Datasheet
1111
IER
IIR
RHRTHR
IOW/IOR
INT
B0418-01
Processor
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Table 4. Interrupt Control Functions
PRIORITY INTERRUPT
IIR[5–0] INTERRUPT SOURCE INTERRUPT RESET METHOD
LEVEL TYPE
000001 None None None None
000110 1 Receiver line OE, FE, PE, or BI errors occur in FE, PE, BI: All erroneous characters are read
status characters in the RX FIFO from the RX FIFO.
OE: Read LSR
001100 2 RX timeout Stale data in RX FIFO Read RHR
000100 2 RHR interrupt DRDY (data ready) Read RHR
(FIFO disable)
RX FIFO above trigger level (FIFO
enable)
000010 3 THR interrupt TFE (THR empty) Read IIR OR a write to the THR
(FIFO disable)
TX FIFO passes above trigger level (FIFO
enable)
000000 4 Modem status MSR[3:0] = 0 Read MSR
010000 5 Xoff interruptr Receive Xoff character(s)/special Receive Xon character(s)/Read of IIR¼
character
100000 6 CTS, RTS RTS pin or CTS pin change state from Read IIR
active (low) to inactive (high)
It is important to note that for the framing error, parity error, and break conditions, LSR[7] generates the interrupt.
LSR[7] is set when there is an error anywhere in the RX FIFO and is cleared only when there are no more errors
remaining in the FIFO. LSR[4–2] always represent the error status for the received character at the top of the RX
FIFO. Reading the RX FIFO updates LSR[4–2] to the appropriate status for the new character at the top of the
FIFO. If the RX FIFO is empty, then LSR[4–2] are all zeros.
For the Xoff interrupt, if an Xoff flow character detection caused the interrupt, the interrupt is cleared by an Xon
flow character detection. If a special character detection caused the interrupt, the interrupt is cleared by a read of
the LSR.
Interrupt Mode Operation
In interrupt mode (if any bit of IER[3:0] is 1) the processor is informed of the status of the receiver and transmitter
by an interrupt signal, INT. Therefore, it is not necessary to continuously poll the line stats register (LSR) to see if
any interrupt needs to be serviced. Figure 5 shows interrupt mode operation.
Figure 5. Interrupt Mode Operation
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