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+-- ======================================================================
+-- UART transmitter
+-- Copyright (C) 2020 Torsten Meissner
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+-- modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+-- License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+-- version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+--
+-- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+-- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+-- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+-- Lesser General Public License for more details.
+--
+-- You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+-- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+-- Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+-- ======================================================================
+
+
+library ieee;
+use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;
+use ieee.numeric_std.all;
+
+
+
+entity UartTx is
+  generic (
+    DATA_LENGTH : positive range 5 to 9 := 8;
+    PARITY      : boolean := false;  -- not implemented yet
+    CLK_DIV     : natural := 10
+  );
+  port (
+    reset_n_i   : in  std_logic;                                 -- async reset
+    clk_i       : in  std_logic;                                 -- clock
+    data_i      : in  std_logic_vector(DATA_LENGTH-1 downto 0);  -- data input
+    valid_i     : in  std_logic;                                 -- input data valid
+    accept_o    : out std_logic;                                 -- inpit data accepted
+    tx_o        : out std_logic                                  -- uart tx data output
+  );
+end entity UartTx;
+
+
+
+architecture rtl of UartTx is
+
+
+  type t_uart_state is (IDLE, SEND);
+  signal s_uart_state : t_uart_state;
+
+  signal s_data : std_logic_vector(DATA_LENGTH+1 downto 0);
+  signal s_clk_en : boolean;
+
+  function odd_parity (data : in std_logic_vector(DATA_LENGTH-1 downto 0)) return std_logic is
+    variable v_data : std_logic := '0';
+  begin
+    for i in data'range loop
+      v_data := v_data xor data(i);
+    end loop;
+    return not v_data;
+  end function odd_parity;
+
+
+begin
+
+
+  ClkDivP : process (clk_i, reset_n_i) is
+    variable v_clk_cnt : natural range 0 to CLK_DIV-1;
+  begin
+    if (reset_n_i = '0') then
+      s_clk_en  <= false;
+      v_clk_cnt := CLK_DIV-1;
+    elsif (rising_edge(clk_i)) then
+      if (s_uart_state = IDLE) then
+        v_clk_cnt := CLK_DIV-2;
+        s_clk_en  <= false;
+      elsif (s_uart_state = SEND) then
+        if (v_clk_cnt = 0) then
+          v_clk_cnt := CLK_DIV-1;
+          s_clk_en  <= true;
+        else
+          v_clk_cnt := v_clk_cnt - 1;
+          s_clk_en  <= false;
+        end if;
+      end if;
+    end if;
+  end process ClkDivP;
+
+
+  TxP : process (clk_i, reset_n_i) is
+    variable v_bit_cnt : natural range 0 to s_data'length-1;
+  begin
+    if (reset_n_i = '0') then
+      s_uart_state <= IDLE;
+      s_data       <= (0 => '1', others => '0');
+      accept_o     <= '0';
+      v_bit_cnt    := 0;
+    elsif (rising_edge(clk_i)) then
+      FsmL : case s_uart_state is
+        when IDLE =>
+          accept_o  <= '1';
+          v_bit_cnt := s_data'length-1;
+          if (valid_i = '1' and accept_o = '1') then
+            accept_o     <= '0';
+            s_data       <= '1' & data_i & '0';
+            s_uart_state <= SEND;
+          end if;
+        when SEND =>
+          if (s_clk_en) then
+            s_data <= '1' & s_data(s_data'length-1 downto 1);
+            if (v_bit_cnt = 0) then
+              accept_o     <= '1';
+              s_uart_state <= IDLE;
+            else
+              v_bit_cnt := v_bit_cnt - 1;
+            end if;
+          end if;
+      end case;
+    end if;
+  end process TxP;
+
+
+  tx_o <= s_data(0);
+
+
+end architecture rtl;