Datasheet
73S1215F Data Sheet  DS_1215F_003 
88 Rev. 1.4 
Smart Card Interrupt Register (SCInt): 0xFE01 Å 0x00 
When the smart card interrupt is asserted, the firmware can read this register to determine the actual 
cause of the interrupt. The bits are cleared when this register is read.  Each interrupt can be disabled by 
the Smart Card Interrupt Enable register. Error processing must be handled by the firmware. This 
register relates to the interface that is active – see the SCSel register. 
Table 82: The SCInt Register 
MSB   LSB 
WAITTO CRDEVT VCCTMRI RXDAV  TXEVT  TXSENT TXERR   RXERR 
Bit Symbol  Function 
SCInt.7 WAITTO 
Wait Timeout – An ATR or card wait timeout has occurred. In sync 
mode, this interrupt is asserted when the RLen counter (it advances on 
falling edges of CLK/ETU) reaches the loaded (max) value. This bit is 
cleared when the SCInt register is read. When running in Synchronous 
Clock Stop Mode, this bit becomes RLenINT interrupt (set when the Rlen 
counter reaches the terminal count). 
SCInt.6 CRDEVT 
Card Event – A card event is signaled via pin DETCARD either when the 
Card was inserted or removed (read the CRDCtl register to determine 
card presence) or there was a fault condition in the interface circuitry. 
This bit is functional even if the smart card logic clock is disabled and 
when the PWRDN bit is set. This bit is cleared when the SCInt register is 
read. 
SCInt.5 VCCTMRI 
VCC Timer – This bit is set when the VCCTMR times out. This bit is 
cleared when the SCInt register is read. 
SCInt.4 RXDAV 
Rx Data Available – Data was received from the smart card because the 
Rx FIFO is not empty. In bypass mode, this interrupt is generated on a 
falling edge of the smart card I/O line. After receiving this interrupt in 
bypass mode, firmware should disable it until the firmware has received 
the entire byte and is waiting for the next start delimiter. This bit is 
cleared when there is no RX data available in the RX FIFO. 
SCInt.3 TXEVNT 
TX Event – Set whenever the TXEMTY or TXFULL bits are set in the 
SRXCtl SFR. This bit is cleared when the STXCtl register is read. 
SCInt.2 TXSENT 
TX Sent – Set whenever the ISO UART has successfully transmitted a 
byte to the smart card. Also set when a CRC/LRC byte is sent in T=1 
mode. Will not be set in T=0 when a break is detected at the end of a 
byte (when break detection is enabled). This bit is cleared when the 
SCInt register is read. 
SCInt.1 TXERR 
TX Error – An error was detected during the transmission of data to the 
smart card as indicated by either BREAKD or TXUNDR bit being set in 
the STXCtl SFR. Additional information can be found in that register 
description. This bit is cleared when the STXCtl register is read. 
SCInt.0 RXERR 
RX Error – An error was detected during the reception of data from the 
smart card. Additional information can be found in the SRXCtl register. 
This interrupt will be asserted for RXOVRR, or RX Parity error events. 
This bit is cleared when the SRXCtl register is read. 










