Re: Adding a UART to 52277EVB

Matt Waddel <[email protected]> Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:30:14 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.comp.hardware.motorola.microcontrollers.coldfire
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Craig,

Are aware of the potential conflicts with the other signals on the
GPIO lines for UART1?  UART1 shares lines the SSI Audio and if you're
using RTS/CTS it also has LCD signals on it.  Maybe you need to
disable the audio device.

Regards,
Matt

Giglio, Craig wrote:
> Hey there,
> I apologize in advance...I am new to Linux and the Coldfire MCF52277.
> The 52277EVB has an application using NanoX and uCLinux.  I was able to
> get a tool chain up and running and can compile the sample app and run
> it on the board and everything works fine.  The terminal output from
> Linux comes across on UART0.  I want to use UART1 for an add on board,
> but when I set up UART1 in my application and try to get a character or
> send one it freezes the application.  The Linux console is still active
> though. The functions used to send data across UART1 work if I compile
> in CodeWarrior and just download it via the debugger.  
> 
> Any ideas on what I need to do to get the data to UART1?
> 
> Thanks,
> Craig
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