Avr Software Uart In C

The microcontroller PIC16F84A has no hardware UART module, but we can use software UART to send/receive data to/from the PC via RS232 cable (COM port). This topic shows a simple example for the use of the UART protocol with the PIC16F84A MCU.

Hardware Required:

  • PIC16F84A microcontroller
  • 8MHz crystal
  • 2 x 22pF ceramic capacitors
  • 10K ohm resistor
  • MAX232 — datasheet
  • 4 x 10uF polarized capacitor
  • Female RS232 connector
  • Breadboard
  • 5V power source
  • Jumper wires

UART Example for PIC16F84A microcontroller circuit:

Hi, I'm trying to apply a software UART on my ATMEGA8 by refering to ATMEL Application Note:AVR305. The example code uses assembly language. So i written it as follow in ICCAVR. The objective of all this is to get a command-line interface through an RS232 serial port on an AVR. I'm experimenting with things that resemble POTS modems in. Feb 02, 2011 //softuart.c // AVR-port of the generic software uart written in C // Generic code from // Colin Gittins, Software Engineer, Halliburton Energy Services // (has been available from iar.com web-site - application notes). Dec 29, 2008 Atmel's website offers application note AVR304 (interrupt driven software UART) and it has an included C code implementing the appnote. However, the example code does not use CodeVisionAVR, i've been trying to 'convert' it to CodeVisionAVR syntax but i found i could not continue because the header files used are not for CodeVision.

To interface the PIC16F84A MCU with the PC we need MAX232 signal level converter as shown in the circuit diagram. There are 2 lines between the PIC16F84A and the MAX232 and also two lines between the MAX232 and the female COM connector. One line for data transmit and the other one for data receive.
The female COM connector is connected to the PC using RS232 cable, this cable has to be male-female because the PC RS232 port type is male.
In this example the PIC16F84A MCU runs with 8MHz crystal oscillator.

Avr Software Uart In C Language

UART Example for PIC16F84A microcontroller C code:
The function #use rs232(xmit = PIN_B4, rcv = PIN_B5, baud = 2400) is used to configure the UART protocol. Here software UART is used.
where:
xmit is the transmit pin (RB4)
rcv is the receive pin (RB5)
2400 is the baud rate.
The functions used in the C code are:
printf: sends a string of characters over RS232 transmission pin (TX).
putc: send a character over RS232 transmission pin (TX).
getc(): read character if available.
Complete C code for CCS C compiler is below.