UART object now uses a stream-like interface: read, readall, readline,
readinto, readchar, write, writechar.

Timeouts are configured when the UART object is initialised, using
timeout and timeout_char keyword args.

The object includes optional read buffering, using interrupts.  You can set
the buffer size dynamically using read_buf_len keyword arg.  A size of 0
disables buffering.