101-1272 Rabbit Semiconductor, 101-1272 Datasheet - Page 40

• Manufacturer Part Number: 101-1272
• Description: KIT MESH NETWORK ADD-ON RCM4510W
• Manufacturer: Rabbit Semiconductor
• Type: Microprocessorr

Specifications of 101-1272

• Product: Modules
• Data Bus Width: 12 bit
• Processor Type: Rabbit 4000
• Sram: 512 KB
• Number Of I/os: 20
• Description/function: Computer Module
• Interface Type: Ethernet
• For Use With/related Products: RCM4510W
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not applicable / Not applicable
• Other names: 316-1158

4.2 Serial Communication
The RCM4510W module does not have any serial driver or receiver chips directly on the
board. However, a serial interface may be incorporated on the board the RCM4510W is
mounted on. For example, the Prototyping Board has an RS-232 transceiver chip.
4.2.1 Serial Ports
There are six serial ports designated as Serial Ports A, B, C, D, E, and F. All six serial
ports can operate in an asynchronous mode up to the baud rate of the system clock divided
by 8. An asynchronous port can handle 7 or 8 data bits. A 9th bit address scheme, where
an additional bit is sent to mark the first byte of a message, is also supported.
Serial Port A is normally used as a programming port, but may be used either as an asyn-
chronous or as a clocked serial port once application development has been completed and
the RCM4510W is operating in the Run Mode.
Serial Port B is shared with the RCM4510W module’s asynchronous XBee RF module.
Flow control for the XBee RF module is provided from the Rabbit 4000 RxD+ and TxD–
Ethernet pins.
Serial Ports C and D can also be operated in the clocked serial mode. In this mode, a clock
line synchronously clocks the data in or out. Either of the two communicating devices can
supply the clock. Note that PD2 and PD0 provide the SCLKC and SCLKD outputs auto-
matically when Serial Ports C and D are set up as clocked serial ports.
Serial Ports E and F can also be configured as SDLC/HDLC serial ports. The IrDA proto-
col is also supported in SDLC format by these two ports. Serial Ports E and F must be con-
figured before they can be used. The sample program
in the
IOCONFIG_SWITCHECHO.C
Dynamic C
folder shows how to configure Serial Ports E
SAMPLES\RCM4500W\SERIAL
and F.
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