diff --git a/.idea/CH347PythonLib.iml b/.idea/CH347PythonLib.iml
index e95e312..4e2fd05 100644
--- a/.idea/CH347PythonLib.iml
+++ b/.idea/CH347PythonLib.iml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <module type="PYTHON_MODULE" version="4">
   <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$" />
-    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.9 (GTEM)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
+    <orderEntry type="jdk" jdkName="Python 3.7 (PYQT5)" jdkType="Python SDK" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="GTEM_tests" />
   </component>
diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index 2fe0af5..9bde80f 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
   <component name="MarkdownSettingsMigration">
     <option name="stateVersion" value="1" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.9 (GTEM)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" project-jdk-name="Python 3.7 (PYQT5)" project-jdk-type="Python SDK" />
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4ebf96..0bf13e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ _+ [CH347-HIDAPI Github Page](https://github.com/i2cy/ch347-hidapi) +_
 </p>
 
 ## Abstract
-This project is the API library of CH347 USB-SPI/I2C bridge chip based on Python.
+This project is the API library of CH347 USB-SPI/I2C/UART bridge chip based on Python.
 
 `Standard USB-HID mode setting of CH347 chip supported only`
 
-This library provides full access of SPI/I2C settings and communication with CH347 USB-SPI 
+This library provides full access of SPI/I2C/UART settings and communication with CH347 USB-SPI/I2C/UART 
 bridge chip in Python language.
 
 __For demonstration and code reference please refer to the `demo.py` file in [source page](https://github.com/i2cy/CH347-HIDAPI/blob/master/demo.py).__
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ THUS, THIS API MAY NOT FULLY CAPABLE OF EVERY FUNCTION IN OFFICIAL API FROM CH34
 
 ## Update Notes
 
+#### 2024-01-12
+ 1. Now with fully compatible UART (UART1 with pins TXD1/RXD1/RTS1/CTS1/DTR1) support under mode 3 (which is HID mode),
+ 2. Baudrate supports ranging from 1.2K to 9M
+ 3. Multithread receiver for UART (optional, default is on) to receive the data in parallel
+
 #### 2024-01-08
  1. Added independent I2C interface class objects (I2CDevice) and SPI interface class objects (SPIDevice)
  2. Added new demo file `demo.py` to demonstrate the usage of classes added above (simplified code)
diff --git a/ch347api/__device.py b/ch347api/__device.py
index 042e99c..dc24304 100644
--- a/ch347api/__device.py
+++ b/ch347api/__device.py
@@ -12,31 +12,129 @@
 from .__i2c import convert_i2c_address, convert_int_to_bytes
 from typing import Tuple, Any
 from functools import wraps
+import warnings
 
