diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/flash.c b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/flash.c
index 793f154..f1e5b73 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/flash.c
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/flash.c
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ static int write2flash(const void*, const void*, uint32_t);
 //      'memcpy' forming offset 8 is out of the bounds [0, 4] of object '__varsstart' with type 'uint32_t'
 const user_conf *Flash_Data = (const user_conf *)(&__varsstart);
 
-// default pin config: all are low speed floating inputs
+// default pin config
+// simple FL IN
 #define PINEN   {.enable = 1}
+// USART1 @9600 with monitoring
+#define U1  {.enable = 1, .mode = MODE_AF, .speed = SPEED_HIGH, .afno = 1, .af = FUNC_USART, .monitor = 1}
 // GPIOA, enabled: PA0-PA3, PA5-PA7, PA9, PA10
 #define PACONF \
 [0] = PINEN, [1] = PINEN, [2] = PINEN, [3] = PINEN, [5] = PINEN, \
-[6] = PINEN, [7] = PINEN, [9] = PINEN, [10] = PINEN
+[6] = PINEN, [7] = PINEN, [9] = U1, [10] = U1
 
 // GPIOB, enabled: PB0-PB7, PB10, PB11
 #define PBCONF \
@@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ user_conf the_conf = {
     },
     .iIlengths = {14, 16},
     .pinconfig = {[0] = {PACONF}, [1] = {PBCONF}},
+    .usartconfig = {.speed = 9600, .idx = 0, .RXen = 1, .TXen = 1, .textproto = 1, .monitor = 1},
 };
 
 int currentconfidx = -1; // index of current configuration
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpio.h b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpio.h
index b66eef5..4d5992d 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpio.h
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpio.h
@@ -60,13 +60,14 @@ typedef enum{
 } pinspeed_t;
 
 // !!! FuncNames means position of bit in funcvalues_t.flags!
-enum FuncNames{ // shift 1 by this to get "canUSART" etc; not more than 7!
+typedef enum FuncNames{ // shift 1 by this to get "canUSART" etc; not more than 7!
     FUNC_AIN = 0,
     FUNC_USART = 1,
     FUNC_SPI = 2,
     FUNC_I2C = 3,
+    FUNC_PWM = 4,
     FUNC_AMOUNT // just for arrays' sizes
-};
+} funcnames_t;
 /*
 typedef union{
     struct{
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ typedef struct{
     pinout_t otype : 1;
     pinspeed_t speed : 2;
     uint8_t afno : 3;    // alternate function number (only if mode == MODE_AF)
-    uint8_t af : 3;      // alternate function name (`FuncNames`)
+    funcnames_t af : 3;  // alternate function name (`FuncNames`)
     uint8_t monitor : 1; // monitor changes
     uint16_t threshold;  // threshold for ADC measurement
 } pinconfig_t;
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.cpp b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.cpp
index 41611bb..054e550 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.cpp
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static const char* errtxt[ERR_AMOUNT] = {
     [ERR_WRONGLEN]  = "WRONGLEN",
     [ERR_CANTRUN]   = "CANTRUN",
     [ERR_BUSY]      = "BUSY",
+    [ERR_OVERFLOW]  = "OVERFLOW",
 };
 
 static const char *pinhelp =
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ static errcodes_t pin_setter(uint8_t port, uint8_t pin, char *setter){
     curconf.pull = static_cast <pinpull_t> (pull_set);
     curconf.otype = static_cast <pinout_t> (otype_set);
     curconf.speed = SPEED_MEDIUM;
-    curconf.af = func_set;
+    curconf.af = static_cast <funcnames_t> (func_set);
     curconf.monitor = monitor;
     if(!set_pinfunc(port, pin, &curconf)) return ERR_BADVAL;
     return ERR_OK;
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@ static void sendusartdata(const uint8_t *buf, int len){
     SEND(str_keywords[STR_USART]); SEND(EQ);
     if(usart_text){
         USB_send(IGPIO, curbuf, len);
-        if(curbuf[len-1] != '\n') NL();
+        NL(); // always add newline at the end to mark real newline ("\n\n") and piece of line ("\n")
     }else{
         NL();
         hexdump(sendfun, (uint8_t*)curbuf, len);
@@ -653,10 +654,7 @@ static errcodes_t cmd_USART(const char _U_ *cmd, char *args){
         if(usart_text){ // add '\n' as we removed it @ parser
             if(setter[l-1] != '\n') setter[l++] = '\n';
         }
-        l = usart_send((uint8_t*)setter, l);
-        if(l < 0) return ERR_BUSY;
-        else if(l == 0) return ERR_CANTRUN;
-        return ERR_OK;
+        return usart_send((uint8_t*)setter, l);
     } // getter: try to read
     int l = usart_receive(curbuf, MAXSTRLEN);
     if(l < 0) return ERR_CANTRUN;
@@ -711,3 +709,10 @@ void GPIO_process(){
         if(ans) SENDn(ans);
     }
 }
+
+// starting init by flash settings
+void GPIO_init(){
+    gpio_reinit();
+    usartconf_t usc;
+    if(get_curusartconf(&usc)) usart_text = usc.textproto;
+}
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.h b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.h
index 2facea9..b0adede 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.h
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/gpioproto.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ typedef enum{
     ERR_WRONGLEN,   // wrong message length
     ERR_CANTRUN,    // can't run given command due to bad parameters or other
     ERR_BUSY,       // target interface busy, try later
+    ERR_OVERFLOW,   // string was too long -> overflow
     ERR_AMOUNT      // amount of error codes or "send nothing"
 } errcodes_t;
 
