docs/library/machine.UART.rst: Detail timeout behaviour of read methods.
Also document existence of "invert" argument to constructor.
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- *rx* specifies the RX pin to use.
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- *txbuf* specifies the length in characters of the TX buffer.
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- *rxbuf* specifies the length in characters of the RX buffer.
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- *timeout* specifies the time to wait for the first character (in ms).
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- *timeout_char* specifies the time to wait between characters (in ms).
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- *invert* specifies which lines to invert.
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On the WiPy only the following keyword-only parameter is supported:
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.. method:: UART.read([nbytes])
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Read characters. If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most that many bytes,
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otherwise read as much data as possible.
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otherwise read as much data as possible. It may return sooner if a timeout
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is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.
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Return value: a bytes object containing the bytes read in. Returns ``None``
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on timeout.
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.. method:: UART.readinto(buf[, nbytes])
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Read bytes into the ``buf``. If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most
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that many bytes. Otherwise, read at most ``len(buf)`` bytes.
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that many bytes. Otherwise, read at most ``len(buf)`` bytes. It may return sooner if a timeout
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is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.
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Return value: number of bytes read and stored into ``buf`` or ``None`` on
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timeout.
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.. method:: UART.readline()
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Read a line, ending in a newline character.
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Read a line, ending in a newline character. It may return sooner if a timeout
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is reached. The timeout is configurable in the constructor.
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Return value: the line read or ``None`` on timeout.
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