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Diffstat (limited to 'cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp index 5d62273..9f0a2ec 100644 --- a/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp +++ b/cores/arduino/HardwareSerial.cpp @@ -197,6 +197,15 @@ void HardwareSerial::flush() size_t HardwareSerial::write(uint8_t c) { + // If the buffer and the data register is empty, just write the byte + // to the data register and be done. This shortcut helps + // significantly improve the effective datarate at high (> + // 500kbit/s) bitrates, where interrupt overhead becomes a slowdown. + if (_tx_buffer_head == _tx_buffer_tail && bit_is_set(*_ucsra, UDRE0)) { + *_udr = c; + sbi(*_ucsra, TXC0); + return 1; + } int i = (_tx_buffer_head + 1) % SERIAL_BUFFER_SIZE; // If the output buffer is full, there's nothing for it other than to |