2026-03: uart-16550 update

Author: phip1611

content/this-month/2026-03/index.md

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+### [`uart_16550`](https://github.com/rust-osdev/uart_16550)
+<span class="maintainers">Maintained by [@phip1611](https://github.com/phip1611)</span>
+
+Simple yet highly configurable low-level driver for 16550 UART devices,
+typically known and used as serial ports or COM ports.
+
+We've just released `v0.5.0` - a complete rewrite and fresh start of the crate.
+The main motivation is to make the crate fit for working on real hardware,
+clean up technical debt, and streamline the code paths for x86 port I/O and
+MMIO.
+
+More info:
+
+- <https://github.com/rust-osdev/uart_16550/releases/tag/v0.5.0>
+- <https://docs.rs/uart_16550/0.5.0/uart_16550/>
+- <https://github.com/rust-osdev/uart_16550/pull/41>
+
+Special Thanks to Philipp Oppermann (@phil-opp) and Martin Kröning (@mkroening)
+for their very valuable review on the new crate!
 
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