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-==== ARM Amba ====+==== ARM Amba UART ====
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-ARM Amba UARTs are found on ARM systems such as the Raspberry Pi.+These UARTs are found on systems such as the Raspberry Pi.
  
 === RPi === === RPi ===
  
-== /boot/config.txt ==+The following guide is very old now and has mostly become obsolete. 
 + 
 +By default, the UART is used as the Linux console, this must be disabled to allow general purpose operation. 
 + 
 +The following script run as root can solve this.
 <code> <code>
-init_uart_clock=64000000+#!/bin/sh 
 +C=`awk '{ for (i = 1; i <= NF; ++i) { if ($i !~ /ttyAMA0/) { printf $i" " } } printf "\n" }' /boot/cmdline.txt` 
 +echo $C > /boot/cmdline.txt 
 +sed -i 's/^T0:23:respawn:/#T0:23:respawn:/' /etc/inittab
 </code> </code>
 +
 +High speed modes of operation are also not enabled by default and these should be enabled.
 +<code>
 +echo "init_uart_clock=64000000" >> /boot/config.txt
 +</code>
 +
 +Reboot the RPi to apply all the settings.
 +
 +===RPi 3===
 +
 +The RPi 3 uses the UART for comms with the the built-in bluetooth module and presents a simple "mini-uart" on the regular pins.
 +
 +To swap the ports around to gain access to the faster port, do the following in config.txt
 +
 +<code>
 +dtoverlay=pi3-miniuart-bt
 +</code>
 +=== Resources ===
 +
 +[[http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ddi0183f/DDI0183.pdf|Manual]]
 +
 +[[http://www.raspberrypi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BCM2835-ARM-Peripherals.pdf|Peripherals]]
 +
 +