SC68C752BIB48 PHILIPS [NXP Semiconductors], SC68C752BIB48 Datasheet - Page 8

• Manufacturer Part Number: SC68C752BIB48
• Description: 5 V, 3.3 V and 2.5 V dual UART, 5 Mbit/s (max.), with 64-byte FIFOs and Motorola uP interface
• Manufacturer: PHILIPS [NXP Semiconductors]

Philips Semiconductors
6. Functional description
SC68C752B_3
Product data sheet
6.1 Trigger levels
6.2 Hardware flow control
The UART will perform serial-to-parallel conversion on data characters received from
peripheral devices or modems, and parallel-to-parallel conversion on data characters
transmitted by the processor. The complete status of each channel of the SC68C752B
UART can be read at any time during functional operation by the processor.
The SC68C752B can be placed in an alternate mode (FIFO mode) relieving the processor
of excessive software overhead by buffering received/transmitted characters. Both the
receiver and transmitter FIFOs can store up to 64 bytes (including three additional bits of
error status per byte for the receiver FIFO) and have selectable or programmable trigger
levels. Primary outputs RXRDY and TXRDY allow signalling of DMA transfers.
The SC68C752B has selectable hardware flow control and software flow control.
Hardware flow control significantly reduces software overhead and increases system
efficiency by automatically controlling serial data flow using the RTS output and CTS input
signals. Software flow control automatically controls data flow by using programmable
Xon/Xoff characters.
The UART includes a programmable baud rate generator that can divide the timing
reference clock input by a divisor between 1 and (2
The SC68C752B provides independent selectable and programmable trigger levels for
both receiver and transmitter DMA and interrupt generation. After reset, both transmitter
and receiver FIFOs are disabled and so, in effect, the trigger level is the default value of
one byte. The selectable trigger levels are available via the FCR. The programmable
trigger levels are available via the Trigger Level Register (TLR).
Hardware flow control is comprised of Auto-CTS and Auto-RTS. Auto-CTS and Auto-RTS
can be enabled/disabled independently by programming EFR[7:6].
With Auto-CTS, CTS must be active before the UART can transmit data.
Auto-RTS only activates the RTS output when there is enough room in the FIFO to receive
data and de-activates the RTS output when the RX FIFO is sufficiently full. The halt and
resume trigger levels in the TCR determine the levels at which RTS is
activated/deactivated.
If both Auto-CTS and Auto-RTS are enabled, when RTS is connected to CTS, data
transmission does not occur unless the receiver FIFO has empty space. Thus, overrun
errors are eliminated during hardware flow control. If not enabled, overrun errors occur if
the transmit data rate exceeds the receive FIFO servicing latency.
5 V, 3.3 V and 2.5 V dual UART, 5 Mbit/s (max.), with 64-byte FIFOs
Rev. 03 — 29 November 2005
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