+ /** Creates a standard character stream from the USART so that it can be used with all the regular functions
+ * in the avr-libc \c <stdio.h> library that accept a \c FILE stream as a destination (e.g. \c fprintf). The created
+ * stream is bidirectional and can be used for both input and output functions.
+ *
+ * Reading data from this stream is non-blocking, i.e. in most instances, complete strings cannot be read in by a single
+ * fetch, as the endpoint will not be ready at some point in the transmission, aborting the transfer. However, this may
+ * be used when the read data is processed byte-per-bye (via \c getc()) or when the user application will implement its own
+ * line buffering.
+ *
+ * \param[in,out] Stream Pointer to a FILE structure where the created stream should be placed, if \c NULL stdio
+ * and stdin will be configured to use the USART.
+ *
+ * \pre The USART must first be configured via a call to \ref Serial_Init() before the stream is used.
+ */
+ static inline void Serial_CreateStream(FILE* Stream)
+ {
+ if (!(Stream))
+ {
+ Stream = &USARTSerialStream;
+ stdin = Stream;
+ stdout = Stream;
+ }
+
+ *Stream = (FILE)FDEV_SETUP_STREAM(Serial_putchar, Serial_getchar, _FDEV_SETUP_RW);
+ }
+
+ /** Identical to \ref Serial_CreateStream(), except that reads are blocking until the calling stream function terminates
+ * the transfer.
+ *
+ * \param[in,out] Stream Pointer to a FILE structure where the created stream should be placed, if \c NULL stdio
+ * and stdin will be configured to use the USART.
+ *
+ * \pre The USART must first be configured via a call to \ref Serial_Init() before the stream is used.
+ */
+ static inline void Serial_CreateBlockingStream(FILE* Stream)
+ {
+ if (!(Stream))
+ {
+ Stream = &USARTSerialStream;
+ stdin = Stream;
+ stdout = Stream;
+ }
+
+ *Stream = (FILE)FDEV_SETUP_STREAM(Serial_putchar, Serial_getchar_Blocking, _FDEV_SETUP_RW);
+ }
+