Additional UART with PMOD (Bora)

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Introduction

The BoraEVB carrier board supports the Digilent Pmod™ Compatible headers to quickly expand the set of peripherals provided with the BELK.

This page describes how to use the UART Pmod™ Compatible module with the BELK to add an UART port to the BoraEVB carrier board.

UART PMOD

• Manufacturer: Maxim Integrated
• Product code: MAX3232PMB1
• Datasheet: http://datasheets.maximintegrated.com/en/ds/MAX3232PMB1.pdf
• Features:
  • MAX3232E transceiver
  • Implements RS-232 DCE
  • 6-Pin Pmod™ Compatible Connector (Digilent Pmod™ Interface Specification Type 4 UART)
  • Transmitter Output and Receiver Inputs Protected to +/- 15kV

Prerequisites

• Vivado® Design Suite version 2013.3 with Xilinx SDK (Webpack license is minimum requirements)
• Python 2.7.x (C:\Python27 must be the installation directory on Windows)
• Bora Embedded Linux Kit (Please refer to BELK Quick Start Guide for further details) version 2.0.0.

Installation and configuration

Please see the image below: