diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 1c34f1f..32230f7 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
     const all_tests = [_]Test{
         Test{ .name = "minimal", .source = "tests/minimal.zig" },
         Test{ .name = "blinky", .source = "tests/blinky.zig" },
+        Test{ .name = "uart-sync", .source = "tests/uart-sync.zig" },
     };
 
     const filter = b.option(std.Target.Cpu.Arch, "filter-target", "Filters for a certain cpu target");
diff --git a/src/core/clock.zig b/src/core/clock.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..538e492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/clock.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const root = @import("root");
+
+/// Is `true` when microzig has a clock frequency available.
+pub const has_clock = @hasDecl(root, "cpu_frequency");
+
+/// Returns `true` when the frequency can change at runtime.
+pub const is_dynamic = has_clock and !@typeInfo(@TypeOf(&root.cpu_frequency)).Pointer.is_const;
+
+/// Ensures that microzig has a clock available. This will @compileError when no clock is available, otherwise, it will be a no-op.
+pub fn ensure() void {
+    if (!has_clock)
+        @compileError("microzig requires the clock frequency to perform this operation. Please export a const or var cpu_frequency from your root file that contains the cpu frequency in hertz!");
+}
+
+/// Returns the current cpu frequency in hertz.
+pub fn get() callconv(.Inline) u32 {
+    ensure();
+    return root.cpu_frequency;
+}
diff --git a/src/core/microzig.zig b/src/core/microzig.zig
index f3d23ad..2ad2514 100644
--- a/src/core/microzig.zig
+++ b/src/core/microzig.zig
@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ pub const cpu = chip.cpu;
 /// Module that helps with interrupt handling.
 pub const interrupts = @import("interrupts.zig");
 
+/// Module that provides clock related functions
+pub const clock = @import("clock.zig");
+
 const gpio = @import("gpio.zig");
 pub const Gpio = gpio.Gpio;
 
 const pin = @import("pin.zig");
 pub const Pin = pin.Pin;
 
+const uart = @import("uart.zig");
+pub const Uart = uart.Uart;
+
 /// The microzig panic handler. Will disable interrupts and loop endlessly.
 /// Export this symbol from your main file to enable microzig:
 /// ```
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ export fn microzig_main() noreturn {
             // - Compute maximum size on the type of "err"
             // - Do not emit error names when std.builtin.strip is set.
             var msg: [64]u8 = undefined;
-            @panic(std.fmt.bufPrint(&msg, "main() returned error {s}", .{@tagName(err)}) catch @panic("main() returned error."));
+            @panic(std.fmt.bufPrint(&msg, "main() returned error {s}", .{@errorName(err)}) catch @panic("main() returned error."));
         };
     } else {
         main();
diff --git a/src/core/mmio.zig b/src/core/mmio.zig
index d433007..d779928 100644
--- a/src/core/mmio.zig
+++ b/src/core/mmio.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 const std = @import("std");
 
