SoftwareSerial like lib for raspberry pi

[jov]

I tried to find library in c for "raspberry pi" simiar SoftwareSerial in Arduino environment. Which can turn any two gpio-pins to uart mode. Can you help me?
P.S. Sorry for bad english, i'm russian.

[gordon@drogon.net]

I tried to find library in c for "raspberry pi" simiar SoftwareSerial in Arduino environment. Which can turn any two gpio-pins to uart mode. Can you help me?
P.S. Sorry for bad english, i'm russian.

While possible, even though a Pi is much much faster than an ATmega, it's going to be tricky due to the nature of Linux - multi-tasking, pre-emptive, etc. You need fairly accurate timing to clock the serial date out correctly and consistently.

I think you'll be far better off looking for USB serial adapters.

-Gordon

[techpaul]

Use USB or inbuilt UART and standard linux drivers

[michele.x]

While possible, even though a Pi is much much faster than an ATmega, it's going to be tricky due to the nature of Linux - multi-tasking, pre-emptive, etc. You need fairly accurate timing to clock the serial date out correctly and consistently.
I think you'll be far better off looking for USB serial adapters.
-Gordon

Be warned that there are incompatibilities between some RS232/USB adapters and the usb port of the Pi.
For another option there's the IC MAX3111E , an rs-232 to SPI converter.