ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE (SCI-A)
ASYNCHRONOUS SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE (Cont’d)
10.6.4.3 Receiver
Overrun Error
The SCI can receive data words of either 8 or 9
bits. When the M bit is set, word length is 9 bits
and the MSB is stored in the R8 bit in the SCICR1
register.
An overrun error occurs when a character is re-
ceived when RDRF has not been reset. Data can
not be transferred from the shift register to the
TDR register as long as the RDRF bit is not
cleared.
Character Reception
When a overrun error occurs:
– The OR bit is set.
During a SCI reception, data shifts in least signifi-
cant bit first through the RDI pin. In this mode, the
SCIDR register consists or a buffer (RDR) be-
tween the internal bus and the received shift regis-
ter (see Figure 117).
– The RDR content will not be lost.
– The shift register will be overwritten.
– An interrupt is generated if the RIE bit is set and
the IMI0 bit is set in the SIMRH register.
Procedure
– Select the M bit to define the word length.
The OR bit is reset by an access to the SCISR reg-
ister followed by a SCIDR register read operation.
– Select the desired baud rate using the SCIBRR
and the SCIERPR registers.
Noise Error
– Set the RE bit, this enables the receiver which
begins searching for a start bit.
Oversampling techniques are used for data recov-
ery by discriminating between valid incoming data
and noise.
When a character is received:
– The RDRF bit is set. It indicates that the content
of the shift register is transferred to the RDR.
When noise is detected in a frame:
– The NF is set at the rising edge of the RDRF bit.
– An interrupt is generated if the RIE bit is set and
the IMI0 bit is set in the SIMRH register.
– Data is transferred from the Shift register to the
SCIDR register.
– The error flags can be set if a frame error, noise
or an overrun error has been detected during re-
ception.
– No interrupt is generated. However this bit rises
at the same time as the RDRF bit which itself
generates an interrupt.
Clearing the RDRF bit is performed by the following
software sequence done by:
The NF bit is reset by a SCISR register read oper-
ation followed by a SCIDR register read operation.
1. An access to the SCISR register
2. A read to the SCIDR register.
Framing Error
A framing error is detected when:
The RDRF bit must be cleared before the end of the
reception of the next character to avoid an overrun
error.
– The stop bit is not recognized on reception at the
expected time, following either a de-synchroni-
zation or excessive noise.
Break Character
– A break is received.
When a break character is received, the SCI han-
dles it as a framing error.
When the framing error is detected:
– the FE bit is set by hardware
Idle Character
– Data is transferred from the Shift register to the
SCIDR register.
When a idle frame is detected, there is the same
procedure as a data received character plus an
iterrupt if the ILIE bit is set and the IMI0 bit is set in
the SIMRH register.
– No interrupt is generated. However this bit rises
at the same time as the RDRF bit which itself
generates an interrupt.
The FE bit is reset by a SCISR register read oper-
ation followed by a SCIDR register read operation.
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