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Table 35-5 shows calculations of CD to obtain a baud rate at 38400 bauds for different source clock frequencies. This
table also shows the actual resulting baud rate and the error.
The baud rate is calculated with the following formula:
The baud rate error is calculated with the following formula. It is not recommended to work with an error higher than 5%.
35.7.1.2 Fractional Baud Rate in Asynchronous Mode
The Baud Rate generator previously defined is subject to the following limitation: the output frequency changes by only
integer multiples of the reference frequency. An approach to this problem is to integrate a fractional N clock generator
that has a high resolution. The generator architecture is modified to obtain Baud Rate changes by a fraction of the
reference source clock. This fractional part is programmed with the FP field in the Baud Rate Generator Register
(US_BRGR). If FP is not 0, the fractional part is activated. The resolution is one eighth of the clock divider. This feature is
only available when using USART normal mode. The fractional Baud Rate is calculated using the following formula:
Table 35-5. Baud Rate Example (OVER = 0)
Source Clock
Expected Baud
Rate Calculation Result CD Actual Baud Rate Error
MHz Bit/s Bit/s
3 686 400 38 400 6.00 6 38 400.00 0.00%
4 915 200 38 400 8.00 8 38 400.00 0.00%
5 000 000 38 400 8.14 8 39 062.50 1.70%
7 372 800 38 400 12.00 12 38 400.00 0.00%
8 000 000 38 400 13.02 13 38 461.54 0.16%
12 000 000 38 400 19.53 20 37 500.00 2.40%
12 288 000 38 400 20.00 20 38 400.00 0.00%
14 318 180 38 400 23.30 23 38 908.10 1.31%
14 745 600 38 400 24.00 24 38 400.00 0.00%
18 432 000 38 400 30.00 30 38 400.00 0.00%
24 000 000 38 400 39.06 39 38 461.54 0.16%
24 576 000 38 400 40.00 40 38 400.00 0.00%
25 000 000 38 400 40.69 40 38 109.76 0.76%
32 000 000 38 400 52.08 52 38 461.54 0.16%
32 768 000 38 400 53.33 53 38 641.51 0.63%
33 000 000 38 400 53.71 54 38 194.44 0.54%
40 000 000 38 400 65.10 65 38 461.54 0.16%
50 000 000 38 400 81.38 81 38 580.25 0.47%
BaudRate MCK CD 16×⁄=
Error 1
ExpectedBaudRate
ActualBaudRate
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SelectedClock
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FP
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