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'serial' Driver
This driver powers the Split Keyboard feature.
!> Serial in this context should be read as sending information one bit at a time, rather than implementing UART/USART/RS485/RS232 standards.
All drivers in this category have the following characteristics:
- Provides data and signaling over a single conductor
- Limited to single master, single slave
Supported Driver Types
AVR | ARM | |
---|---|---|
bit bang | ✔️ | Soon™ |
USART Half-duplex | ✔️ |
Driver configuration
Bitbang
Default driver, the absence of configuration assumes this driver. To configure it, add this to your rules.mk:
SERIAL_DRIVER = bitbang
Configure the driver via your config.h:
#define SOFT_SERIAL_PIN D0 // or D1, D2, D3, E6
#define SELECT_SOFT_SERIAL_SPEED 1 // or 0, 2, 3, 4, 5
// 0: about 189kbps (Experimental only)
// 1: about 137kbps (default)
// 2: about 75kbps
// 3: about 39kbps
// 4: about 26kbps
// 5: about 20kbps
USART Half-duplex
Targeting STM32 boards where communication is offloaded to a USART hardware device. The advantage is that this provides fast and accurate timings. SOFT_SERIAL_PIN
for this driver is the configured USART TX pin. The TX pin must have appropriate pull-up resistors. To configure it, add this to your rules.mk:
SERIAL_DRIVER = usart
Configure the hardware via your config.h:
#define SOFT_SERIAL_PIN B6 // USART TX pin
#define SELECT_SOFT_SERIAL_SPEED 1 // or 0, 2, 3, 4, 5
// 0: about 460800 baud
// 1: about 230400 baud (default)
// 2: about 115200 baud
// 3: about 57600 baud
// 4: about 38400 baud
// 5: about 19200 baud
#define SERIAL_USART_DRIVER SD1 // USART driver of TX pin. default: SD1
#define SERIAL_USART_TX_PAL_MODE 7 // Pin "alternate function", see the respective datasheet for the appropriate values for your MCU. default: 7
You must also turn on the SERIAL feature in your halconf.h and mcuconf.h