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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RS232_RXD/TXD on daughtercard interface
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John Orlando |
Subject: |
Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] RS232_RXD/TXD on daughtercard interface |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:58:00 -0600 |
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Matt Ettus <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 01/19/2010 09:41 AM, John Orlando wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>> A while back I noticed there are two signals called RS232_RXD and
>> RS232_TXD exposed on the PMC connector going to the daughtercard slots
>> on the USRP. Tracing these back on the USRP schematic, they go to the
>> Cypress EZUSB chip. I searched around a bit but didn't find any
>> reference to any daughtercard using these, nor did grep find any
>> reference to these in the 3.2.2 release of GNUradio. Is there any way
>> to send/receive UART data to these lines from within GNUradio? If
>> not, what was the intent with these lines?
>>
>> Thanks much...
>>
>
>
> Those have never been used. The original intention was to use it as a UART.
> The USRP2 does not connect to those pins, so it's not a good idea to use
> them.
Gotcha...as always, thanks for the quick reply Matt!
--
Regards,
John Orlando
CEO/System Architect
Epiq Solutions
www.epiq-solutions.com