4.5 RS232 Test

This example demonstrates how to use Linux API to send and receive data from RS232, please refer to the source code for detail.

Hardware Preparation:

  • Two MYD-C437X-PRU development boards
  • Two data cables to connect J12 of the two boards: GND<->GND，TXD<->RXD，RXD<->TXD, CTS<->RTS, RTS<->CTS
  • Two USB to TTL converters, each connects J25 of MYD-C437X-PRU development board and a USB host of PC respectively, set the baudrate of serial port on host PC to 115200-8-n-1

Software Preparation:

  • Linux Kernel 4.1.18
  • tty_test application

Test Steps:

  • Copy cross compiled <WORKDIR>/Examples/tty/tty_test to /usr/bin directory of the MYD-C437X-PRU development board, run tty_test application as below:
# tty_test -h
Usage: tty_test [options]
Version 1.0
Options:
-d | --device name   tty device name, default: /dev/tty0
-m | --mode  mode   operate mode. 0: RS232, 1: RS485  default mode: 0 
-f | --flow                    flow control 
-b | --baudrate baudrate  set baudrate, default baudrate: 115200 
-l | --loop              operate circularly 
-w | --write  frame     frame string. such as: 0123456789 
-h | --help          Print this message
  • J12 interface on the MYD-C437X-PRU development board is a RS232 serial port with hardware flow control. It is corresponding to /dev/ttyO3 on a embedded Linux system. One board is used as sender, the other is used as receiver, they communicate with tty_test application as below: 
# tty_test -d /dev/ttyO3 -b 9600 -m 0  -w 0123456789 -f -l  
 SEND:0123456789
 SEND:0123456789
 SEND:0123456789
  • Execute the following command at other board to receive data as below: 
# tty_test -d /dev/ttyO3 -b 9600 -m 0 -f -l
 RECV:0123456789, total:10
 RECV:0123456789, total:10
 RECV:0123456789, total:10
  • Exchange roles of the two boards, the result is the same.