UART(E) frame error issue

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   We are using UART peripheral from nrf52840. It communicates with a modem over the serial, but after receiving a random number of bytes, we get frame errors(the uart driver return 0x4 in error mask)
   We changed the test and the device from AT modem to a usb-serial adapter and from our device to development board PCA10056, but the error appears at each test.
  The wires we are using are about 2 cm for AT modem and 10 cm for usr-serial adapter.
  No flow control is used.
  Also we have tested with different speeds - 38400, 115200, 230400.
 The test program is the example from nRF5_SDK_15.3.0_59ac345/examples/peripheral/serial_uartes/ (attached) , modified to use only one serial instance and wait for UART bytes.
 We send a small number of characters (10 -20) followed by <CR><LF> sequence.
 After a random number of sequences the UART driver indicate frame error.

How can we resolve this to have a correct transfer?

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#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>

#include "nrf.h"
#include "nrf_drv_clock.h"
#include "nrf_gpio.h"
#include "nrf_delay.h"
#include "nrf_log.h"
#include "nrf_log_ctrl.h"
#include "nrf_drv_power.h"
#include "nrf_serial.h"
#include "app_timer.h"


#include "app_error.h"
#include "app_util.h"
#include "boards.h"

/** @file
 * @defgroup nrf_serial_uartes_example main.c
 * @{
 * @ingroup nrf_serial_uartes_example
 * @brief Example of @ref nrf_serial usage. Loopback example using two UARTE peripherals.
 *        Please short Arduino SCL and SDA GPIOs to start transmission.
 *
 */

#define OP_QUEUES_SIZE          3
#define APP_TIMER_PRESCALER     NRF_SERIAL_APP_TIMER_PRESCALER

static void sleep_handler(void)
{
    __WFE();
    __SEV();
    __WFE();
}

NRF_SERIAL_DRV_UART_CONFIG_DEF(m_uarte0_drv_config,
                      RX_PIN_NUMBER, TX_PIN_NUMBER,
                      RTS_PIN_NUMBER, CTS_PIN_NUMBER,
                      NRF_UART_HWFC_DISABLED, NRF_UART_PARITY_EXCLUDED,
                      NRF_UART_BAUDRATE_115200,
                      UART_DEFAULT_CONFIG_IRQ_PRIORITY);


#define SERIAL_FIFO_TX_SIZE 32
#define SERIAL_FIFO_RX_SIZE 1024

NRF_SERIAL_QUEUES_DEF(serial0_queues, SERIAL_FIFO_TX_SIZE, SERIAL_FIFO_RX_SIZE);


#define SERIAL_BUFF_TX_SIZE 1
#define SERIAL_BUFF_RX_SIZE 255

NRF_SERIAL_BUFFERS_DEF(serial0_buffs, SERIAL_BUFF_TX_SIZE, SERIAL_BUFF_RX_SIZE);



NRF_SERIAL_CONFIG_DEF(serial0_config, NRF_SERIAL_MODE_DMA,
                      &serial0_queues, &serial0_buffs, NULL, sleep_handler);



NRF_SERIAL_UART_DEF(serial0_uarte, 0);

void read_uart_bytes()
{
	char c;
	int ret;

	do
	{
		do
		{
			ret = nrf_serial_read(&serial0_uarte, &c, sizeof(c), NULL, 200);
			if (ret == 0)
			{
				if (c == 0xA)
				{
					break;
				}
			}
		} while (1);
		bsp_board_led_invert(2);
	} while (1);
}

int main(void)
{
    ret_code_t ret;

    ret = nrf_drv_clock_init();
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);
    ret = nrf_drv_power_init(NULL);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);

    nrf_drv_clock_lfclk_request(NULL);
    ret = app_timer_init();
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);

    // Initialize LEDs and buttons.
    bsp_board_init(BSP_INIT_LEDS | BSP_INIT_BUTTONS);

    ret = nrf_serial_init(&serial0_uarte, &m_uarte0_drv_config, &serial0_config);
    APP_ERROR_CHECK(ret);

    read_uart_bytes();
}

/** @} */