Add Serial_IsSendReady() and Serial_IsSendComplete() serial driver API functions.

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/LUFA/Drivers/Peripheral/AVR8/Serial_AVR8.h b/LUFA/Drivers/Peripheral/AVR8/Serial_AVR8.h
index f951f6b74..e8860a511 100644
--- a/LUFA/Drivers/Peripheral/AVR8/Serial_AVR8.h
+++ b/LUFA/Drivers/Peripheral/AVR8/Serial_AVR8.h
@@ -210,14 +210,39 @@
 				return ((UCSR1A & (1 << RXC1)) ? true : false);
 			}
 
+			/** 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.
+			 *
+			 *  \return Boolean \c true if a character can be queued for transmission immediately, \c false otherwise.
+			 */
+			static inline bool Serial_IsSendReady(void) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE;
+			static inline bool Serial_IsSendReady(void)
+			{
+				return ((UCSR1A & (1 << UDRE1)) ? true : false);
+			}
+
+			/** Indicates whether the hardware USART transmit buffer is completely empty, indicating all
+			 *  pending transmissions have completed.
+			 *
+			 *  \return Boolean \c true if no characters are buffered for transmission, \c false otherwise.
+			 */
+			static inline bool Serial_IsSendComplete(void) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE;
+			static inline bool Serial_IsSendComplete(void)
+			{
+				return ((UCSR1A & (1 << TXC1)) ? true : false);
+			}
+
 			/** Transmits a given byte through the USART.
 			 *
+			 *  \note If no buffer space is available in the hardware USART, this function will block. To check if
+			 *        space is available before calling this function, see \ref Serial_IsSendReady().
+			 *
 			 *  \param[in] DataByte  Byte to transmit through the USART.
 			 */
 			static inline void Serial_SendByte(const char DataByte) ATTR_ALWAYS_INLINE;
 			static inline void Serial_SendByte(const char DataByte)
 			{
-				while (!(UCSR1A & (1 << UDRE1)));
+				while (!(Serial_IsSendReady()));
 				UDR1 = DataByte;
 			}