VIPER Technical Manual

Detailed hardware description

 

 

Serial COMs ports

There are five high-speed, fully functionally compatible 16550 serial UARTs on the VIPER. Four of these channels can be used as standard RS232 serial interfaces, and the remaining one (COM5) can be configured as RS422 or RS485.

 

 

 

 

FIFO depth

 

 

 

Port

Address

IRQRX / TXSignals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COM1

0x40100000 –

Internal

64 / 64

RS232 Rx, Tx, CTS, RTS, RI, DSR,

 

 

0x40100023

 

 

DCD, DTR

 

COM2

0x40200000 –

Internal

64 / 64

RS232 Rx, Tx, RTS, CTS

 

 

0x40200023

 

 

 

 

 

COM3

0x40700000 –

Internal

64 / 64

RS232 Rx, Tx

 

 

0x40700023

 

 

 

 

VL

COM4

0x14300010 –

GPIO4

128 / 128

RS232 Rx, Tx, CTS, RTS, RI, DSR,

 

 

0x1430001F

 

 

DCD, DTR

VL

COM5

0x14300000 –

GPIO3

128 / 128

RS422 / RS485 Tx, Rx

 

 

0x1430000F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please see the PXA255 Developer’s Manual for details of internal interrupts.

COM1 – RS232 interface

Uses the full function UART in the PXA255 (FFUART). The port is buffered to RS232 levels with ±15kV ESD protection, and supports full handshaking and modem control signals. The maximum baud rate on this channel is 230.4kb/s (CPU max capability). A factory fit option configures COM1 as TTL Level signals to interface to a modem.

Please contact Eurotech Ltd for details. Contact details are provided in Appendix59H60H365HA – Contacting Eurotech, page 101366H.

COM2 – RS232 interface

Uses the Bluetooth UART in the PXA255 (BTUART). The port is buffered to RS232 levels with ±15kV ESD protection, and supports full handshaking and modem control signals. The maximum baud rate on this channel is 921.6kb/s (CPU max capability).

COM3 – RS232 interface

Uses the Standard UART in the PXA255 (STUART). The port is buffered to RS232 levels with ±15kV ESD protection, and supports full handshaking and modem control signals. The maximum baud rate on this channel is 230.4kb/s (CPU max capability).

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