topic Re: Throwing UART in i.MX Processors https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946323#M141544 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Alexey Ermakov,</P><P></P><P>You cannot change the device tree from one to another once the device tree has been loaded. However, you may change the registers that setup the muxing alternatives directly while the system is running.</P><P></P><P>On using the pad as an analog switch that would not be feasible due to the way the pads work. You can see more details on how the pads work on the product documentation, but the muxing options have also limitations on whether pins can be input/output or may also be fixed.</P><P></P><P>My apologies for the inconvenience!</P><P>Regards,</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:38:37 GMT gusarambula 2019-08-23T15:38:37Z Throwing UART https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946321#M141542 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am using iMX6ULL, and I have a question.</P><P>Is&nbsp;it possible to&nbsp;throw&nbsp;some functionality (e.g. UART) from&nbsp;one pin to another?</P><P>I need to have UART port, but in some cases this UART should be switched to external device and is no longer needed to me.&nbsp;Is there such a functionality?</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:42:19 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946321#M141542 aermakov 2019-08-20T10:42:19Z Re: Throwing UART https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946322#M141543 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Actualy I want use pads as analog switch, such as&nbsp;NX3DV2567GU, for example</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 21 Aug 2019 14:24:47 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946322#M141543 aermakov 2019-08-21T14:24:47Z Re: Throwing UART https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946323#M141544 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello Alexey Ermakov,</P><P></P><P>You cannot change the device tree from one to another once the device tree has been loaded. However, you may change the registers that setup the muxing alternatives directly while the system is running.</P><P></P><P>On using the pad as an analog switch that would not be feasible due to the way the pads work. You can see more details on how the pads work on the product documentation, but the muxing options have also limitations on whether pins can be input/output or may also be fixed.</P><P></P><P>My apologies for the inconvenience!</P><P>Regards,</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Aug 2019 15:38:37 GMT https://community.nxp.com/t5/i-MX-Processors/Throwing-UART/m-p/946323#M141544 gusarambula 2019-08-23T15:38:37Z