 VENDOR_ID: int = 6790
 PRODUCT_ID: int = 21980
 
 
+class CH347HIDUART1(hid.device):
+
+    def __init__(self, vendor_id=VENDOR_ID, product_id=PRODUCT_ID):
+        """
+        Class of CH347 UART1 interface based on hidapi
+        :param vendor_id: the vender ID of the device
+        :type vendor_id: int
+        :param product_id: the product ID of the device
+        :type product_id: int
+        """
+        super(CH347HIDUART1, self).__init__()
+        target = None
+        for ele in hid.enumerate():
+            if ele["vendor_id"] == vendor_id and ele["product_id"] == product_id:
+                if ele['interface_number'] == 0:  # UART interface ID: 0
+                    target = ele['path']
+
+        self.open_path(target)
+
+    def init_UART(self, baudrate: int = 115200, stop_bits: int = 1, verify_bits: int = 0, timeout: int = 32) -> bool:
+        """
+        Initialize the configuration of the UART interface
+        :param baudrate: the baudrate of the device, default is 115200
+        :type baudrate: int
+        :param stop_bits: number of stop bits, default is 1
+        :type stop_bits: int
+        :param verify_bits: number of verify bits, default is 0
+        :type verify_bits: int
+        :param timeout: timeout in milliseconds, default is 32, this value should not exceed the maximum of 255
+        :type timeout: int
+        :return: operation status
+        :rtype: bool
+        """
+        header = b"\x00\xcb\x08\x00"
+        stop_bits = stop_bits * 2 - 2
+
+        if baudrate < 1200 or baudrate > 7_500_000:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid baudrate, correct value should ranging from 1200 to 7500000")
+
+        if timeout > 255:
+            raise Exception("timeout should not exceed the maximum number of 255")
+
+        payload = header + struct.pack("<IBBBB", baudrate, stop_bits, verify_bits, 0x08, timeout)
+        response = bool(self.send_feature_report(payload))
+
+        # response = self.get_feature_report(0, 16)
+        return response
+
+    def write_raw(self, data: bytes) -> int:
+        """
+        Write data to the device
+        :param data: data to write
+        :type data: bytes
+        :return: wrote length
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        offset = 0
+        while len(data) - offset > 510:
+            payload = struct.pack("<BH", 0x00, 510) + data[offset:offset + 510]
+            self.write(payload)
+            offset += 510
+        payload = struct.pack("<BH", 0x00, len(data) - offset) + data[offset:len(data)]
+        self.write(payload)
+        offset += len(data) - offset
+
+        return offset
+
+    def read_raw(self, length: int = -1) -> list:
+        """
+        Read data from the device if any byte is available
+        :param length: maximum length of the data, default is -1 which means read all bytes that received
+        :type length: int
+        :return: list of bytes read
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+        self.set_nonblocking(1)
+
+        ret = []
+        while len(ret) < length or length < 0:
+            chunk = self.read(512)
+            if chunk:
+                chunk_len = struct.unpack("<H", bytes(chunk[0:2]))[0]
+                ret.extend(chunk[2:chunk_len+2])
+            else:
+                break
+
+        self.set_nonblocking(0)
+
+        return ret
+
+
 class CH347HIDDev(hid.device):
 
-    def __init__(self, vendor_id=VENDOR_ID, product_id=PRODUCT_ID, interface_num=1,
+    def __init__(self, vendor_id=VENDOR_ID, product_id=PRODUCT_ID, interface_num=None,
                  enable_device_lock=True):
         """
-        Class of CH347 device based on hidapi
+        Class of CH347 SPI/I2C/GPIO interface based on hidapi
         :param vendor_id: the vendor ID of the device
         :type vendor_id: int
         :param product_id: the product ID of the device
         :type product_id: int
-        :param interface_num: the interface number of the device
+        :param interface_num: the interface number of the device (deprecated)
         :type interface_num: int
         :param enable_device_lock: whether to enable device in case of multithreading communication
         :type enable_device_lock: bool
         """
+
+        if interface_num is not None:
+            warnings.warn("interface_num is deprecated and will be removed in future releases."
+                          " From now on interface_num will be set automatically to 1",
+                          DeprecationWarning)
+
         super(CH347HIDDev, self).__init__()
         target = None
         for ele in hid.enumerate():
             if ele["vendor_id"] == vendor_id and ele["product_id"] == product_id:
-                if ele['interface_number'] == interface_num:
+                if ele['interface_number'] == 1:  # SPI/I2C/GPIO interface ID: 1
                     target = ele['path']
 
