configuring McBSP as UART

hai friends,
i wish to confiure McBSP as uart , and i could find two ways for that ,
one , seting as serial port ,
another as general purpose input output

1)what is the difference between these ,

2) which one is better? and easy to program?
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regards,
Joshy m. Jose
kerala , India
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Joshy,

using the McBSP as a UART transmitter is straightforward, but the receiver
part is quite complicated. TI has an application note available (spra633b),
but I don't have any experience with it.

If you do require a RS232 transceiver for your project anyway, consider the
MAXIM MAX3111E - a real UART plus RS232 transceiver in a single package
with SPI interface. Connect it to the McBSP in CLKSTP mode. This will give
you the least trouble and the best performance.

Regard,
Adolf Klemenz, D.SignT
At 22:27 06.02.2007 +0530, joshy jose wrote:

>hai friends,
>i wish to confiure McBSP as uart , and i could find two ways for that ,
>one , seting as serial port ,
>another as general purpose input output
>
>1)what is the difference between these ,
>
>2) which one is better? and easy to program?
>
>--
>regards,
>Joshy m. Jose
>kerala , India
>91-9447976001
> Start a New Thread