFIFO_TXEMPT_MASK << 24), kUART_RxFifoEmptyFlag = (UART_SFIFO_RXEMPT_MASK << 24), kUART_TxFifoOverflowFlag = (UART_SFIFO_TXOF_MASK << 24), kUART_RxFifoOverflowFlag = (UART_SFIFO_RXOF_MASK << 24), kUART_RxFifoUnderflowFlag = (UART_SFIFO_RXUF_MASK << 24) }
	UART status flags. More...

Functions
uint32_t	UART_GetInstance (UART_Type *base)
	Get the UART instance from peripheral base address. More...

Driver version
#define	FSL_UART_DRIVER_VERSION (MAKE_VERSION(2, 4, 0))
	UART driver version 2.4.0. More...

Initialization and deinitialization
status_t	UART_Init (UART_Type base, const uart_config_t config, uint32_t srcClock_Hz)
	Initializes a UART instance with a user configuration structure and peripheral clock. More...

void	UART_Deinit (UART_Type *base)
	Deinitializes a UART instance. More...

void	UART_GetDefaultConfig (uart_config_t *config)
	Gets the default configuration structure. More...

status_t	UART_SetBaudRate (UART_Type *base, uint32_t baudRate_Bps, uint32_t srcClock_Hz)
	Sets the UART instance baud rate. More...

void	UART_Enable9bitMode (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enable 9-bit data mode for UART. More...

static void	UART_SetMatchAddress (UART_Type *base, uint8_t address1, uint8_t address2)
	Set the UART slave address. More...

static void	UART_EnableMatchAddress (UART_Type *base, bool match1, bool match2)
	Enable the UART match address feature. More...

static void	UART_Set9thTransmitBit (UART_Type *base)
	Set UART 9th transmit bit. More...

static void	UART_Clear9thTransmitBit (UART_Type *base)
	Clear UART 9th transmit bit. More...

Status
uint32_t	UART_GetStatusFlags (UART_Type *base)
	Gets UART status flags. More...

status_t	UART_ClearStatusFlags (UART_Type *base, uint32_t mask)
	Clears status flags with the provided mask. More...

Interrupts
void	UART_EnableInterrupts (UART_Type *base, uint32_t mask)
	Enables UART interrupts according to the provided mask. More...

void	UART_DisableInterrupts (UART_Type *base, uint32_t mask)
	Disables the UART interrupts according to the provided mask. More...

uint32_t	UART_GetEnabledInterrupts (UART_Type *base)
	Gets the enabled UART interrupts. More...

DMA Control
static uint32_t	UART_GetDataRegisterAddress (UART_Type *base)
	Gets the UART data register address. More...

static void	UART_EnableTxDMA (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART transmitter DMA request. More...

static void	UART_EnableRxDMA (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART receiver DMA. More...

Bus Operations
static void	UART_EnableTx (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART transmitter. More...

static void	UART_EnableRx (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART receiver. More...

static void	UART_WriteByte (UART_Type *base, uint8_t data)
	Writes to the TX register. More...

static uint8_t	UART_ReadByte (UART_Type *base)
	Reads the RX register directly. More...

void	UART_SendAddress (UART_Type *base, uint8_t address)
	Transmit an address frame in 9-bit data mode. More...

status_t	UART_WriteBlocking (UART_Type base, const uint8_t data, size_t length)
	Writes to the TX register using a blocking method. More...

status_t	UART_ReadBlocking (UART_Type base, uint8_t data, size_t length)
	Read RX data register using a blocking method. More...

