Legacy-Free Keyboard/Embedded Controller with SPI and LPC Docking Interface
serial data stream and convert it to a parallel 8 bit word which is transferred to the Receive Buffer
register. The shift register is not accessible.
5.1.2
5.1.3
Transmit Buffer Register (TB)
Address Offset = 0H, DLAB = 0, WRITE ONLY
This register contains the data byte to be transmitted. The transmit buffer is double buffered, utilizing
an additional shift register (not accessible) to convert the 8 bit data word to a serial format. This shift
register is loaded from the Transmit Buffer when the transmission of the previous byte is complete.
Interrupt Enable Register (IER)
Address Offset = 1H, DLAB = 0, READ/WRITE
The lower three bits of this register control the enables of the four interrupt sources of the Serial Port
interrupt. It is possible to totally disable the interrupt system by resetting bits 0 through 3 of this register.
Similarly, setting the appropriate bits of this register to a high, selected interrupts can be enabled.
Disabling the interrupt system inhibits the Interrupt Identification Register and disables any Serial Port
interrupt out of the LPC47N350. All other system functions operate in their normal manner, including
the Line Status and MODEM Status Registers. The contents of the Interrupt Enable Register are
described below.
BIT 0
This bit enables the Received Data Available Interrupt (and timeout interrupts in the FIFO mode) when
set to logic "1".
BIT 1
This bit enables the Transmitter Holding Register Empty Interrupt when set to logic "1".
BIT 2
This bit enables the Received Line Status Interrupt when set to logic "1". The error sources causing
the interrupt are Overrun, Parity, Framing and Break. The Line Status Register must be read to
determine the source.
BIT 3
This bit enables the MODEM Status Interrupt when set to logic "1". This is caused when one of the
Modem Status Register bits changes state. This bit is not supported.
BITS 4 – 7
These bits are always logic "0".
5.1.4
FIFO Control Register (FCR)
Address Offset = 2H, DLAB = X, WRITE
This is a write only register at the same location as the IIR. This register is used to enable and clear
the FIFOs, set the RCVR FIFO trigger level. This write only register has a shadow register at MBX9Bh
(see Table 17.1, “Mailbox Registers Interface,” on page 191). Note: DMA is not supported.
BIT 0
Setting this bit to a logic "1" enables both the XMIT and RCVR FIFOs. Clearing this bit to a logic "0"
disables both the XMIT and RCVR FIFOs and clears all bytes from both FIFOs. When changing from
FIFO Mode to non-FIFO (16450) mode, data is automatically cleared from the FIFOs. This bit must be
a 1 when other bits in this register are written to or they will not be properly programmed.
BIT 1
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