SPRUJ21D October 2022 – February 2024
Four UART ports of the TDA4VM are interfaced with UART-over-USB transceiver. When the EVM’s USB micro-B connector (J4) is connected to a Host-PC using supplied USB cable (Type-A to Micro-B), the computer can establish Virtual Com Port(s) which can be used with any terminal emulation application. Virtual Com Port drivers for the transceiver (CP2108-B02-GM) can be obtained from https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers.
Once installed, the Host-PC will create four Virtual Com Ports. Depending on the other Host-PC resources available - the Virtual COM Ports not be located at COM1-4. However, they will remain in the same numerical order.
TDA4VM UART | Host-PC COM Port |
---|---|
WKUP_UART0 | COM 1 |
MCU_UART0 | COM 2 |
UART0 | COM 3 |
UART1 | COM 4 |
The circuit is powered through BUS power and therefore the COM connection not be lost when the EVM power is removed. An LED [LD1] is used to indicate an active COM connection with Host-PC.