Operation In Asynchronous Mode - Hitachi HD6473867 Hardware Manual

10.3.2 Operation in Asynchronous Mode

In asynchronous mode, serial communication is performed with synchronization provided character
by character. A start bit indicating the start of communication and one or two stop bits indicating
the end of communication are added to each character before it is sent.
SCI3 has separate transmission and reception units, allowing full-duplex communication. As the
transmission and reception units are both double-buffered, data can be written during transmission
and read during reception, making possible continuous transmission and reception.
1. Data transfer format
The general data transfer format in asynchronous communication is shown in figure 10-3.
(LSB)
Serial Start
data bit
1 bit
Figure 10-3 Data Format in Asynchronous Communication
In asynchronous communication, the communication line is normally in the mark state (high level).
SCI3 monitors the communication line and when it detects a space (low level), identifies this as a
start bit and begins serial data communication.
One transfer data character consists of a start bit (low level), followed by transmit/receive data
(LSB-first format, starting from the least significant bit), a parity bit (high or low level), and finally
one or two stop bits (high level).
In asynchronous mode, synchronization is performed by the falling edge of the start bit during
reception. The data is sampled on the 8th pulse of a clock with a frequency 16 times the bit period,
so that the transfer data is latched at the center of each bit.
Transmit/receive data
5, 7 or 8 bits
One transfer data unit (character or frame)
(MSB)
Parity
bit
1 bit
or none
275
1
Stop Mark
bit(s)
state
1 or 2 bits