XR16L570_07 Datasheet, PDF (7/47 Pages) Exar Corporation – SMALLEST 1.62V TO 5.5V UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO AND POWERSAVE

XR16L570
REV. 1.0.1
SMALLEST 1.62V TO 5.5V UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO AND POWERSAVE
2.2 5-Volt Tolerant Inputs
The L570 can accept up to 5V inputs when operating at 3.3V, 2.5V or 1.8V. But note that if the L570 is
operating at 2.5V or below, its V_OH may not be high enough to meet the requirements of the V_IH of a CPU or a
serial transceiver that is operating at 5V. Note that the XTAL1 (CLK) pin is not 5V tolerant.
2.3 Device Hardware Reset
The RESET input resets the internal registers and the serial interface outputs in both channels to their default
state (see Table 11). An active pulse of longer than 40 ns duration will be required to activate the reset function
in the device.
2.4 Device Identification and Revision
The XR16L570 provides a Device Identification code and a Device Revision code. To read the identification
code from the part, it is required to set the baud rate generator registers DLL and DLM both to 0x00. Now
reading the content of the DLM will provide 0x01 to indicate XR16L570 and reading the content of DLL will
provide the revision of the part; for example, a reading of 0x01 means revision A.
2.5 Internal Registers
The L570 has a set of enhanced registers for control, monitoring and data loading and unloading. The
configuration register set is compatible to those already available in the standard 16C550. These registers
function as data holding registers (THR/RHR), interrupt status and control registers (ISR/IER), a FIFO control
register (FCR), receive line status and control registers (LSR/LCR), modem status and control registers (MSR/
MCR), programmable data rate (clock) divisor registers (DLL/DLM), and an user accessible Scratchpad
register (SPR).
Beyond the general 16C550 features and capabilities, the L570 offers enhanced feature registers (EFR, Xon1,
Xoff 1, Xon1 and Xoff2) that provide automatic RTS and CTS hardware flow control and Xon/Xoff software flow
control. All the register functions are discussed in full detail later in “Section 3.0, UART INTERNAL
REGISTERS” on page 19.
2.6 DMA Mode
The DMA Mode (a legacy term) refers to data block transfer operation. The DMA mode affects the state of the
RXRDY# and TXRDY# output pins available in the original 16C550. These pins are not available in the
XR16L570. The DMA Enable bit (FCR bit-3) does not have any function in this device and can be a ’0’ or a ’1’.
2.7 INT Output
The interrupt output changes according to the operating mode and enhanced features setup. Table 1 and
Table 2 below summarize the operating behavior for the transmitter and receiver. Also see Figures 18
through 21.
TABLE 1: INT PIN OPERATION FOR TRANSMITTER
FCR BIT-0 = 0 (FIFO DISABLED)
FCR BIT-0 = 1 (FIFO ENABLED)
INT Pin
0 = one byte in THR
1 = THR empty
0 = FIFO above trigger level
1 = FIFO below trigger level or FIFO empty
INT Pin
TABLE 2: INT PIN OPERATION FOR RECEIVER
FCR BIT-0 = 0
(FIFO DISABLED)
FCR BIT-0 = 1
(FIFO ENABLED)
0 = no data
1 = 1 byte
0 = FIFO below trigger level
1 = FIFO above trigger level
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