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diff --git a/‎ports/nrf/common-hal/busio/UART.c‎
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diff --git a/‎shared-bindings/busio/UART.c‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 2 deletions b/‎shared-bindings/busio/UART.c‎
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@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ size_t common_hal_busio_uart_read(busio_uart_obj_t *self, uint8_t *data, size_t
 
     NVIC_EnableIRQ(nrfx_get_irq_number(self->uarte->p_reg));
 
+    if (rx_bytes == 0) {
+        *errcode = EAGAIN;
+        return MP_STREAM_ERROR;
+    }
+
     return rx_bytes;
 }
 
 
@@ -200,10 +200,14 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(busio_uart___exit___obj, 4, 4, busio_
 // These are standard stream methods. Code is in py/stream.c.
 //
 //|     def read(self, nbytes: Optional[int] = None) -> Optional[bytes]:
-//|         """Read characters.  If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most that many
+//|         """Read bytes.  If ``nbytes`` is specified then read at most that many
 //|         bytes. Otherwise, read everything that arrives until the connection
 //|         times out. Providing the number of bytes expected is highly recommended
-//|         because it will be faster.
+//|         because it will be faster. If no bytes are read, return ``None``.
+//|
+//|         .. note:: When no bytes are read due to a timeout, this function returns ``None``.
+//|           This matches the behavior of `io.RawIOBase.read` in Python 3, but
+//|           differs from pyserial which returns ``b''`` in that situation.
 //|
 //|         :return: Data read
 //|         :rtype: bytes or None"""
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`@@ -337,6 +337,11 @@ size_t common_hal_busio_uart_read(busio_uart_obj_t self, uint8_t data, size_t`
`337`	`337`
`338`	`338`	`NVIC_EnableIRQ(nrfx_get_irq_number(self->uarte->p_reg));`
`339`	`339`
	`340`	`+ if (rx_bytes == 0) {`
	`341`	`+ *errcode = EAGAIN;`
	`342`	`+ return MP_STREAM_ERROR;`
	`343`	`+ }`
	`344`	`+`
`340`	`345`	`return rx_bytes;`
`341`	`346`	`}`
`342`	`347`