CHAPTER 17 UART
17.1 Overview of UART
The UART is a serial I/O port for asynchronous (start-stop synchronous)
communication or CLK-synchronous communication.
■ Features of UART
The UART has the following features:
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Full duplex double buffer
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Asynchronous (start-stop synchronous) communication and CLK-synchronous (I/O extended
serial interface) communication
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Support of multiprocessor
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Built-in dedicated baud rate generator (communication prescaler)
Table 17.1-1 Baud Rate
Operation
Asynchronous
CLK-synchronous
* : Values when internal machine clocks are 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16 MHz.
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Free baud rate setting by external clocks
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Error detection function (parity, framing, and overrun)
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Transfer signal of NRZ code
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Support of extended intelligent I/O services
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62500/31250/19230/9615/4808/2404/1202 bps
2M/1M/500k/125k/62.5k bps
Baud rate *