1.9 USART Driver Synchronous - USART Echo

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

Description

This example uses the USART driver in synchronous mode in Bare-Metal 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/sync/usart_echo/firmware.

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

Project NameDescription
pic32mm_usb_curiosity.XMPLABX project for PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board

Setting Up the Hardware

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

Project NameDescription
pic32mm_usb_curiosity.XPIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board

Setting Up PIC32MM USB Curiosity Development Board

Running the Application

  1. Open the Terminal application (Ex.:Tera term) on the computer
  2. Connect to the “USB to UART” 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 project using its IDE
  4. See the following message in the console:
  5. Type 10 characters in terminal
  6. Entered 10 characters is echoed back and LED is toggled
Refer to the following table for LED name: