PIC24 UART TX Buffer Full Bit Is Stuck

C-P-User-3 asked:

Chip is PIC24FJ256GB210

This happens 4 times okay...

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Send_Byte_In_W1_To_UART_3:

Wait_On_UART_3_TXBF:

        Btst    U3STA, #UTXBF           ;Got space ?
        BRA     NZ, Wait_On_UART_3_TXBF ;No, wait some more

                                        ;*** Fourth time thru, never gets
                                        ;*** past the previous loop

        Mov     W1, U3TXREG             ;Byte to send out came in to this sub in W1
        Return                          ;That's all

Thereafter, the UTXBF bit stays stuck in the 1 position. It will never clear again.

Does anyone have any experience in what may cause this ?

It's a dual processor board with another PIC connected to the other side of the UART.

I'm initializing it to use no flow control, without RTS/CTS enabled.

The other two UARTs are working okay.

What could be keeping UTXBF stuck in the 1 position ?

Give it enough cycles, and that thing is supposed to be empty, whether or not the bytes make it to their final destination or not.

Duh.

Thanks if anybody has ever solved this.

Tags: Serial port, PIC

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