F81218 Datasheet, PDF (17/64 Pages) Feature Integration Technology Inc. – ISA/LPC to 6 UART Datasheet

F81218
A Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART) is used to implement serial
communication. The F81218 incorporates six fully function UART compatible with NS16550D.
The UART ports perform serial to parallel conversion on receiving characters and parallel to
serial conversion on transmitting characters. The controllable characteristics of the data
transmission are baud rate, number of information bits per character, type of parity checking,
number of stop bits and breaking the transmission. The serial format is a start bit, followed by
five to eight data bits, a parity bit(if programmable), and one, one and half, or two stop bits. The
UART also includes completed modem control capability and interrupt system that may be
software trailed to the computing time required to handle the communication link. The UART
also has a FIFO mode to reduce the number of interrupts presented to the CPU. In the UART,
there is 16-byte FIFO for both receive and transmit mode.
5.2.1 UART Port Register
5.2.1.1 Receiver Buffer Register – Base + 0
Power-on default [7:0] = 0x00h.
Bit
Name
R/W
Description
7:0 RBR[7:0]
R
The data received .
Read only when LCR[7] is 0
5.2.1.2 Transmitter Holding Register – Base + 0
Power-on default [7:0] = 0x00h.
Bit
Name
R/W
Description
7:0 THR[7:0]
W
Data to be transmitted.
Write only when LCR[7] is 0
5.2.1.3 Divisor Latch ( LS ) – Base + 0
Power-on default [7:0] = 0x01h.
Bit
Name
R/W
Description
7:0 DLL[7:0]
R/W Baud generator divisor low byte.
Access only when LCR[7] is 1.
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