+                       /** Indicates whether there is hardware buffer space for a new transmit on the USART. This
+                        *  function can be used to determine if a call to \ref Serial_SendByte() will block in advance.
+                        *
+                        *  \param[in,out] USART  Pointer to the base of the USART peripheral within the device.
+                        *
+                        *  \return Boolean \c true if a character can be queued for transmission immediately, \c false otherwise.
+                        */
+                       static inline bool Serial_IsSendReady(USART_t* const USART) ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NON_NULL_PTR_ARG(1);
+                       static inline bool Serial_IsSendReady(USART_t* const USART)
+                       {
+                               return (USART->STATUS & USART_DREIF_bm) ? true : false);
+                       }
+
+                       /** Indicates whether the hardware USART transmit buffer is completely empty, indicating all
+                        *  pending transmissions have completed.
+                        *
+                        *  \param[in,out] USART  Pointer to the base of the USART peripheral within the device.
+                        *
+                        *  \return Boolean \c true if no characters are buffered for transmission, \c false otherwise.
+                        */
+                       static inline bool Serial_IsSendComplete(USART_t* const USART) ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NON_NULL_PTR_ARG(1);
+                       static inline bool Serial_IsSendComplete(USART_t* const USART)
+                       {
+                               return (USART->STATUS & USART_TCXIF_bm) ? true : false);
+                       }
+