/***************************************
 *
 * Project		: ex2d
 * Description		: Sending a string
 * History		: 9/9-07 Emil Larsson
 *
 ***************************************/
 #include <lpc2xxx.h>
 #include <general.h>
/*****************************************************************************
*
* Description:
* Initializes the UART channel #0 (38.4 kbps, 8N1)
*
****************************************************************************/
void
initUart0(void)
{
//enable uart #0 pins (P0.0 = TxD0, P0.1 = RxD0)
PINSEL0 = 0x05;
//initialize bitrate (by first enable DL registers, DLAB-bit = 1)
U0LCR = 0x80;
//Note to self, below gives a bitrate of 39062,5... slightly higher than 38.4 kbps.
//Needs some tuning!
U0DLL = 0x61; //least significant part of divisor
U0DLM = 0x00; //most significant part of divisor 6
U0LCR = 0x00;
//initialize LCR: 8N1
U0LCR = 0x03;
//disable FIFO
U0FCR = 0x00;
//clear interrupt bits, just in case (not used)
U0IER = 0x00;
}
/*****************************************************************************
*
* Description:
* Blocking output routine, i.e., the routine waits until the uart
* buffer is free and then sends the character.
*
* Params:
* [in] charToSend - The character to send/print
*
****************************************************************************/
void
sendChar(tU8 charToSend)
{
//Wait until THR register is empty
while( U0LSR != 0x20);
//output character value to THR
U0THR = charToSend;
}
/***************************************************************
*
* Description: Blocking function that sends string (null-
* terminated) to UART channel #0.
*
* Parameters: pString – pointer to null-terminated string*
*
***************************************************************/
void
sendString(tU8 *pString){
	while(*pString != '\0'){
		sendChar(*pString);
		pString++;
	}
}

int main(){
	initUart0();
	sendString("It's annoying as hell, I can't stop thinking in C code. x_X");
	sendString("And I hate the stupid lpc2146 quirks... it's a ARM-based microcontroller.");
	sendString("It's like when you played tetris for hours, and see blocks everywhere... or a simulation game and see tiles everywhere.");
	sendString("I hate writing programming code for hand adsfdsf... especially when it's hard to go back and correct.");
	return 0;
}