PIC16F870/871
9.2.2
USART ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER
for two bytes of data to be received and transferred to
the RCREG FIFO and a third byte to begin shifting to
the RSR register. On the detection of the STOP bit of
the third byte, if the RCREG register is still full, the over-
run error bit OERR (RCSTA<1>) will be set. The word
in the RSR will be lost. The RCREG register can be
read twice to retrieve the two bytes in the FIFO. Over-
run bit OERR has to be cleared in software. This is
done by resetting the receive logic (CREN is cleared
and then set). If bit OERR is set, transfers from the
RSR register to the RCREG register are inhibited, so it
is essential to clear error bit OERR if it is set. Framing
error bit FERR (RCSTA<2>) is set if a stop bit is
detected as clear. Bit FERR and the 9th receive bit are
buffered the same way as the receive data. Reading
the RCREG will load bits RX9D and FERR with new
values, therefore it is essential for the user to read the
RCSTA register before reading RCREG register in
order not to lose the old FERR and RX9D information.
The receiver block diagram is shown in Figure 9-4. The
data is received on the RC7/RX/DT pin and drives the
data recovery block. The data recovery block is actually
a high speed shifter operating at x16 times the baud
rate, whereas the main receive serial shifter operates at
the bit rate or at FOSC.
Once asynchronous mode is selected, reception is
enabled by setting bit CREN (RCSTA<4>).
The heart of the receiver is the receive (serial) shift reg-
ister (RSR). After sampling the STOP bit, the received
data in the RSR is transferred to the RCREG register (if
it is empty). If the transfer is complete, flag bit RCIF
(PIR1<5>) is set. The actual interrupt can be enabled/
disabled by setting/clearing enable bit RCIE (PIE1<5>).
Flag bit RCIF is a read only bit which is cleared by the
hardware. It is cleared when the RCREG register has
been read and is empty. The RCREG is a double buff-
ered register (i.e. it is a two deep FIFO). It is possible
FIGURE 9-4: USART RECEVE BLOCK DIAGRAM
x64 Baud Rate CLK
CREN
FERR
OERR
SPBRG
÷64
RSR register
MSb
LSb
or
÷16
0
Baud Rate Generator
7
1
Stop (8)
Start
• • •
RC7/RX/DT
Pin Buffer
and Control
Data
Recovery
RX9
RX9D
SPEN
RCREG Register
FIFO
8
RCIF
RCIE
Interrupt
Data Bus
FIGURE 9-5: ASYNCHRONOUS RECEPTION
Start
bit
Start
bit
Start
bit
RX (pin)
bit0
bit1
Stop
bit
Stop
bit
bit7/8 Stop
bit
bit0
bit7/8
bit7/8
Rcv shift
reg
Rcv buffer reg
WORD 2
RCREG
WORD 1
RCREG
Read Rcv
buffer reg
RCREG
RCIF
(interrupt flag)
OERR bit
CREN
Note: This timing diagram shows three words appearing on the RX input. The RCREG (receive buffer) is read after the third word,
causing the OERR (overrun) bit to be set.
1999 Microchip Technology Inc.
Preliminary
DS30569A-page 69
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