Testbench

module uart_tx (
  input clk,
  input start,
  input [7:0] data_in,
  output reg tx,
  output reg [3:0] cnt
);

  reg [9:0] shift_reg;

  initial begin
    cnt = 0;
    tx = 1;
    shift_reg = 0;
  end

  always @(posedge clk) begin
    if (cnt == 0 && start) begin
      shift_reg <= {1'b1, data_in, 1'b0};
      cnt <= 1;
    end
    else if (cnt > 0 && cnt < 9) begin
      tx <= shift_reg[0];
      shift_reg <= shift_reg >> 1;
      cnt <= cnt + 1;
    end
    else if (cnt == 9) begin
      tx <= shift_reg[0];
      shift_reg <= shift_reg >> 1;
      cnt <= 0;
    end
  end

endmodule