SoftwareSerial.h alternative with AVR (Two Serial/UART ports in atmega328p)

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Arduino pins can be used as UART using the SoftwareSerial.h library. Is there any alternative for AVR?

I need more than one serial port on a ATmega328P, but i don't use Arduino.

SoftwareSerial.h is tied to Arduino.h and Arduino pins. I do not use Arduino, i use avr-gcc with atmega328p and atmega8.

Software serial should only be used as an absolute last resort. If you are having to look at using it then you aren't using the right microcontroller. Don't just use a certain microcontroller "because you always have", or "because the arduino uses it" - use the right one for that job, and if you need multiple serial connections then choose one that has multiple serial ports in it. There's plenty to choose from, even within the same family of chips, that provide more than one serial port, so would require minimal changes to your project to use them. — Majenko♦, May 24 '15 at 10:06

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-24 00:27:10Z

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AVR274 describes a single-wire, half-duplex software UART.

AVR304 describes a half-duplex, interrupt-driven software UART, and AVR305 describes a polled alternative.

AVR307 describes implementing a half-duplex UART using a USI.

All code associated with each app note can be downloaded from Atmel's website.

answered May 24 '15 at 0:27

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