Hi Gerald.

I am starting with Beaglebone and I need use a LCD, but I need almost 2 
UART free.
Can I generate UART by software in any GPIO?.
Thanks.
I will apreciate your answer.
Best regards.
Christian.


El sábado, 7 de septiembre de 2013, 11:10:49 (UTC-3), Gerald escribió:
>
> If you don't need LCD, yes, you can use that pin as a UART.
>
> As I already said, pins can have more that one function based on the 
> pinmux settings. You can have UART0 or UART1 on the same pin, but not at 
> the same time. Pick one. The table shows all of the functions that CAN be 
> on that pin. This process is called pin muxing. Nothing is wrong!
>
> Handshake is RTS and CTS, l suggest you google serial ports or RS232 and 
> learn what those signals do.
>
>
> Gerald
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 7:26 AM, <pognon...@free.fr <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hello all BBB users
>>  
>> i'm looking for the number of FREE UART available (need only RX/TX pins, 
>> no handshake on the different connectors of the boards.
>>  
>> I search on the BBB_SRM.pdf, and found on page 54, table 5 : 6 UART 
>> available on the processor.
>> the UART0 seem reserved for debug terminal purpose.
>>  
>> I find 
>> UART1 on table 10 (P9 pin 24/26) which are noted UART0 on the right 
>> column .. what's wrong ?
>> UART2 on table 10 (P9 pin 21/22) which are noted UART0 on the right 
>> column .. what's wrong ?
>> UART3 I find only RTS CTS on pin P8 34/36 ..?
>> UART4 on table 12 (P9 pin 11/13) which are, on the other columns, other 
>> pin name .. ?
>> UART5 on header P8 (table 11), on mode 4 (and UART2 handshake on mode 6) 
>> .. I don't know exactly what is it for now. 
>> UART5 seem shared with LCD pins (table14). but I don't need LCD on my 
>> application. so may I use UART5 ?
>>  
>>  
>> so.. i'm confuse .. for now, I need to know which UART are free and 
>> available for the application user ?
>>  
>> thanks for your help, regards
>> Phil
>>
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