One of the most basic and also most versatile communication interfaces on an MCU is the UART, or Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter. Usually found in the form of either a UART or USART, th… ...

This guide will show you how to get the USART on an STM32 Discovery Board working, which makes it easy to get feedback about what’s going on in your program.

USART and UART peripherals have definitely different capabilities and can be useful in different situations, so a developer may find both peripherals onboard a standard microcontroller. For example, ...