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author | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@leaflabs.com> | 2011-05-04 13:15:33 -0400 |
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committer | Marti Bolivar <mbolivar@leaflabs.com> | 2011-05-04 13:31:53 -0400 |
commit | f3bcdd18d8f0b64cd8f17410b480b49315791544 (patch) | |
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SerialUSB fixups.
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diff --git a/docs/source/lang/api/serialusb.rst b/docs/source/lang/api/serialusb.rst index ee7146e..ed466f2 100644 --- a/docs/source/lang/api/serialusb.rst +++ b/docs/source/lang/api/serialusb.rst @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ Introduction In addition to three :ref:`serial ports <lang-serial>`, the Maple's STM32 microprocessor includes a dedicated USB peripheral. This peripheral is used to emulate a regular serial port for use as a -terminal (text read/write). The emulated terminal is relatively slow -and inefficient; it is best for transferring data at regular serial -speeds (kilobaud). +terminal. The emulated terminal is relatively slow; it is best for +transferring data at regular serial speeds (kilobaud). Library access to the emulated serial port is provided through the ``SerialUSB`` object. You can mostly use ``SerialUSB`` as a drop-in @@ -30,14 +29,14 @@ replacement for ``Serial1``, ``Serial2``, and ``Serial3``. This means that if you have a number of calls to one of the ``SerialUSB`` ``write()`` or ``print()`` functions in your code, - and you are not monitoring the emulated on a computer, your program - will run much, much slower than if it is being monitored or totally - disconnected (run off of a battery). + and you are not monitoring ``SerialUSB`` on a computer, your + program will run much slower than if it is being monitored or + totally disconnected (run off of a battery). You can avoid this behavior by :ref:`deciphering the port status - using the DTR and RTS line status <lang-serialusb-safe-print>`; the + using the DTR and RTS line status <lang-serialusb-safe-print>` (the behavior of these control lines is platform dependent and we no - longer interpret them by default. + longer interpret them by default). Library Documentation --------------------- |