Datasheet

Section 14 Serial Communication Interface (SCI)
Rev.6.00 Sep. 27, 2007 Page 658 of 1268
REJ09B0220-0600
14.5 Usage Notes
The following points should be noted when using the SCI.
Relation between Writes to TDR and the TDRE Flag: The TDRE flag in SSR is a status flag
that indicates that transmit data has been transferred from TDR to TSR. When the SCI transfers
data from TDR to TSR, the TDRE flag is set to 1.
Data can be written to TDR regardless of the state of the TDRE flag. However, if new data is
written to TDR when the TDRE flag is cleared to 0, the data stored in TDR will be lost since it has
not yet been transferred to TSR. It is therefore essential to check that the TDRE flag is set to 1
before writing transmit data to TDR.
Operation when Multiple Receive Errors Occur Simultaneously: If a number of receive errors
occur at the same time, the state of the status flags in SSR is as shown in table 14.13. If there is an
overrun error, data is not transferred from RSR to RDR, and the receive data is lost.
Table 14.13 State of SSR Status Flags and Transfer of Receive Data
SSR Status Flags
RDRF ORER FER PER
Receive Data Transfer
from RSR to RDR Receive Error Status
1 1 0 0 X Overrun error
0 0 1 0
Framing error
0 0 0 1
Parity error
1 1 1 0 X Overrun error + framing error
1 1 0 1 X Overrun error + parity error
0 0 1 1
Framing error + parity error
1 1 1 1 X Overrun error + framing error +
parity error
Notes: : Receive data is transferred from RSR to RDR.
X : Receive data is not transferred from RSR to RDR.