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UC3D
20.6.2 Receiver and Transmitter Control
After a reset, the transceiver is disabled. The receiver/transmitter is enabled by writing a one to
either the Receiver Enable, or Transmitter Enable bit in the Control Register (CR.RXEN, or
CR.TXEN). They may be enabled together and can be configured both before and after they
have been enabled. The user can reset the USART receiver/transmitter at any time by writing a
one to either the Reset Receiver (CR.RSTRX), or Reset Transmitter (CR.RSTTX) bit. This soft-
ware reset clears status bits and resets internal state machines, immediately halting any
communication. The user interface configuration registers will retain their values.
The user can disable the receiver/transmitter by writing a one to either the Receiver Disable, or
Transmitter Disable bit (CR.RXDIS, or CR.TXDIS). If the receiver is disabled during a character
reception, the USART will wait for the current character to be received before disabling. If the
transmitter is disabled during transmission, the USART will wait until both the current character
and the character stored in the Transmitter Holding Register (THR) are transmitted before dis-
abling. If a timeguard has been implemented it will remain functional during the transaction.
20.6.3 Synchronous and Asynchronous Modes
20.6.3.1 Transmitter Operations
The transmitter performs equally in both synchronous and asynchronous operating modes
(MR.SYNC). One start bit, up to 9 data bits, an optional parity bit, and up to two stop bits are
successively shifted out on the TXD pin at each falling edge of the serial clock. The number of
data bits is selected by the Character Length field (MR.CHRL) and the MR.MODE9 bit. Nine bits
are selected by writing a one to MODE9, overriding any value in CHRL. The parity bit configura-
tion is selected in the MR.PAR field. The Most Significant Bit First bit (MR.MSBF) selects which
data bit to send first. The number of stop bits is selected by the MR.NBSTOP field. The 1.5 stop
bit configuration is only supported in asynchronous mode.
Figure 20-3. Character Transmit
The characters are sent by writing to the Character to be Transmitted field (THR.TXCHR). The
transmitter reports status with the Transmitter Ready (TXRDY) and Transmitter Empty
(TXEMPTY) bits in the Channel Status Register (CSR). TXRDY is set when THR is empty.
TXEMPTY is set when both THR and the transmit shift register are empty (transmission com-
plete). Both TXRDY and TXEMPTY are cleared when the transmitter is disabled. Writing a
character to THR while TXRDY is zero has no effect and the written character will be lost.
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7
TXD
Start
Bit
Parity
Bit
Stop
Bit
Example: 8-bit, Parity Enabled One Stop
Baud Rate
Clock