@@ -39,3 +40,4 @@ typedef enum{
 #define ADC_THRES_DEFAULT   100
 
 void GPIO_process();
+void GPIO_init();
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/hardware.c b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/hardware.c
index 45f312d..d225182 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/hardware.c
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/hardware.c
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "adc.h"
-#include "gpio.h"
+#include "gpioproto.h"
 #include "hardware.h"
 
 uint8_t ledsON = 0;
 
-TRUE_INLINE void gpio_setup(){ // setup some common GPIO
+TRUE_INLINE void pins_setup(){ // setup some common GPIO
     // Set LEDS (PB15/PA8) as output
     pin_set(LED0_port, LED0_pin); // clear LEDs
     pin_set(LED1_port, LED1_pin);
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ void hardware_setup(){
     RCC->AHBENR |= RCC_AHBENR_GPIOAEN | RCC_AHBENR_GPIOBEN | RCC_AHBENR_DMA1EN;
     RCC->APB2ENR |= RCC_APB2ENR_USART1EN | RCC_APB2ENR_SYSCFGEN;
     RCC->APB1ENR |= RCC_APB1ENR_USART2EN;
-    gpio_setup();
-    //gpio_reinit();
+    pins_setup();
     adc_setup();
+    GPIO_init();
 }
 
 void iwdg_setup(){
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/strfunc.h b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/strfunc.h
index 194d0db..c21ac44 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/strfunc.h
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/strfunc.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define REPOURL "https://github.com/eddyem/stm32samples/tree/master/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio " RLSDBG " build #" BUILD_NUMBER "@" BUILD_DATE "\n"
 
 // max string len to '\n' (including '\0')
-#define MAXSTRLEN    128
+#define MAXSTRLEN    256
 