Transactional
void	UART_TransferCreateHandle (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uart_transfer_callback_t callback, void *userData)
	Initializes the UART handle. More...

void	UART_TransferStartRingBuffer (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uint8_t *ringBuffer, size_t ringBufferSize)
	Sets up the RX ring buffer. More...

void	UART_TransferStopRingBuffer (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle)
	Aborts the background transfer and uninstalls the ring buffer. More...

size_t	UART_TransferGetRxRingBufferLength (uart_handle_t *handle)
	Get the length of received data in RX ring buffer. More...

status_t	UART_TransferSendNonBlocking (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uart_transfer_t *xfer)
	Transmits a buffer of data using the interrupt method. More...

void	UART_TransferAbortSend (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle)
	Aborts the interrupt-driven data transmit. More...

status_t	UART_TransferGetSendCount (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uint32_t *count)
	Gets the number of bytes sent out to bus. More...

status_t	UART_TransferReceiveNonBlocking (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uart_transfer_t xfer, size_t receivedBytes)
	Receives a buffer of data using an interrupt method. More...

void	UART_TransferAbortReceive (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle)
	Aborts the interrupt-driven data receiving. More...

status_t	UART_TransferGetReceiveCount (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle, uint32_t *count)
	Gets the number of bytes that have been received. More...

status_t	UART_EnableTxFIFO (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART Tx FIFO. More...

status_t	UART_EnableRxFIFO (UART_Type *base, bool enable)
	Enables or disables the UART Rx FIFO. More...

void	UART_TransferHandleIRQ (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle)
	UART IRQ handle function. More...

void	UART_TransferHandleErrorIRQ (UART_Type base, uart_handle_t handle)
	UART Error IRQ handle function. More...

Data Structure Documentation

struct uart_config_t

Data Fields
uint32_t	baudRate_Bps
	UART baud rate.

uart_parity_mode_t	parityMode
	Parity mode, disabled (default), even, odd.

uint8_t	txFifoWatermark
	TX FIFO watermark.

uint8_t	rxFifoWatermark
	RX FIFO watermark.

bool	enableRxRTS
	RX RTS enable.

bool	enableTxCTS
	TX CTS enable.

uart_idle_type_select_t	idleType
	IDLE type select. More...

bool	enableTx
	Enable TX.

bool	enableRx
	Enable RX.

Field Documentation

uart_idle_type_select_t uart_config_t::idleType

struct uart_transfer_t

Data Fields
uint8_t *	data
	The buffer of data to be transfer. More...

size_t	dataSize
	The byte count to be transfer. More...

Field Documentation

uint8_t* uart_transfer_t::data

size_t uart_transfer_t::dataSize

struct _uart_handle

Data Fields
uint8_t *volatile	txData
	Address of remaining data to send. More...

volatile size_t	txDataSize
	Size of the remaining data to send. More...

size_t	txDataSizeAll
	Size of the data to send out. More...

uint8_t *volatile	rxData
	Address of remaining data to receive. More...

volatile size_t	rxDataSize
	Size of the remaining data to receive. More...

size_t	rxDataSizeAll
	Size of the data to receive. More...

uint8_t *	rxRingBuffer
	Start address of the receiver ring buffer. More...

size_t	rxRingBufferSize
	Size of the ring buffer. More...

volatile uint16_t	rxRingBufferHead
	Index for the driver to store received data into ring buffer. More...

volatile uint16_t	rxRingBufferTail
	Index for the user to get data from the ring buffer. More...

uart_transfer_callback_t	callback
	Callback function. More...

void *	userData
	UART callback function parameter. More...

volatile uint8_t	txState
	TX transfer state. More...

volatile uint8_t	rxState
	RX transfer state.

Field Documentation

uint8_t* volatile uart_handle_t::txData

volatile size_t uart_handle_t::txDataSize

size_t uart_handle_t::txDataSizeAll

uint8_t* volatile uart_handle_t::rxData

volatile size_t uart_handle_t::rxDataSize

size_t uart_handle_t::rxDataSizeAll

uint8_t* uart_handle_t::rxRingBuffer

size_t uart_handle_t::rxRingBufferSize

volatile uint16_t uart_handle_t::rxRingBufferHead

volatile uint16_t uart_handle_t::rxRingBufferTail

uart_transfer_callback_t uart_handle_t::callback

void* uart_handle_t::userData

volatile uint8_t uart_handle_t::txState

Macro Definition Documentation

#define FSL_UART_DRIVER_VERSION (MAKE_VERSION(2, 4, 0))

