Datasheet

PIC16F87/88
DS30487D-page 104  2002-2013 Microchip Technology Inc.
11.2.2 AUSART ASYNCHRONOUS
RECEIVER
The receiver block diagram is shown in Figure 11-4.
The data is received on the RB2/SDO/RX/DT pin and
drives the data recovery block. The data recovery block
is actually a high-speed shifter, operating at x16 times
the baud rate; whereas, the main receive serial shifter
operates at the bit rate or at F
OSC.
Once Asynchronous mode is selected, reception is
enabled by setting bit CREN (RCSTA<4>).
The heart of the receiver is the Receive (Serial) Shift
Register (RSR). After sampling the Stop bit, the
received data in the RSR is transferred to the RCREG
register (if it is empty). If the transfer is complete, flag
bit, RCIF (PIR1<5>), is set. The actual interrupt can be
enabled/disabled by setting/clearing enable bit RCIE
(PIE1<5>). Flag bit RCIF is a read-only bit which is
cleared by the hardware. It is cleared when the RCREG
register has been read and is empty. The RCREG is a
double-buffered register (i.e., it is a two-deep FIFO). It
is possible for two bytes of data to be received and
transferred to the RCREG FIFO and a third byte to
begin shifting to the RSR register. On the detection of
the Stop bit of the third byte, if the RCREG register is
still full, the Overrun Error bit, OERR (RCSTA<1>), will
be set. The word in the RSR will be lost. The RCREG
register can be read twice to retrieve the two bytes in
the FIFO. Overrun bit OERR has to be cleared in soft-
ware. This is done by resetting the receive logic (CREN
is cleared and then set). If bit OERR is set, transfers
from the RSR register to the RCREG register are inhib-
ited and no further data will be received. It is, therefore,
essential to clear error bit OERR if it is set. Framing
Error bit, FERR (RCSTA<2>), is set if a Stop bit is
detected as clear. Bit FERR and the 9th receive bit are
buffered the same way as the receive data. Reading
the RCREG will load bits RX9D and FERR with new
values; therefore, it is essential for the user to read the
RCSTA register, before
reading the RCREG register, in
order not to lose the old FERR and RX9D information.
FIGURE 11-4: AUSART RECEIVE BLOCK DIAGRAM
FIGURE 11-5: ASYNCHRONOUS RECEPTION
x64 Baud Rate CLK
SPBRG
Baud Rate Generator
RB2/SDO/RX/DT
Pin Buffer
and Control
SPEN
Data
Recovery
CREN
OERR
FERR
RSR Register
MSb
LSb
RX9D RCREG Register
FIFO
Interrupt
RCIF
RCIE
Data Bus
8
64
16
or
Stop
Start
(8)
7
1
0
RX9

FOSC
Start
bit
bit 7/8bit 1bit 0 bit 7/8
bit 0Stop
bit
Start
bit
Start
bit
bit 7/8 Stop
bit
RX pin
Reg
Rcv Buffer Reg
Rcv Shift
Read Rcv
Buffer Reg
RCREG
RCIF
(Interrupt Flag)
OERR bit
CREN
Word 1
RCREG
Word 2
RCREG
Stop
bit
Note: This timing diagram shows three words appearing on the RX input. The RCREG (Receive Buffer) is read after the third word,
causing the OERR (Overrun) bit to be set.