Introduction: Serial Communication Using ARM Cortex-M4
This is a breadboard based project which uses ARM Cortex-M4(Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL) for Serial Communication using Virtual Terminal. The output can be obtained on 16x2 LCD Screen and input for Serial Communication can be given in Serial Monitor of Energia IDE, Tera Team, Keil uVision or any other virtual terminal software.
During the operation, a RED LED of EK-TM4C123GXL shows the status of microcontroller. While transferring the Serial Data to microcontroller, the RED LED of EK-TM4C123GXL turned WHITE. The whole circuit is powered by +5V (VBUS) and +3.3V of EK-TM4C123GXL. .bin file of c99 code is attached with this tutorial. .bin file can be uploaded to the microcontroller using LM Flash Programmer.
Step 1: Requirements
The following things are required to get this project done:
1- Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL
2- Potentiometer (eg 5K)
3- LCD 16x2
4- Virtual Terminal (software on PC)
5- LM Flash Programmer (software on PC)
=> If you don't know how to use and install LM Flash Programmer, then please check out my previous Instructable, or click on the following links:
Step 2: Pin-outs & Wiring
The Pin-outs & Wiring of ARM Cortex-M4(Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL) and other peripheral is attached with this step and also given following:
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TM4C123GXL => LCD
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VBUS => VDD or VCC
GND => VSS
PB4 => RS
GND => RW
PE5 => E
PE4 => D4
PB1 => D5
PB0 => D6
PB5 => D7
+3.3V => A
GND => K
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TM4C123GXL => Potentiometer
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VBUS => 1st pin
GND => 3rd pin
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Potentiometer => LCD
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2nd pin => Vo
=> You can set contrast using Potentiometer
Attachments
Step 3: Upload the .bin File
Upload the attached .bin file with this step to ARM Cortex-M4 (Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL) using LM Flash Programmer.
Attachments
Step 4: Enter Your Data for Input
After uploading .bin file to ARM Cortex-M4 (Texas Instruments EK-TM4C123GXL), you can get your output on 16x2 LCD Screen and enter your desired input in terminal e.g. Energia IDE Serial Monitor, Tera Team Virtual Terminal, Keil uVision or any other virtual terminal.