#define UART_RETRY_TIMES 0U /* Defining to zero means to keep waiting for the flag until it is assert/deassert. */

Typedef Documentation

typedef void(* uart_transfer_callback_t)(UART_Type *base, uart_handle_t *handle, status_t status, void *userData)

Enumeration Type Documentation

anonymous enum

Enumerator
kStatus_UART_TxBusy	Transmitter is busy.
kStatus_UART_RxBusy	Receiver is busy.
kStatus_UART_TxIdle	UART transmitter is idle.
kStatus_UART_RxIdle	UART receiver is idle.
kStatus_UART_TxWatermarkTooLarge	TX FIFO watermark too large.
kStatus_UART_RxWatermarkTooLarge	RX FIFO watermark too large.
kStatus_UART_FlagCannotClearManually	UART flag can't be manually cleared.
kStatus_UART_Error	Error happens on UART.
kStatus_UART_RxRingBufferOverrun	UART RX software ring buffer overrun.
kStatus_UART_RxHardwareOverrun	UART RX receiver overrun.
kStatus_UART_NoiseError	UART noise error.
kStatus_UART_FramingError	UART framing error.
kStatus_UART_ParityError	UART parity error.
kStatus_UART_BaudrateNotSupport	Baudrate is not support in current clock source.
kStatus_UART_IdleLineDetected	UART IDLE line detected.
kStatus_UART_Timeout	UART times out.

enum uart_parity_mode_t

Enumerator
kUART_ParityDisabled	Parity disabled.
kUART_ParityEven	Parity enabled, type even, bit setting: PE\|PT = 10.
kUART_ParityOdd	Parity enabled, type odd, bit setting: PE\|PT = 11.

enum uart_stop_bit_count_t

Enumerator
kUART_OneStopBit	One stop bit.
kUART_TwoStopBit	Two stop bits.

enum uart_idle_type_select_t

Enumerator
kUART_IdleTypeStartBit	Start counting after a valid start bit.
kUART_IdleTypeStopBit	Start counting after a stop bit.

enum _uart_interrupt_enable

This structure contains the settings for all of the UART interrupt configurations.

Enumerator
kUART_LinBreakInterruptEnable	LIN break detect interrupt.
kUART_RxActiveEdgeInterruptEnable	RX active edge interrupt.
kUART_TxDataRegEmptyInterruptEnable	Transmit data register empty interrupt.
kUART_TransmissionCompleteInterruptEnable	Transmission complete interrupt.
kUART_RxDataRegFullInterruptEnable	Receiver data register full interrupt.
kUART_IdleLineInterruptEnable	Idle line interrupt.
kUART_RxOverrunInterruptEnable	Receiver overrun interrupt.
kUART_NoiseErrorInterruptEnable	Noise error flag interrupt.
kUART_FramingErrorInterruptEnable	Framing error flag interrupt.
kUART_ParityErrorInterruptEnable	Parity error flag interrupt.
kUART_RxFifoOverflowInterruptEnable	RX FIFO overflow interrupt.
kUART_TxFifoOverflowInterruptEnable	TX FIFO overflow interrupt.
kUART_RxFifoUnderflowInterruptEnable	RX FIFO underflow interrupt.

anonymous enum

This provides constants for the UART status flags for use in the UART functions.

