isabella232 / uart

serial com api

#The uart application#

Interface description

uart

Dependencies

To build uart you will need a working installation of Erlang R15B (or later).
Information on building and installing Erlang/OTP can be found here (more info).

uart is built using rebar that can be found here, with building instructions here.

uart also requires the following applications to be installed:

• dthread - https://github.com/tonyrog/dthread

If you use ftdi devices you can find drivers at http://ftdichip.com/.

Downloading

Clone the repository in a suitable location:

$ git clone git://github.com/tonyrog/uart.git

Configurating

Concepts

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Files

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Building

Compile:

$ cd uart
$ rebar compile
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==> uart (compile)

Testing

Without hardware

Basic test of uart can be done without having any dongles:

$ cd uart
$ rebar ct
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==> uart (ct)

With hardware

If you want to test with hardware you must configure the appropriate devices in uart.cfg and then run:

$ cd uart/test
$ ct_run  -spec uart_hw.spec
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