change console serial speed/baud?

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Posted at 2016-06-17 by dwallersv

I can't imagine this hasn't come up before, but I searched and came up empty. So, apologies for what is surely a repeat!

Is there some easy way to set the speed of the console serial port? 115,200 is really nice when working on the ESP8266. Surely the STM32 family can handle that -- and I'd expect much faster.

I'd love to be able to set my Pico to 115,200. I'm guessing I can do it with the right call to Serial.setup() maybe, but I don't know the particulars of setting up the port to talk to the IDE (bits, parity, etc.).

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Posted at 2016-06-17 by @gfwilliams

Yes, it's literally just Serial1.setup(115200) that you need. Then you can connect to the IDE at 115200 baud using the B6/B7 pins and a USB-TTL converter.

However are you connected via USB? If so, the console on USB ignored the baud rate and is already running as fast as possible over the USB connection - it should be way faster than 115200 baud.

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Posted at 2016-06-17 by dwallersv

Well, not sure about the details of USB... NOT connected directly to the STM32 via the direct USB support. Rather, I'm connected via USB to a Prolific USB->Serial chip on the board that then connects via normal serial to UART function on two pins on the STM32.

This is an HY-STM32V with the 3.2" touchscreen. The serial connection from the USB chip is connected to pins A9/A10 TX/RX.

I tried what you posted above, and got this result:

>Serial.setup(115200)
Uncaught Error: Function "setup" not found!
 at line 1 col 8
Serial.setup(115200)
       ^
> 

Reviewing the Serial class documentation, this makes sense -- don't I have to have an actual instance of the Serial class to use it? The documentation talks about pre-instantiated instances Serial1, Serial2, ... and USB.

So, still stuck. And, there's no doubt it's 9600 baud :-)

My main issue here is that at 9600 baud loading the GUI code I'm developing takes a long time, which is painful with edit/test cycles.

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Posted at 2016-06-17 by dwallersv

Gordon, here's some more interesting "things": There are two USB connections on the MiniSTM32V; one goes through the Prolific chip and connects to a pins configured as a UART. This is where the console is configured by default, running at 9600 baud.

The other USB connector is connected directly (with buffering) to the STM32, on pins A11/A12/B7 as USB_DM/USB_DP/USB_EN. I've largely ignored this connection to this point, as it was not responsive with the IDE -- I was able to connect with the other "USB" connection.

So... If I could move the console over to the actual real native USB connection, and get awesome speed, that would be ideal. I suspect it's simply a matter of configuring those pins for a native USB connection, then directing the console there -- how do I do that?

BTW sending another U$25 to keep supporting you guys... thanks for everything!

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Posted at 2016-06-17 by @allObjects

@dwallersv

Serial is the class - as used in reference documentation.

Serial1 is the instance of the a Serial that is used...

Serial1.setup(115200); // notice: Serial1 (Serial # One)

A9/A10 - USART1 (USART - Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter # 1) IS Serial1 - as per HW reference for HYSTM32_32.

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Posted at 2016-06-20 by @gfwilliams

As @allObjects says, you need the Serial1 like I posted, not Serial.

If you're not getting any response from the on-board USB, I think it's probably just that you need to install the drivers mentioned in the Quick Reference?

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Posted at 2016-06-23 by dwallersv

Drivers was it... up and running, @gfwilliams, and blazingly fast! Coding is SOOOOOO much better!!

Turns out I had installed the STM drivers weeks ago, but the COM port installation looked like it was hanging, so I killed it and stayed with the serial. Forgot about that until you mentioned the Quick Reference.

So, plugged it in again, and waited it out this time. Took a long time, but eventually finished successfully and I was able to connect. Thanks!