Data Sheet
WL1801MOD,
WL1805MO
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,
WL1831MO
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WL1835MOD
SWRS152M – JULY 2013 – REVISED OCTOBER 2017
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5.19.7 HCI UART Shared-Transport Layers for All Functional Blocks (Except WLAN)
The device includes a UART module dedicated to the Bluetooth shared-transport, host controller interface
(HCI) transport layer. The HCI transports commands, events, and ACL between the Bluetooth device and
its host using HCI data packets ack as a shared transport for all functional blocks except WLAN. Table 5-3
lists the transport mechanism for WLAN and bluetooth audio.
Table 5-3. Transport
Mechanism
WLAN SHARED HCI FOR ALL FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS EXCEPT WLAN BLUETOOTH VOICE-AUDIO
WLAN HS SDIO Over UART Bluetooth PCM
The HCI UART supports most baud rates (including all PC rates) for all fast-clock frequencies up to a
maximum of 4 Mbps. After power up, the baud rate is set for 115.2 Kbps, regardless of the fast-clock
frequency. The baud rate can then be changed using a VS command. The device responds with a
Command Complete Event (still at 115.2 Kbps), after which the baud rate change occurs.
HCI hardware includes the following features:
• Receiver detection of break, idle, framing, FIFO overflow, and parity error conditions
• Receiver-transmitter underflow detection
• CTS, RTS hardware flow control
• 4 wire (H4)
Table 5-4 lists the UART default settings.
Table 5-4. UART Default
Setting
PARAMETER
VALUE
Bit rate 115.2
Kbps
Data length 8
bits
Stop-bit 1
Parity None
5.19.7.1 UART 4-Wire Interface – H4
The interface includes four signals:
• TXD
• RXD
• CTS
• RTS
Flow control between the host and the device is byte-wise by hardware.
When the UART RX buffer of the device passes the flow-control threshold, the buffer sets the UART_RTS
signal high to stop transmission from the host. When the UART_CTS signal is set high, the device stops
transmitting on the interface. If HCI_CTS is set high in the middle of transmitting a byte, the device
finishes transmitting the byte and stops the transmission.