Problem with reading data from UART

Altera_Forum · ‎01-27-2011

Hi!

Below are my C codes using NIOS 2 IDE to send and read data using DE2 board through UART by RS232 port.

Also, I build my own GUI to receive and send data to UART. After I read the data from my GUI and store the data in array prompt [10], I decide to display the array prompt [10] to my GUI by using several type of function calling, as shown coding below in bold style. However, from my GUI I cannot read the data sending. may i know how to solve it? Thanks!

int main ()

{

FILE* fp1;

char prompt[10] ;

fp1 = fopen(UART_0_NAME , "r+");

if (fp1)

{

while (1)

{

//I get the data from my GUI

fgets(prompt, 8, fp1);

// I send data to be displayed in my GUI

fwrite (prompt , 1 , sizeof(prompt) , fp1 );

cout<< prompt;

fputs (prompt,fp1);

}

fclose (fp1);

}

return 0;

}

Altera_Forum · ‎01-27-2011

Hi,

Maybe test the reception and transmission separatly to be sure where the problem comes from.

1. Put only the code to send data (with a basic loop to wait between sendings)

2. Put only the code to receive data, and display the value on LEDs or something else