XR16M598 Datasheet, PDF (1/58 Pages) Exar Corporation – 1.62V TO 3.63V HIGH PERFORMANCE OCTAL UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO

XR16M598
1.62V TO 3.63V HIGH PERFORMANCE OCTAL UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO
MAY 2008
REV. 1.0.0
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The XR16M598¹ (598), is a 1.62V to 3.63V octal
Universal Asynchronous Receiver and Transmitter
(UART). The highly integrated device is designed for
high bandwidth requirement in communication
systems. The global interrupt source register
provides a complete interrupt status indication for all
8 channels to speed up interrupt parsing. Each UART
has its own 16C550 compatible set of configuration
registers, TX and RX FIFOs of 16 bytes, fully
programmable transmit and receive FIFO trigger
levels, automatic RTS/CTS or DTR/DSR hardware
flow control with programmable hysteresis, automatic
software (Xon/Xoff) flow control, RS-485 half-duplex
direction control with programmable turn-around
delay, Intel or Motorola bus interface and sleep mode
with a wake-up indicator.
NOTE: Covered by US patents #5,649,122 and #5,949,787
APPLICATIONS
• Remote Access Servers
• Ethernet Network to Serial Ports
• Network Management
• Factory Automation and Process Control
• Point-of-Sale Systems
• Multi-port RS-232/RS-422/RS-485 Cards
FEATURES
• 1.62V to 3.63V supply voltage
• Single Interrupt output for all 8 UARTs
• A Global Interrupt Source Register for all 8 UARTs
• 5G “Flat” UART Registers for easier programming
• Simultaneous Initialization of all UART channels
• General Purpose 16-bit Timer/counter
• Sleep Mode with Wake-up Indication
• Highly Integrated Device for Space Saving
• Each UART is independently controlled with:
■ 16C550 Compatible 5G Register Set
■ 16-byte Transmit and Receive FIFOs
■ Fractional Baud Rate Generator
■ Programmable TX and RX FIFO Trigger Level
■ Automatic RTS/CTS or DTR/DSR Flow Control
■ Automatic Xon/Xoff Software Flow Control
■ RS-485 Half-Duplex Control Output with
Selectable Turn-around Delay
■ Infrared (IrDA 1.0) Data Encoder/Decoder
■ Programmable Data Rate with Prescaler
• Up to 15 Mbps Serial Data Rate
• Pin compatible to XR16V598, XR16V698,
XR16V798 and XR16M698
FIGURE 1. BLOCK DIAGRAM
RST#
A7:A0
D7:D0
IOR#
IOW#
CS#
INT#
16/68#
Data Bus
Interface
Device
Configuration
Registers
16-bit
Timer/Counter
UART Channel 0
UART
Regs
BRG
16 Byte TX FIFO
TX & RX
IR
ENDEC
16 Byte RX FIFO
UART Channel 1
UART Channel 2
UART Channel 3
UART Channel 4
UART Channel 5
UART Channel 6
UART Channel 7
Crystal Osc/Buffer
TX0, RX0, DTR0#,
DSR0#, RTS0#,
CTS0#, CD0#, RI0#
TX7, RX7, DTR7#,
DSR7#, RTS7#,
CTS7#, CD7#, RI7#
XTAL1
XTAL2
TMRCK
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