USB<->UART Bridge

kmp84 · Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 345

Hello,

I'm using CCS usb cdc uart bridge with no problems. Is it possible to set uart baud rate when opened in windows application?

Best Regards!

Ttelmah · Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Posts: 19431

Yes, but you will have to write your program to do it.

The 'bridge' over the USB, runs at a constant rate. Baud rate changes
don't change anything about this. Typically one packet is sent every mSec
giving a maximum of 64000bytes/second.
When you change the baud rate on the virtual port, Windows sends a
'set line coding' request to the USB device. This is automatically copied into
the usb_cdc_line_coding structure by the receive code. The first 32bits of this
structure is an int32, containing the baud rate required.
So your code would need to read the value in this, and change the physical
UART rate to match it. The line coding is normally always re-transmitted as
part of opening the port.

kmp84 · Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 345

Hi Mr.Ttelmah,

Yes, I saw also example "ex_usb_to_serial.c" in ccs's exaples folder.

Thanks and Best Regards!

kmp84 · Joined: 02 Feb 2010 Posts: 345

I forgot to ask one more important question:
Is it possible and easy to emulate two serial ports with this driver?

Best Regards!

Ttelmah · Joined: 11 Mar 2010 Posts: 19431

You would have to generate a composite device. Look at the example for
keyboard and mouse which shows how this is done.