XR19L402_09 Datasheet, PDF (13/49 Pages) Exar Corporation – TWO CHANNEL INTEGRATED UART AND RS-485 TRANSCEIVER

XR19L402
REV. 1.0.3
TWO CHANNEL INTEGRATED UART AND RS-485 TRANSCEIVER
FIGURE 7. XR19L402 TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER
Charge Pump
TXA
RXA
TXB
RXB
UART
RS-485 Transceiver
TXA+
TXA-
RXA+
RXA-
TXB+
TXB-
RXB+
RXB-
RXBSEL
TXB
RXB
2.10 Transmitter
The transmitter section comprises of an 8-bit Transmit Shift Register (TSR) and 64 bytes of FIFO which
includes a byte-wide Transmit Holding Register (THR). TSR shifts out every data bit with the 16X/8X internal
clock. A bit time is 16 (8) clock periods (see EMSR bit-7). The transmitter sends the start-bit followed by the
number of data bits, inserts the proper parity-bit if enabled, and adds the stop-bit(s). The status of the FIFO and
TSR are reported in the Line Status Register (LSR bit-5 and bit-6).
2.10.1 Transmit Holding Register (THR) - Write Only
The transmit holding register is an 8-bit register providing a data interface to the host processor. The host
writes transmit data byte to the THR to be converted into a serial data stream including start-bit, data bits,
parity-bit and stop-bit(s). The least-significant-bit (Bit-0) becomes first data bit to go out. The THR is the input
register to the transmit FIFO of 64 bytes when FIFO operation is enabled by FCR bit-0. Every time a write
operation is made to the THR, the FIFO data pointer is automatically bumped to the next sequential data
location.
2.10.2 Transmitter Operation in non-FIFO Mode
The host loads transmit data to THR one character at a time. The THR empty flag (LSR bit-5) is set when the
data byte is transferred to TSR. THR flag can generate a transmit empty interrupt (ISR bit-1) when it is enabled
by IER bit-1. The TSR flag (LSR bit-6) is set when TSR becomes completely empty.
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