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UART (universal asynchronous receive transmit) RM0352
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12.6.7 Line control register, UARTLCR_H
The UARTLCR_H register is the line control register. This register accesses bits 29 to 22 of
the UART line control register, UARTLCR.
All the bits are cleared to 0 when reset. Table 123 lists the register bit assignments.
The UARTLCR_H, UARTIBRD, and UARTFBRD registers form the single 30-bit wide
UARTLCR register that is updated on a single write strobe generated by a UARTLCR_H
write. So, to internally update the contents of UARTIBRD and/or UARTFBRD, a
UARTLCR_H write must always be performed at the end (as indicated in Note:below).
Table 123. UARTLCR_H register
Bits Name Function
15:8 - RESERVED, do not modify, read as zero.
7 SPS Stick parity select.
0 = stick parity is disabled
1 = either:
– if the EPS bit is 0 then the parity bit is transmitted and checked as 1
– if the EPS bit is 1 then the parity bit is transmitted and checked as 0.
This bit has no effect when the PEN bit disables parity checking and generation. See Table 124 on
page 127 for the parity truth table.
6:5 WLEN Word length. These bits indicate the number of data bits transmitted or received in a frame as
follows:
b11 = 8 bits
b10 = 7 bits
b01 = 6 bits
b00 = 5 bits.
4 FEN Enable FIFOs:
0 = FIFOs are disabled (character mode) that is, the FIFOs become 1-byte-deep holding registers
1 = transmit and receive FIFO buffers are enabled (FIFO mode).
3 STP2 Two stop bits select. If this bit is set to 1, two stop bits are transmitted at the end of the frame. The
receive logic does not check for two stop bits being received.
2 EPS Even parity select. Controls the type of parity the UART uses during transmission and reception:
0 = odd parity. The UART generates or checks for an odd number of 1 s in the data and parity bits.
1 = even parity. The UART generates or checks for an even number of 1 s in the data and parity
bits.
This bit has no effect when the PEN bit disables parity checking and generation. See Table 124 on
page 127 for the parity truth table.
1 PEN Parity enable:
0 = parity is disabled and no parity bit added to the data frame
1 = parity checking and generation is enabled.
See Table 124 on page 127 for the parity truth table.
0 BRK Send break. If this bit is set to 1, a low-level is continually output on the UARTTXD output, after
completing transmission of the current character. For the proper execution of the break command,
the software must set this bit for at least two complete frames.
For normal use, this bit must be cleared to 0.