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Serial Communications Interface Module (SCI)
error occurs. In most applications, the baud rate tolerance is much more than the degree of misalignment
that is likely to occur.
As the receiver samples an incoming character, it resynchronizes the RT clock on any valid falling edge
within the character. Resynchronization within characters corrects misalignments between transmitter bit
times and receiver bit times.
Slow Data Tolerance
Figure 16-7 shows how much a slow received character can be misaligned without causing a noise
error or a framing error. The slow stop bit begins at RT8 instead of RT1 but arrives in time for the stop
bit data samples at RT8, RT9, and RT10.
MSB
RECEIVER
RT CLOCK
STOP
DATA
SAMPLES
Figure 16-7. Slow Data
For an 8-bit character, data sampling of the stop bit takes the receiver
9 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 10 RT cycles = 154 RT cycles.
With the misaligned character shown in Figure 16-7, the receiver counts 154 RT cycles at the point
when the count of the transmitting device is 9 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 3 RT cycles = 147 RT cycles.
The maximum percent difference between the receiver count and the transmitter count of a slow 8-bit
character with no errors is
-1---5---4-----^–-----1---4---7-- ^{× 100 = 4.54%}
154
For a 9-bit character, data sampling of the stop bit takes the receiver
10 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 10 RT cycles = 170 RT cycles.
With the misaligned character shown in Figure 16-7, the receiver counts 170 RT cycles at the point
when the count of the transmitting device is
10 bit times × 16 RT cycles + 3 RT cycles = 163 RT cycles.
The maximum percent difference between the receiver count and the transmitter count of a slow 9-bit
character with no errors is
-1---7---0-----^–-----1---6---3-- ^{× 100 = 4.12%}
170
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