 pub fn mmio(addr: usize, comptime size: u8, comptime PackedT: type) *volatile MMIO(size, PackedT) {
diff --git a/src/core/uart.zig b/src/core/uart.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e400010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/uart.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const micro = @import("microzig.zig");
+const chip = @import("chip");
+
+/// A UART configuration. The config defaults to the *8N1* setting, so "8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit" which is the 
+/// most common serial format.
+pub const Config = struct {
+    baud_rate: u32,
+    stop_bits: StopBits = .one,
+    parity: Parity = .none,
+    data_bits: DataBits = .@"8",
+};
+
+const DataBits = enum {
+    @"5",
+    @"6",
+    @"7",
+    @"8",
+    @"9",
+};
+
+const StopBits = enum { one, two };
+
+const Parity = enum {
+    none,
+    even,
+    odd,
+    mark,
+    space,
+};
+
+pub fn Uart(comptime index: usize) type {
+    return struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        /// Initializes the UART with the given config and returns a handle to the uart.
+        pub fn init(config: Config) Self {
+            micro.clock.ensure();
+            return Self{};
+        }
+
+        pub fn reader(self: Self) Reader {
+            return Reader{ .context = self };
+        }
+
+        pub fn writer(self: Self) Writer {
+            return Writer{ .context = self };
+        }
+
+        const ReadError = error{
+            /// The input buffer received a byte while the receive fifo is already full.
+            /// Devices with no fifo fill overrun as soon as a second byte arrives.
+            Overrun,
+            /// A byte with an invalid parity bit was received.
+            ParityError,
+            /// The stop bit of our byte was not valid.
+            FramingError,
+            /// The break interrupt error will happen when RXD is logic zero for
+            /// the duration of a full byte.
+            BreakInterrupt,
+        };
+        const WriteError = error{};
+        pub const Reader = std.io.Reader(Self, ReadError, readSome);
+        pub const Writer = std.io.Writer(Self, WriteError, writeSome);
+
+        fn readSome(self: Self, buffer: []u8) ReadError!usize {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        fn writeSome(self: Self, buffer: []const u8) WriteError!usize {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    };
+}
diff --git a/src/modules/chips/lpc1768/lpc1768.zig b/src/modules/chips/lpc1768/lpc1768.zig
index 843979f..dbead2e 100644
--- a/src/modules/chips/lpc1768/lpc1768.zig
+++ b/src/modules/chips/lpc1768/lpc1768.zig
@@ -61,14 +61,3 @@ pub const gpio = struct {
         }
     }
 };
-
-// pub const GPIO = extern struct {
-//     dir: u32, // 0x00
-//     pad: [3]u32,
-//     mask: u32, // 0x10
-//     pin: u32, // 0x14,
-//     set: u32, // 0x18,
-//     clr: u32, // 0x1C,
-// };
-
-// pub const gpio_base = 0x2009_C000;
diff --git a/tests/blinky.zig b/tests/blinky.zig
index 3dece30..d5614c7 100644
--- a/tests/blinky.zig
+++ b/tests/blinky.zig
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ pub const panic = micro.panic;
 // Configures the led_pin to a hardware pin
 const led_pin = switch (@import("builtin").cpu.arch) {
     .avr => if (micro.config.has_board)
-        micro.Pin("D13")
+        micro.Pin("D13") // Use D13 from Arduino Nano
     else
-        micro.Pin("PB5"),
+        micro.Pin("PB5"), // Use PB5 on raw ATmega328p
     .arm => if (micro.config.has_board)
-        micro.Pin("LED-1")
+        micro.Pin("LED-1") // Use LED-1 from mbed LPC1768
     else
-        micro.Pin("P1.18"),
+        micro.Pin("P1.18"), // Use P1.18 on raw LPC1768
     else => @compileError("Unsupported platform!"),
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/uart-sync.zig b/tests/uart-sync.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3734e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/uart-sync.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+const micro = @import("microzig");
+
+// this will instantiate microzig and pull in all dependencies
+pub const panic = micro.panic;
+
+// Configures the led_pin to a hardware pin
+const uart_txd_pin = micro.Pin("P0.15");
+const uart_rxd_pin = micro.Pin("P0.16");
+
+pub const cpu_frequency: u32 = 10_000_000; // 10 MHz
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    var debug_port = micro.Uart(0).init(.{
+        .baud_rate = 9600,
+        .stop_bits = .one,
+        .parity = .none, // { none, even, odd, mark, space }
+        .data_bits = .@"8", // 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 data bits
+    });
+
+    var out = debug_port.writer();
+    var in = debug_port.reader();
+
+    try out.writeAll("Please enter a sentence:\r\n");
+
+    while (true) {
+        try out.writeAll("> ");
+        var line_buffer: [64]u8 = undefined;
+        const line = (try in.readUntilDelimiterOrEof(&line_buffer, '\r')).?;
+        try out.writeAll(line);
+    }
+}