Serial Communications Interface Module (SCI)
11.4.2.4 Idle Characters
An idle character contains all logic 1s and has no start, stop, or parity bit. Idle character length depends
on the M bit in SCC1. The preamble is a synchronizing idle character that begins every transmission.
If the TE bit is cleared during a transmission, the TxD pin becomes idle after completion of the
transmission in progress. Clearing and then setting the TE bit during a transmission queues an idle
character to be sent after the character currently being transmitted.
NOTE
When queueing an idle character, return the TE bit to logic 1 before the stop
bit of the current character shifts out to the TxD pin. Setting TE after the
stop bit appears on TxD causes data previously written to the SCDR to be
lost.
Toggle the TE bit for a queued idle character when the SCTE bit becomes
set and just before writing the next byte to the SCDR.
11.4.2.5 Inversion of Transmitted Output
The transmit inversion bit (TXINV) in SCI control register 1 (SCC1) reverses the polarity of transmitted
data. All transmitted values, including idle, break, start, and stop bits, are inverted when TXINV is at
logic 1. (See 11.8.1 SCI Control Register 1.)
11.4.2.6 Transmitter Interrupts
These conditions can generate CPU interrupt requests from the SCI transmitter:
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SCI transmitter empty (SCTE) — The SCTE bit in SCS1 indicates that the SCDR has transferred
a character to the transmit shift register. SCTE can generate a transmitter CPU interrupt request.
Setting the SCI transmit interrupt enable bit, SCTIE, in SCC2 enables the SCTE bit to generate
transmitter CPU interrupt requests.
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Transmission complete (TC) — The TC bit in SCS1 indicates that the transmit shift register and
the SCDR are empty and that no break or idle character has been generated. The transmission
complete interrupt enable bit, TCIE, in SCC2 enables the TC bit to generate transmitter CPU
interrupt requests.
11.4.3 Receiver
Figure 11-5 shows the structure of the SCI receiver.
11.4.3.1 Character Length
The receiver can accommodate either 8-bit or 9-bit data. The state of the M bit in SCI control register 1
(SCC1) determines character length. When receiving 9-bit data, bit R8 in SCI control register 2 (SCC2)
is the ninth bit (bit 8). When receiving 8-bit data, bit R8 is a copy of the eighth bit (bit 7).
11.4.3.2 Character Reception
During an SCI reception, the receive shift register shifts characters in from the RxD pin. The SCI data
register (SCDR) is the read-only buffer between the internal data bus and the receive shift register.
After a complete character shifts into the receive shift register, the data portion of the character transfers
to the SCDR. The SCI receiver full bit, SCRF, in SCI status register 1 (SCS1) becomes set, indicating that
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