         self.open_path(target)
diff --git a/ch347api/__init__.py b/ch347api/__init__.py
index fdf78ae..a4151bb 100644
--- a/ch347api/__init__.py
+++ b/ch347api/__init__.py
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 from .__device import CH347HIDDev, VENDOR_ID, PRODUCT_ID
 from .i2c import I2CDevice
 from .spi import SPIDevice
+from .uart import UARTDevice
 from .__spi import SPIClockFreq
 from .__i2c import I2CClockFreq
diff --git a/ch347api/uart.py b/ch347api/uart.py
index 42a1a69..a6fd4c2 100644
--- a/ch347api/uart.py
+++ b/ch347api/uart.py
@@ -4,3 +4,128 @@
 # Project: CH347-HIDAPI
 # Filename: uart
 # Created on: 2024/1/8
+
+from .__device import CH347HIDUART1
+import threading
+import time
+
+
+class UARTDevice:
+
+    def __init__(self, baudrate: int = 115200, stop_bits: int = 1, verify_bits: int = 0, timeout: int = 32,
+                 multithreading: bool = True):
+        """
+        Initialize the configuration of the UART interface
+        :param baudrate: the baudrate of the device, default is 115200, (Min: 1200, Max: 9M)
+        :type baudrate: int
+        :param stop_bits: number of stop bits, default is 1
+        :type stop_bits: int
+        :param verify_bits: number of verify bits, default is 0
+        :type verify_bits: int
+        :param timeout: timeout in milliseconds, default is 32, this value should not exceed the maximum of 255
+        :type timeout: int
+        :param multithreading: whether to use multithreading to receive the data in parallel, default is True
+        :type multithreading: bool
+        """
+        self.dev = CH347HIDUART1()
+        self.__multithreading = False
+        status = self.dev.init_UART(baudrate=baudrate, stop_bits=stop_bits, verify_bits=verify_bits, timeout=timeout)
+        if not status:
+            raise Exception("failed to initialize UART-1 interface on CH347")
+
+        self.__multithreading = multithreading
+
+        self.__received_data = []
+        self.__live = True
+        self.__thread = threading.Thread(target=self.__receiver_thread)
+        self.__data_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+        if self.__multithreading:
+            # enable multithreading receiver
+            self.__thread.start()
+
+    def __receiver_thread(self):
+        """
+        Receive data from the UART interface and put it in a queue to store the received data
+        :return:
+        """
+        while self.__live:
+            data = self.dev.read_raw()
+            if data:
+                self.__data_lock.acquire()
+                # print("received data:", bytes(data).hex())
+                self.__received_data.extend(data)
+                self.__data_lock.release()
+            else:
+                time.sleep(0.01)
+
+    def __del__(self) -> None:
+        if self.__multithreading:
+            self.__live = False
+            try:
+                self.__data_lock.release()
+                self.__thread.join()
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+
+    def kill(self):
+        """
+        Kill receiver thread if multithreading is on
+        :return:
+        """
+        if self.__multithreading:
+            self.__live = False
+            try:
+                self.__data_lock.release()
+                self.__thread.join()
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+
+    def write(self, data: bytes) -> int:
+        """
+        Write data to the device
+        :param data: data to write
+        :type data: bytes
+        :return: wrote length
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        return self.dev.write_raw(data)
+
+    def read(self, length: int = -1, timeout: int = 5) -> list:
+        """
+        Read data from the device if any byte is available
+        :param length: maximum length of the data, default is -1 which means read all bytes that received
+        :type length: int
+        :param timeout: timeout in seconds, default is 5, set to 0 means return data from buffer immediately instead of
+        waiting for the buffer to collect enough data (available only for multithreading)
+        :type timeout: int
+        :return: list of bytes read
+        :rtype: list
+        """
+        if self.__multithreading:
+            # wait for data
+            t0 = time.time()
+
+            if length < 0:
+                while time.time() - t0 < timeout and len(self.__received_data) == 0:
+                    time.sleep(0.002)
+            else:
+                while time.time() - t0 < timeout and length > len(self.__received_data):
+                    time.sleep(0.002)
+
+            self.__data_lock.acquire()
+
+            if len(self.__received_data) > length > 0:
+                ret = self.__received_data[:length]
+                self.__received_data = self.__received_data[length:]
+
+            else:
+                ret = self.__received_data
+                self.__received_data = []
+
+            self.__data_lock.release()
+
+        else:
+            ret = self.dev.read_raw(length)
+
+        return ret
diff --git a/demo.py b/demo.py
index 1aa090d..a44b94a 100644
--- a/demo.py
+++ b/demo.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import random
 import time
-from ch347api import CH347HIDDev, I2CDevice, SPIDevice, SPIClockFreq, I2CClockFreq
+from ch347api import CH347HIDDev, I2CDevice, SPIDevice, UARTDevice, SPIClockFreq, I2CClockFreq
 
 
 def i2c_demo():
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def spi_demo():
     # i2c = I2CDevice(addr=0x68, ch347_device=dev)
 