 void hexdump(int (*sendfun)(const char *s), uint8_t *arr, uint16_t len);
 const char *u2str(uint32_t val);
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.c b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.c
index 85be3a6..23b3967 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.c
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.c
@@ -209,10 +209,14 @@ int usart_process(uint8_t *buf, int len){
     int remained = DMA1_Channel5->CNDTR;
     int write_idx = DMARXBUFSZ - remained; // next symbol to be written
     int available = (write_idx - dma_read_idx); // length of data available
+    if(available < 0) available += DMARXBUFSZ; // write to the left of read
+    if(available == 0){
+        RXrdy = 0; // clear old ready flag if got no data
+        return 0;
+    }
     int monitored_len = available;
     uint8_t locmonitor = monitor; // if `buf` not pointed, set this flag to zero
-    if(available < 0) available += DMARXBUFSZ; // write to the left of read
-    if(available){
+    if(available > 0){
         if(locmonitor){
             if(buf && len > 0){
                 if(len < monitored_len) monitored_len = len;
@@ -222,24 +226,32 @@ int usart_process(uint8_t *buf, int len){
         if(available >= (DMARXBUFSZ/2) || RXrdy){ // enough data or lonely couple of bytes but need to show
             // copy data in one or two chunks (wrap handling)
             int wrOK = FALSE;
+            // check if we can write to RB `available` bytes
+            int canRB = TRUE;
+            if(!locmonitor){
+                int rballow = RBin.length - 1 - RB_datalen(&RBin);
+                if(rballow < available) canRB = FALSE;
+            }
             if(dma_read_idx + available <= DMARXBUFSZ){ // head before tail
                 if(locmonitor){
                     memcpy(buf, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], monitored_len);
                     ret = monitored_len;
                     wrOK = TRUE;
                 }else{
-                    if(available == RB_write(&RBin, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], available)) wrOK = TRUE;
+                    if(canRB && available == RB_write(&RBin, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], available)) wrOK = TRUE;
+                    else if(buf && len > 0) ret = RB_read(&RBin, buf, len); // ringbuffer overfull -> emerge clearing
                 }
             }else{ // head after tail - two chunks
                 int first = DMARXBUFSZ - dma_read_idx;
                 if(locmonitor){
                     memcpy(buf, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], first);
-                    memcpy(buf, inbuffer, monitored_len - first);
+                    memcpy(buf + first, inbuffer, monitored_len - first);
                     ret = monitored_len;
                     wrOK = TRUE;
                 }else{
-                    if((first == RB_write(&RBin, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], first)) &&
+                    if(canRB && (first == RB_write(&RBin, &inbuffer[dma_read_idx], first)) &&
                         (available - first) == RB_write(&RBin, inbuffer, available - first)) wrOK = TRUE;
+                    else if(buf && len > 0) ret = RB_read(&RBin, buf, len);
                 }
             }
             if(wrOK){
@@ -247,29 +259,20 @@ int usart_process(uint8_t *buf, int len){
                 dma_read_idx = write_idx; // update read pointer
             }
         }
+    }else if(available < 0){ // das ist fantastisch!
+        if(buf && len > 0) ret = RB_read(&RBin, buf, len);
+        DBG("WTF? USART's `available` < 0!!!\n");
     }
-#if 0
-    // Output data
-    if(TXrdy){ // ready to send new data - here we can process RBout, if have
-        int got = RB_read...
-        if(got > 0){ // send next data portion
-            volatile DMA_Channel_TypeDef *T = cfg->dma_tx_channel;
-            T->CCR &= ~DMA_CCR_EN;
-            T->CMAR = (uint32_t) outbuffers[i];
-            T->CNDTR = got;
-            TXrdy = 0;
-            T->CCR |= DMA_CCR_EN; // start new transmission
-        }
-    }
-#endif
+    // we can work with RBout to send more than `usart_send` can
+    // here we can send next data portion
     return ret;
 }
 
 // send data buffer
-int usart_send(const uint8_t *data, int len){
-    if(curUSARTidx == -1 || !data || len < 1) return 0;
-    if(TXrdy == 0) return -1;
-    if(len > DMATXBUFSZ) len = DMATXBUFSZ;
+errcodes_t usart_send(const uint8_t *data, int len){
+    if(curUSARTidx == -1 || !data || len < 1) return ERR_CANTRUN;
+    if(TXrdy == 0) return ERR_BUSY;
+    if(len > DMATXBUFSZ) return ERR_OVERFLOW;
     memcpy(outbuffer, data, len);
     volatile DMA_Channel_TypeDef *T = DMA1_Channel4;
     T->CCR &= ~DMA_CCR_EN;
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ int usart_send(const uint8_t *data, int len){
     T->CNDTR = len;
     TXrdy = 0;
     T->CCR |= DMA_CCR_EN; // start new transmission
-    return len;
+    return ERR_OK;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.h b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.h
index f5e1e77..265cad7 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.h
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usart.h
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include "gpioproto.h"
 
 // DMA linear buffers for Rx/Tx
-#define DMARXBUFSZ          128
-#define DMATXBUFSZ          128
+#define DMARXBUFSZ          192
+#define DMATXBUFSZ          192
 // incoming ring buffer - only if there's a lot of data in DMA RX buffer
-#define RXRBSZ              256
+#define RXRBSZ              384
 
 #define USART_MIN_SPEED     1024
 #define USART_MAX_SPEED     1000000
@@ -51,4 +52,4 @@ void get_defusartconf(usartconf_t *c);
 int usart_process(uint8_t *buf, int len);
 
 int usart_receive(uint8_t *buf, int len);
-int usart_send(const uint8_t *data, int len);
+errcodes_t usart_send(const uint8_t *data, int len);
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usbcangpio.bin b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usbcangpio.bin
index ed09300..9f8adbd 100755
Binary files a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usbcangpio.bin and b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/usbcangpio.bin differ
diff --git a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/version.inc b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/version.inc
index 2c30622..f5e4c3d 100644
--- a/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/version.inc
+++ b/F0:F030,F042,F072/usbcan_gpio/version.inc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-#define BUILD_NUMBER "173"
+#define BUILD_NUMBER "189"
 #define BUILD_DATE "2026-03-14"