Pmod USBUART: USB to UART Interface for MicroZed board

[ndimension]

Hi,

I'm going to buy Pmod USBUART: USB to UART Interface for MicroZed board I have. Would I need a UART Crossover Cable for it? 

Also, is there any example I could use to have this PMOD working?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks a lot!

[D@n]

@ndimension,

What are you intending to do that you think you would need a "cross over" cable?  In particular, what do you want to connect the PMod (UART) end of the port to, and what do you want to connect the USB end of the port to?

As for example code, you can find a Verilog core here that has successfully worked with the PMod USBUART.  It works quite well with the Arty and other projects I have connected it to, although I have yet to connect it to any Zynq boards.

Dan

[jpeyron]

Hi @ndimension,

Here is a thread that talks about how to do this with the Arty. I have a screen shot of a design that facilitates this with Microblaze. I believe it would be a similar set up for the uart ip core with the zynq. Hoped this helps!

cheers,

Jon

[ndimension]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for the quick reply. I looked over the webpage again and I don't think I would need the cross over cable. Thanks for sending the link for the Verilog core. Looks great! I will try to implement it on MicroZed board. I'm using Embedded Vision Carrier Board (EMBV) along with MicroZed so I can connect the USBUART to EMBV"s Pmod. 

Thanks jpeyron for that forum link, that's great you have did it with AXI UART lite IP. I will certainly be using that IP and try to connect to the pins accordingly.

Thanks a lot!