Enumerator
kUART_TxDataRegEmptyFlag	TX data register empty flag.
kUART_TransmissionCompleteFlag	Transmission complete flag.
kUART_RxDataRegFullFlag	RX data register full flag.
kUART_IdleLineFlag	Idle line detect flag.
kUART_RxOverrunFlag	RX overrun flag.
kUART_NoiseErrorFlag	RX takes 3 samples of each received bit. If any of these samples differ, noise flag sets
kUART_FramingErrorFlag	Frame error flag, sets if logic 0 was detected where stop bit expected.
kUART_ParityErrorFlag	If parity enabled, sets upon parity error detection.
kUART_LinBreakFlag	LIN break detect interrupt flag, sets when LIN break char detected and LIN circuit enabled.
kUART_RxActiveEdgeFlag	RX pin active edge interrupt flag,sets when active edge detected.
kUART_RxActiveFlag	Receiver Active Flag (RAF), sets at beginning of valid start bit.
kUART_NoiseErrorInRxDataRegFlag	Noisy bit, sets if noise detected.
kUART_ParityErrorInRxDataRegFlag	Parity bit, sets if parity error detected.
kUART_TxFifoEmptyFlag	TXEMPT bit, sets if TX buffer is empty.
kUART_RxFifoEmptyFlag	RXEMPT bit, sets if RX buffer is empty.
kUART_TxFifoOverflowFlag	TXOF bit, sets if TX buffer overflow occurred.
kUART_RxFifoOverflowFlag	RXOF bit, sets if receive buffer overflow.
kUART_RxFifoUnderflowFlag	RXUF bit, sets if receive buffer underflow.

Function Documentation

uint32_t UART_GetInstance ( UART_Type * base )

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

Returns: UART instance.

status_t UART_Init	(	UART_Type *	base,
		const uart_config_t *	config,
		uint32_t	srcClock_Hz
	)

This function configures the UART module with the user-defined settings. The user can configure the configuration structure and also get the default configuration by using the UART_GetDefaultConfig() function. The example below shows how to use this API to configure UART.

*  uart_config_t uartConfig;
*  uartConfig.baudRate_Bps = 115200U;
*  uartConfig.parityMode = kUART_ParityDisabled;
*  uartConfig.stopBitCount = kUART_OneStopBit;
*  uartConfig.txFifoWatermark = 0;
*  uartConfig.rxFifoWatermark = 1;
*  UART_Init(UART1, &uartConfig, 20000000U);
* 

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
config	Pointer to the user-defined configuration structure.
srcClock_Hz	UART clock source frequency in HZ.

Return values

kStatus_UART_BaudrateNotSupport	Baudrate is not support in current clock source.
kStatus_Success	Status UART initialize succeed

void UART_Deinit ( UART_Type * base )

This function waits for TX complete, disables TX and RX, and disables the UART clock.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

void UART_GetDefaultConfig ( uart_config_t * config )

This function initializes the UART configuration structure to a default value. The default values are as follows. uartConfig->baudRate_Bps = 115200U; uartConfig->bitCountPerChar = kUART_8BitsPerChar; uartConfig->parityMode = kUART_ParityDisabled; uartConfig->stopBitCount = kUART_OneStopBit; uartConfig->txFifoWatermark = 0; uartConfig->rxFifoWatermark = 1; uartConfig->idleType = kUART_IdleTypeStartBit; uartConfig->enableTx = false; uartConfig->enableRx = false;

Parameters

config Pointer to configuration structure.

status_t UART_SetBaudRate	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint32_t	baudRate_Bps,
		uint32_t	srcClock_Hz
	)

This function configures the UART module baud rate. This function is used to update the UART module baud rate after the UART module is initialized by the UART_Init.

* UART_SetBaudRate(UART1, 115200U, 20000000U);

*

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
baudRate_Bps	UART baudrate to be set.
srcClock_Hz	UART clock source frequency in Hz.

Return values

kStatus_UART_BaudrateNotSupport	Baudrate is not support in the current clock source.
kStatus_Success	Set baudrate succeeded.

void UART_Enable9bitMode	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

This function set the 9-bit mode for UART module. The 9th bit is not used for parity thus can be modified by user.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
enable	true to enable, flase to disable.

static void UART_SetMatchAddress	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint8_t	address1,
		uint8_t	address2
	)

inlinestatic

This function configures the address for UART module that works as slave in 9-bit data mode. One or two address fields can be configured. When the address field's match enable bit is set, the frame it receices with MSB being 1 is considered as an address frame, otherwise it is considered as data frame. Once the address frame matches one of slave's own addresses, this slave is addressed. This address frame and its following data frames are stored in the receive buffer, otherwise the frames will be discarded. To un-address a slave, just send an address frame with unmatched address.

