Unlock the full potential of serial communication with our UART-to-RS232 bridge, offering effortless signal conversion and data transfer capabilities
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Hardware Overview
How does it work?
RS232 2 Click is based on the MAX3237E, a 3V to 5.5V multichannel RS232, 1 Mbit/s line driver/receiver from Texas Instruments. This device allows communication at 1 Mbit/s and allows 5V logic levels, even when working with 3.3V power supply. However, there is an onboard SMD jumper that allows selection of power supply voltage between 3.3V and 5V, if there is a requirement. The MAX3237E IC consists of five line drivers, three line receivers, and a dual charge pump circuit with ±15 kV pin to pin ESD protection for the serial port I/O pins. Those charge pumps along with the external capacitors, allow the device to run from a single 3V to 5.5V supply, providing the required RS232
voltage levels, which can go up to ±15 V as per standard. The MAX3237E IC generates an RS232 voltage in the range of ±13 V and accepts RS232 signal levels in the range of ±25 V. To provide the minimal functionality of the UART interface, at least three data lines have to be used: RX line, routed to the mikroBUS™ RX pin (on the click board side), TX line, routed to the mikroBUS™ TX pin (on the click board side), and the GND. Otherwise, this device supports the full stack of RS232 control lines, excluding the Data Set Ready line (DSR). Other relevant RS232 bus lines routed to the mikroBUS™ pins are: Data Terminal Ready (DTR) - routed to the AN pin, Data Carrier Detect
(DCD) - routed to the RST pin, Clear To Send (CTS) - routed to the CS pin, Ring Indicator (RI) - routed to the PWM pin, Request To Send (RTS) - routed to the INT pin. All these lines, are actually control lines and are used optionally by the RS232 device. RS232 2 click features the standardized DE-9 connector for easy connection to the RS232 device. By switching the VCC SEL jumper, it is possible to select the power supply voltage for the RS232 2 click. Although it can work with 5V, the device will accept UART signals of 5V even while working in 3.3V mode.
Features overview
Development board
EasyPIC v8 is a development board specially designed for the needs of rapid development of embedded applications. It supports many high pin count 8-bit PIC microcontrollers from Microchip, regardless of their number of pins, and a broad set of unique functions, such as the first-ever embedded debugger/programmer. The development board is well organized and designed so that the end-user has all the necessary elements, such as switches, buttons, indicators, connectors, and others, in one place. Thanks to innovative manufacturing technology, EasyPIC v8 provides a fluid and immersive working experience, allowing access anywhere and under any
circumstances at any time. Each part of the EasyPIC v8 development board contains the components necessary for the most efficient operation of the same board. In addition to the advanced integrated CODEGRIP programmer/debugger module, which offers many valuable programming/debugging options and seamless integration with the Mikroe software environment, the board also includes a clean and regulated power supply module for the development board. It can use a wide range of external power sources, including a battery, an external 12V power supply, and a power source via the USB Type-C (USB-C) connector.
Communication options such as USB-UART, USB DEVICE, and CAN are also included, including the well-established mikroBUS™ standard, two display options (graphical and character-based LCD), and several different DIP sockets. These sockets cover a wide range of 8-bit PIC MCUs, from the smallest PIC MCU devices with only eight up to forty pins. EasyPIC v8 is an integral part of the Mikroe ecosystem for rapid development. Natively supported by Mikroe software tools, it covers many aspects of prototyping and development thanks to a considerable number of different Click boards™ (over a thousand boards), the number of which is growing every day.
Microcontroller Overview
MCU Card / MCU
Architecture
PIC
MCU Memory (KB)
128
Silicon Vendor
Microchip
Pin count
40
RAM (Bytes)
8192
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Accessories
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Used MCU Pins
mikroBUS™ mapper
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Schematic
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Application Output via UART Mode
1. Once the code example is loaded, pressing the "FLASH" button initiates the build process, and programs it on the created setup.
2. After the programming is completed, click on the Tools icon in the upper-right panel, and select the UART Terminal.
3. After opening the UART Terminal tab, first check the baud rate setting in the Options menu (default is 115200). If this parameter is correct, activate the terminal by clicking the "CONNECT" button.
4. Now terminal status changes from Disconnected to Connected in green, and the data is displayed in the Received data field.
