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Add information re: SoftwareSerial pins for all supported boards #1884

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Expand Up @@ -21,13 +21,24 @@ SoftwareSerial library has the following known limitations:

* It cannot transmit and receive data at the same time.
* If using multiple software serial ports, only one can receive data at a time.
* Not all pins on the Mega and Mega 2560 boards support change interrupts, so only the following can be used for RX: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 50, 51, 52, 53, A8 (62), A9 (63), A10 (64), A11 (65), A12 (66), A13 (67), A14 (68), A15 (69).
Not all pins on the Leonardo and Micro boards support change interrupts, so only the following can be used for RX: 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 (MISO), 15 (SCK), 16 (MOSI).
* On Arduino or Genuino 101 boards the current maximum RX speed is 57600bps.
* On Arduino or Genuino 101 boards RX doesn't work on digital pin 13.
* On some boards, not all pins can be used. See the "**Supported Pins**" table below for details.
* On Arduino or Genuino 101 boards the current maximum RX speed is 57600bps.

If your project requires simultaneous data flows, see Paul Stoffregen's [AltSoftSerial library](https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_AltSoftSerial.html).

### Supported Pins

| Board | RX | TX |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| [101](/retired/boards/arduino-101-619/) | 0-12, 14 (A0) - 19 (A5) | |
| [Leonardo](/hardware/leonardo/)<br />[Micro](/hardware/micro/)<br />[Yún Rev2](/hardware/yun-rev2/) | 8, 9, 10, 11, 14 (MISO), 15 (SCK), 16 (MOSI) | Any |
| [Mega](/retired/other/hardware-pictures/)<br />[Mega 2560 Rev3](/hardware/mega-2560/) | 10-15, 50-53, A8 (62)-A15 (69) | Any |
| [Nano](/hardware/nano/) | 0-19 (A5) | 0-19 (A5) |
| [Nano Every](/hardware/nano-every/)<br />[UNO WiFi Rev2](/hardware/uno-wifi-rev2/) | Any | Any |
| [UNO R3](/hardware/uno-rev3/) | Any | Any |
| [UNO R4 Minima](/hardware/uno-r4-minima/) | 0-3, 8, 12, 13, 15 (A1)-19 (A5) | Any |
| [UNO R4 WiFi](/hardware/uno-r4-wifi/) | 0-3, 6, 8, 11, 12, 15 (A1)-19 (A5) | Any |

## Examples

* [SoftwareSerial example](/tutorials/communication/SoftwareSerialExample): sometimes one serial port just isn't enough!
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