Note: Any UART instance joined in the multi-slave system can work as slave. The position of the address mark is the same as the parity bit when parity is enabled for 8 bit and 9 bit data formats.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
address1	UART slave address 1.
address2	UART slave address 2.

static void UART_EnableMatchAddress	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	match1,
		bool	match2
	)

inlinestatic

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
match1	true to enable match address1, false to disable.
match2	true to enable match address2, false to disable.

static void UART_Set9thTransmitBit ( UART_Type * base )

inlinestatic

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

static void UART_Clear9thTransmitBit ( UART_Type * base )

inlinestatic

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

uint32_t UART_GetStatusFlags ( UART_Type * base )

This function gets all UART status flags. The flags are returned as the logical OR value of the enumerators _uart_flags. To check a specific status, compare the return value with enumerators in _uart_flags. For example, to check whether the TX is empty, do the following.

*     if (kUART_TxDataRegEmptyFlag & UART_GetStatusFlags(UART1))
*     {
*         ...
*     }
* 

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

Returns: UART status flags which are ORed by the enumerators in the _uart_flags.

status_t UART_ClearStatusFlags	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint32_t	mask
	)

This function clears UART status flags with a provided mask. An automatically cleared flag can't be cleared by this function. These flags can only be cleared or set by hardware. kUART_TxDataRegEmptyFlag, kUART_TransmissionCompleteFlag, kUART_RxDataRegFullFlag, kUART_RxActiveFlag, kUART_NoiseErrorInRxDataRegFlag, kUART_ParityErrorInRxDataRegFlag, kUART_TxFifoEmptyFlag,kUART_RxFifoEmptyFlag

Note: that this API should be called when the Tx/Rx is idle. Otherwise it has no effect.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
mask	The status flags to be cleared; it is logical OR value of _uart_flags.

Return values

kStatus_UART_FlagCannotClearManually	The flag can't be cleared by this function but it is cleared automatically by hardware.
kStatus_Success	Status in the mask is cleared.

void UART_EnableInterrupts	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint32_t	mask
	)

This function enables the UART interrupts according to the provided mask. The mask is a logical OR of enumeration members. See _uart_interrupt_enable. For example, to enable TX empty interrupt and RX full interrupt, do the following.

* UART_EnableInterrupts(UART1,kUART_TxDataRegEmptyInterruptEnable | kUART_RxDataRegFullInterruptEnable);

*

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
mask	The interrupts to enable. Logical OR of _uart_interrupt_enable.

void UART_DisableInterrupts	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint32_t	mask
	)

This function disables the UART interrupts according to the provided mask. The mask is a logical OR of enumeration members. See _uart_interrupt_enable. For example, to disable TX empty interrupt and RX full interrupt do the following.

* UART_DisableInterrupts(UART1,kUART_TxDataRegEmptyInterruptEnable | kUART_RxDataRegFullInterruptEnable);

*

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
mask	The interrupts to disable. Logical OR of _uart_interrupt_enable.

uint32_t UART_GetEnabledInterrupts ( UART_Type * base )

This function gets the enabled UART interrupts. The enabled interrupts are returned as the logical OR value of the enumerators _uart_interrupt_enable. To check a specific interrupts enable status, compare the return value with enumerators in _uart_interrupt_enable. For example, to check whether TX empty interrupt is enabled, do the following.

*     uint32_t enabledInterrupts = UART_GetEnabledInterrupts(UART1);
*
*     if (kUART_TxDataRegEmptyInterruptEnable & enabledInterrupts)
*     {
*         ...
*     }
* 

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

Returns: UART interrupt flags which are logical OR of the enumerators in _uart_interrupt_enable.

static uint32_t UART_GetDataRegisterAddress ( UART_Type * base )

inlinestatic

This function returns the UART data register address, which is mainly used by DMA/eDMA.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

Returns: UART data register addresses which are used both by the transmitter and the receiver.

static void UART_EnableTxDMA	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

inlinestatic

This function enables or disables the transmit data register empty flag, S1[TDRE], to generate the DMA requests.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
enable	True to enable, false to disable.

static void UART_EnableRxDMA	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

inlinestatic

This function enables or disables the receiver data register full flag, S1[RDRF], to generate DMA requests.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
enable	True to enable, false to disable.

static void UART_EnableTx	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

inlinestatic

This function enables or disables the UART transmitter.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
enable	True to enable, false to disable.

static void UART_EnableRx	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

inlinestatic

This function enables or disables the UART receiver.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
enable	True to enable, false to disable.

static void UART_WriteByte	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint8_t	data
	)

inlinestatic

This function writes data to the TX register directly. The upper layer must ensure that the TX register is empty or TX FIFO has empty room before calling this function.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
data	The byte to write.

static uint8_t UART_ReadByte ( UART_Type * base )

inlinestatic

This function reads data from the RX register directly. The upper layer must ensure that the RX register is full or that the TX FIFO has data before calling this function.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.

Returns: The byte read from UART data register.

void UART_SendAddress	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint8_t	address
	)

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
address	UART slave address.

status_t UART_WriteBlocking	(	UART_Type *	base,
		const uint8_t *	data,
		size_t	length
	)

This function polls the TX register, waits for the TX register to be empty or for the TX FIFO to have room and writes data to the TX buffer.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
data	Start address of the data to write.
length	Size of the data to write.

Return values

kStatus_UART_Timeout	Transmission timed out and was aborted.
kStatus_Success	Successfully wrote all data.

status_t UART_ReadBlocking	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uint8_t *	data,
		size_t	length
	)

This function polls the RX register, waits for the RX register to be full or for RX FIFO to have data, and reads data from the TX register.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
data	Start address of the buffer to store the received data.
length	Size of the buffer.

Return values

kStatus_UART_RxHardwareOverrun	Receiver overrun occurred while receiving data.
kStatus_UART_NoiseError	A noise error occurred while receiving data.
kStatus_UART_FramingError	A framing error occurred while receiving data.
kStatus_UART_ParityError	A parity error occurred while receiving data.
kStatus_UART_Timeout	Transmission timed out and was aborted.
kStatus_Success	Successfully received all data.

void UART_TransferCreateHandle	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uart_transfer_callback_t	callback,
		void *	userData
	)

This function initializes the UART handle which can be used for other UART transactional APIs. Usually, for a specified UART instance, call this API once to get the initialized handle.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
callback	The callback function.
userData	The parameter of the callback function.

void UART_TransferStartRingBuffer	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uint8_t *	ringBuffer,
		size_t	ringBufferSize
	)

This function sets up the RX ring buffer to a specific UART handle.

When the RX ring buffer is used, data received are stored into the ring buffer even when the user doesn't call the UART_TransferReceiveNonBlocking() API. If data is already received in the ring buffer, the user can get the received data from the ring buffer directly.

Note: When using the RX ring buffer, one byte is reserved for internal use. In other words, if ringBufferSize is 32, only 31 bytes are used for saving data.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
ringBuffer	Start address of the ring buffer for background receiving. Pass NULL to disable the ring buffer.
ringBufferSize	Size of the ring buffer.

void UART_TransferStopRingBuffer	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle
	)

This function aborts the background transfer and uninstalls the ring buffer.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.

size_t UART_TransferGetRxRingBufferLength ( uart_handle_t * handle )

Parameters

handle UART handle pointer.

Returns: Length of received data in RX ring buffer.

status_t UART_TransferSendNonBlocking	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uart_transfer_t *	xfer
	)

This function sends data using an interrupt method. This is a non-blocking function, which returns directly without waiting for all data to be written to the TX register. When all data is written to the TX register in the ISR, the UART driver calls the callback function and passes the kStatus_UART_TxIdle as status parameter.