Software Support
Library Description
This library contains API for RS232 2 Click driver.
Key functions:
rs2322_set_cts
- This function sets CTS pin staters2322_get_dtr
- This function get DTR pin staters2322_send_command
- Function for send command
Open Source
Code example
This example can be found in NECTO Studio. Feel free to download the code, or you can copy the code below.
/*!
* \file
* \brief Rs2322 Click example
*
* # Description
* This example reads and processes data from RS232 2 clicks.
*
* The demo application is composed of two sections :
*
* ## Application Init
* Initializes driver.
*
* ## Application Task
* Reads the received data.
*
* ## Additional Function
* - rs2322_process ( ) - The general process of collecting presponce
* that sends a module.
*
* \author MikroE Team
*
*/
// ------------------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDES
#include "board.h"
#include "log.h"
#include "rs2322.h"
#include "string.h"
#define PROCESS_COUNTER 10
#define PROCESS_RX_BUFFER_SIZE 500
#define PROCESS_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE 500
#define TEXT_TO_SEND "MikroE\r\n"
// ------------------------------------------------------------------ VARIABLES
#define DEMO_APP_RECEIVER
//#define DEMO_APP_TRANSMITER
static rs2322_t rs2322;
static log_t logger;
static char current_rsp_buf[ PROCESS_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE ];
static uint8_t send_data_cnt = 0;
// ------------------------------------------------------- ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
static void rs2322_process ( void )
{
int16_t rsp_size;
uint16_t rsp_cnt = 0;
char uart_rx_buffer[ PROCESS_RX_BUFFER_SIZE ] = { 0 };
uint8_t check_buf_cnt;
uint8_t process_cnt = PROCESS_COUNTER;
// Clear parser buffer
memset( current_rsp_buf, 0 , PROCESS_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE );
while( process_cnt != 0 )
{
rsp_size = rs2322_generic_read( &rs2322, &uart_rx_buffer, PROCESS_RX_BUFFER_SIZE );
if ( rsp_size > 0 )
{
// Validation of the received data
for ( check_buf_cnt = 0; check_buf_cnt < rsp_size; check_buf_cnt++ )
{
if ( uart_rx_buffer[ check_buf_cnt ] == 0 )
{
uart_rx_buffer[ check_buf_cnt ] = 13;
}
}
log_printf( &logger, "%s\r\n", uart_rx_buffer );
// Storages data in parser buffer
rsp_cnt += rsp_size;
if ( rsp_cnt < PROCESS_PARSER_BUFFER_SIZE )
{
strncat( current_rsp_buf, uart_rx_buffer, rsp_size );
}
// Clear RX buffer
memset( uart_rx_buffer, 0, PROCESS_RX_BUFFER_SIZE );
}
else
{
process_cnt--;
// Process delay
Delay_ms( 100 );
}
}
log_printf( &logger, "%s\r\n", current_rsp_buf );
}
// ------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION FUNCTIONS
void application_init ( void )
{
log_cfg_t log_cfg;
rs2322_cfg_t cfg;
/**
* Logger initialization.
* Default baud rate: 115200
* Default log level: LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG
* @note If USB_UART_RX and USB_UART_TX
* are defined as HAL_PIN_NC, you will
* need to define them manually for log to work.
* See @b LOG_MAP_USB_UART macro definition for detailed explanation.
*/
LOG_MAP_USB_UART( log_cfg );
log_init( &logger, &log_cfg );
log_info( &logger, "---- Application Init ----" );
// Click initialization.
rs2322_cfg_setup( &cfg );
RS2322_MAP_MIKROBUS( cfg, MIKROBUS_1 );
rs2322_init( &rs2322, &cfg );
}
void application_task ( void )
{
#ifdef DEMO_APP_RECEIVER
rs2322_process( );
#endif
#ifdef DEMO_APP_TRANSMITER
rs2322_process( );
if ( send_data_cnt == 5 )
{
rs2322_send_command( &rs2322, TEXT_TO_SEND );
send_data_cnt = 0;
}
else
{
send_data_cnt++;
}
#endif
}
void main ( void )
{
application_init( );
for ( ; ; )
{
application_task( );
}
}
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------ END