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A universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) is a microchip that performs serial-to-parallel conversion of data received from peripheral devices and parallel-to-serial conversion of data coming from the CPU for transmission to peripheral devices. The UART chip has control capabilities and the ability to send an interrupt request to the processor that can be tailored in a way that minimizes the software management of the communication link between a computer and a peripheral device.
The UART controller handles the asynchronous serial communication between a computer and a peripheral device connected to the serial port of the computer and converts data from serial to parallel and vice-versa. This allows the computer to talk to modems and other serial devices. A UART is essentially a microchip that conditions the data coming in and out of serial ports such as the computer's RS232 serial port terminal.
Functions of the UART:
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