Note: The kStatus_UART_TxIdle is passed to the upper layer when all data is written to the TX register. However, it does not ensure that all data is sent out. Before disabling the TX, check the kUART_TransmissionCompleteFlag to ensure that the TX is finished.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
xfer	UART transfer structure. See uart_transfer_t.

Return values

kStatus_Success	Successfully start the data transmission.
kStatus_UART_TxBusy	Previous transmission still not finished; data not all written to TX register yet.
kStatus_InvalidArgument	Invalid argument.

void UART_TransferAbortSend	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle
	)

This function aborts the interrupt-driven data sending. The user can get the remainBytes to find out how many bytes are not sent out.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.

status_t UART_TransferGetSendCount	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uint32_t *	count
	)

This function gets the number of bytes sent out to bus by using the interrupt method.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
count	Send bytes count.

Return values

kStatus_NoTransferInProgress	No send in progress.
kStatus_InvalidArgument	The parameter is invalid.
kStatus_Success	Get successfully through the parameter `count`;

status_t UART_TransferReceiveNonBlocking	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uart_transfer_t *	xfer,
		size_t *	receivedBytes
	)

This function receives data using an interrupt method. This is a non-blocking function, which returns without waiting for all data to be received. If the RX ring buffer is used and not empty, the data in the ring buffer is copied and the parameter receivedBytes shows how many bytes are copied from the ring buffer. After copying, if the data in the ring buffer is not enough to read, the receive request is saved by the UART driver. When the new data arrives, the receive request is serviced first. When all data is received, the UART driver notifies the upper layer through a callback function and passes the status parameter kStatus_UART_RxIdle. For example, the upper layer needs 10 bytes but there are only 5 bytes in the ring buffer. The 5 bytes are copied to the xfer->data and this function returns with the parameter receivedBytes set to 5. For the left 5 bytes, newly arrived data is saved from the xfer->data[5]. When 5 bytes are received, the UART driver notifies the upper layer. If the RX ring buffer is not enabled, this function enables the RX and RX interrupt to receive data to the xfer->data. When all data is received, the upper layer is notified.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
xfer	UART transfer structure, see uart_transfer_t.
receivedBytes	Bytes received from the ring buffer directly.

Return values

kStatus_Success	Successfully queue the transfer into transmit queue.
kStatus_UART_RxBusy	Previous receive request is not finished.
kStatus_InvalidArgument	Invalid argument.

void UART_TransferAbortReceive	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle
	)

This function aborts the interrupt-driven data receiving. The user can get the remainBytes to know how many bytes are not received yet.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.

status_t UART_TransferGetReceiveCount	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle,
		uint32_t *	count
	)

This function gets the number of bytes that have been received.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.
count	Receive bytes count.

Return values

kStatus_NoTransferInProgress	No receive in progress.
kStatus_InvalidArgument	Parameter is invalid.
kStatus_Success	Get successfully through the parameter `count`;

status_t UART_EnableTxFIFO	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

This function enables or disables the UART Tx FIFO.

param base UART peripheral base address. param enable true to enable, false to disable. retval kStatus_Success Successfully turn on or turn off Tx FIFO. retval kStatus_Fail Fail to turn on or turn off Tx FIFO.

status_t UART_EnableRxFIFO	(	UART_Type *	base,
		bool	enable
	)

This function enables or disables the UART Rx FIFO.

param base UART peripheral base address. param enable true to enable, false to disable. retval kStatus_Success Successfully turn on or turn off Rx FIFO. retval kStatus_Fail Fail to turn on or turn off Rx FIFO.

void UART_TransferHandleIRQ	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle
	)

This function handles the UART transmit and receive IRQ request.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.

void UART_TransferHandleErrorIRQ	(	UART_Type *	base,
		uart_handle_t *	handle
	)

This function handles the UART error IRQ request.

Parameters

base	UART peripheral base address.
handle	UART handle pointer.

Overview

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UART Send/receive using a polling method

UART Send/receive using an interrupt method

UART Receive using the ringbuffer feature

UART Send/Receive using the DMA method

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