     # write test (activate CS -> write data -> deactivate CS)
-    print("performing SPI write test")
+    print("[SPI] performing SPI write test")
     spi.write_CS1(b"hello world")
     spi.write_CS2(b"this is ch347")
     spi.write_CS1([0, 1, 2, 3])
@@ -72,16 +72,54 @@ def spi_demo():
     spi.write_CS1(b"this is ch347")
 
     # read test (activate CS -> read data -> deactivate CS)
-    print("performing SPI read test")
-    print("received 16 bytes from SPI bus on CS1:", bytes(spi.read_CS1(16)))
+    print("[SPI] performing SPI read test")
+    print("[SPI] received 16 bytes from SPI bus on CS1:", bytes(spi.read_CS1(16)))
 
     # write&read test (activate CS -> read data -> deactivate CS)
-    random_bytes = random.randbytes(512)
-    print("write read test result (with MOSI, MISO short connected): {}".format(
+    random_bytes = b"\xa5\x5a\x5a\xa5" * 128
+    print("[SPI] write read test result (with MOSI, MISO short connected): {}".format(
         bytes(spi.writeRead_CS1(random_bytes)) == random_bytes
     ))
 
 
+def uart_demo():
+    # while performing this test please make sure TX and RX pin short connected
+
+    # initialize an uart communication object
+    # -*- Way 1 -*-
+    uart = UARTDevice(baudrate=7_500_000)
+
+    # -*- Way 2 -*- (with no multithreading receiver)
+    # uart = UARTDevice(baudrate=115200, stop_bits=1, verify_bits=0, timeout=128, multithreading=False)
+
+    # uart write test
+    test_b1 = b"hello world, this is ch347. "
+    test_b2 = b"using CH347-HIDAPI"
+    test_b3 = b"\xa5\x5a\x5a\xa5\x00\x01\x02\x03\xfc\xfd\xfe\xff\xa5\x5a\x5a\xa5"
+    wrote = uart.write(test_b1)
+    print("[UART] wrote {} bytes with content \"{}\"".format(wrote, test_b1.decode("utf-8")))
+    wrote = uart.write(test_b2)
+    print("[UART] wrote {} bytes with content \"{}\"".format(wrote, test_b2.decode("utf-8")))
+
+    # uart read test
+    read = uart.read(len(test_b1 + test_b2))
+    print("[UART] read {} bytes of data test result: {}".format(len(read), bytes(read) == test_b1 + test_b2))
+    print("[UART] received: {}".format(bytes(read)))
+
+    # uart accuracy test
+    print("[UART] continuous sending and receiving test with 4MB size in progress..")
+    payload = test_b3 * 64 * 1024 * 4
+    t0 = time.time()
+    uart.write(payload)
+    read = uart.read(len(payload), timeout=15)
+    print("[UART] 4MB payload received, time spent: {:.2f} ms, accuracy test result: {}".format(
+        (time.time() - t0) * 1000, bytes(read) == payload))
+
+    # [VITAL] kill sub-thread(receiver thread) for safe exit
+    uart.kill()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     i2c_demo()
     spi_demo()
+    uart_demo()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0c16bd..5a19aa1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="ch347api",
-    version="0.2.0",
+    version="0.3.0",
     author="I2cy Cloud",
     author_email="i2cy@outlook.com",
-    description="A Python Library provides full access of SPI/I2C settings and communication"
-                " with CH347 USB-SPI bridge chip in Python language.",
+    description="A Python Library provides full access of SPI/I2C/UART settings and communication"
+                " with CH347 USB-SPI/I2C/UART bridge chip in Python language.",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     url="https://github.com/i2cy/ch347-hidapi",
diff --git a/test.py b/test_deprecated.py
similarity index 100%
rename from test.py
rename to test_deprecated.py