Configuration And Operation; Data Transmission; Data Reception; Figure 26.5. Typical Uart Interconnect Diagram - Silicon Laboratories C8051T620 Manual

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26.3. Configuration and Operation

UART1 provides standard asynchronous, full duplex communication. It can operate in a point-to-point
serial communications application, or as a node on a multi-processor serial interface. To operate in a point-
to-point application, where there are only two devices on the serial bus, the MCE1 bit in SMOD1 should be
cleared to 0. For operation as part of a multi-processor communications bus, the MCE1 and XBE1 bits
should both be set to 1. In both types of applications, data is transmitted from the microcontroller on the
TX1 pin, and received on the RX1 pin. The TX1 and RX1 pins are configured using the crossbar and the
Port I/O registers, as detailed in Section "22. Port Input/Output" on page 138.
In typical UART communications, The transmit (TX) output of one device is connected to the receive (RX)
input of the other device, either directly or through a bus transceiver, as shown in Figure 26.5.
TX
PC
RS-232
RS-232
C8051Fxxx
LEVEL
RX
COM Port
TRANSLATOR
OR
TX TX
MCU C8051Fxxx
RX RX

Figure 26.5. Typical UART Interconnect Diagram

26.3.1. Data Transmission

Data transmission is double-buffered, and begins when software writes a data byte to the SBUF1 register.
Writing to SBUF1 places data in the Transmit Holding Register, and the Transmit Holding Register Empty
flag (THRE1) will be cleared to 0. If the UARTs shift register is empty (i.e. no transmission is in progress)
the data will be placed in the shift register, and the THRE1 bit will be set to 1. If a transmission is in prog-
ress, the data will remain in the Transmit Holding Register until the current transmission is complete. The
TI1 Transmit Interrupt Flag (SCON1.1) will be set at the end of any transmission (the beginning of the stop-
bit time). If enabled, an interrupt will occur when TI1 is set.
If the extra bit function is enabled (XBE1 = 1) and the parity function is disabled (PE1 = 0), the value of the
TBX1 (SCON1.3) bit will be sent in the extra bit position. When the parity function is enabled (PE1 = 1),
hardware will generate the parity bit according to the selected parity type (selected with S1PT[1:0]), and
append it to the data field. Note: when parity is enabled, the extra bit function is not available.

26.3.2. Data Reception

Data reception can begin any time after the REN1 Receive Enable bit (SCON1.4) is set to logic 1. After the
stop bit is received, the data byte will be stored in the receive FIFO if the following conditions are met: the
receive FIFO (3 bytes deep) must not be full, and the stop bit(s) must be logic 1. In the event that the
receive FIFO is full, the incoming byte will be lost, and a Receive FIFO Overrun Error will be generated
(OVR1 in register SCON1 will be set to logic 1). If the stop bit(s) were logic 0, the incoming data will not be
stored in the receive FIFO. If the reception conditions are met, the data is stored in the receive FIFO, and
the RI1 flag will be set. Note: when MCE1 = 1, RI1 will only be set if the extra bit was equal to 1. Data can
be read from the receive FIFO by reading the SBUF1 register.
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