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Universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver transmitter (USART/UART)
26 Universal synchronous/asynchronous receiver
transmitter (USART/UART)
26.1 Introduction
The universal synchronous asynchronous receiver transmitter (USART) offers a flexible
means of Full-duplex data exchange with external equipment requiring an industry standard
NRZ asynchronous serial data format. The USART offers a very wide range of baud rates
using a programmable baud rate generator.
It supports synchronous one-way communication and half-duplex single-wire
communication, as well as multiprocessor communications. It also supports the LIN (Local
Interconnect Network), smartcard protocol and IrDA (Infrared Data Association) SIR
ENDEC specifications and modem operations (CTS/RTS).
High speed data communication is possible by using the DMA (direct memory access) for
multibuffer configuration.
26.2 USART main features
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Full-duplex asynchronous communications
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NRZ standard format (mark/space)
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Configurable oversampling method by 16 or 8 to give flexibility between speed and
clock tolerance
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A common programmable transmit and receive baud rate of up to 9 Mbit/s when the
clock frequency is 72 MHz and oversampling is by 8
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Dual clock domain allowing:
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• Auto baud rate detection
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Programmable data word length (7, 8 or 9 bits)
• Programmable data order with MSB-first or LSB-first shifting
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Configurable stop bits (1 or 2 stop bits)
• Synchronous mode and clock output for synchronous communications
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Single-wire half-duplex communications
• Continuous communications using DMA
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Received/transmitted bytes are buffered in reserved SRAM using centralized DMA
• Separate enable bits for transmitter and receiver
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Separate signal polarity control for transmission and reception
• Swappable Tx/Rx pin configuration
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Hardware flow control for modem and RS-485 transceiver
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USART functionality and wake-up from Stop mode
Convenient baud rate programming independent from the PCLK reprogramming
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