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+= Using UART on the Raspberry Pi Pico
+:xrefstyle: short
+
+Send data from the UART1 port to the UART0 port. 
+
+== Other code to try
+[source.python]
+uart0 = UART(0) #opens a UART connection at the default baudrate of 115,200
+uart0.readline() #reads until the CR (\r) and NL (\n) characters then returns the line
+
+
+== Wiring information
+
+See <<uart-wiring-diagram>> for wiring instructions.
+
+[[uart-wiring-diagram]]
+[pdfwidth=75%]
+.Wiring two of the Pico's ports together
+image::pico_uart_example.png[]
+
+== List of Files
+
+A list of files with descriptions of their function;
+
+uart.py:: The example code.
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 from machine import UART, Pin
+import time
 
-uart1 = UART(1, baudrate=9600, tx=Pin(8), rx=Pin(9), bits=8, parity=None, stop=1)
-uart1.write(b'UART on GPIO8&9 at 9600 baud\n\r')
+uart1 = UART(1, baudrate=9600, tx=Pin(8), rx=Pin(9))
 
-uart0 = UART(0)
-uart0.write(b'UART on GPIO0&1 at 115200 baud\n\r')
+uart0 = UART(0, baudrate=9600, tx=Pin(0), rx=Pin(1))
 
+txData = b'hello world\n\r'
+uart1.write(txData)
+time.sleep(1)
 rxData = bytes()
 while uart0.any() > 0:
-    rxData += uart0.read(1)
-
-print(rxData)
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+    rxData += uart0.read()
+    
+print(rxData.decode('utf-8'))
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