MC68HC908MR8 Datasheet, PDF (255/372 Pages) Motorola, Inc – Microcontrollers

Serial Communications Interface (SCI)
Functional Description
13.4.2.4 Idle Characters
An idle character contains all logic 1s and has no start, stop, or parity bit.
Idle character length depends on the M bit in SCC1. The preamble is a
synchronizing idle character that begins every transmission.
If the TE bit is cleared during a transmission, the PTB1/TxD pin becomes
idle after completion of the transmission in progress. Clearing and then
setting the TE bit during a transmission queues an idle character to be
sent after the character currently being transmitted.
NOTE:
When queueing an idle character, return the TE bit to logic 1 before the
stop bit of the current character shifts out to the PTB1/TxD pin. Setting
TE after the stop bit appears on PTB1/TxD causes data previously
written to the SCDR to be lost.
A good time to toggle the TE bit is when the SCTE bit becomes set and
just before writing the next byte to the SCDR.
13.4.2.5 Inversion of Transmitted Output
The transmit inversion bit (TXINV) in SCI control register 1 (SCC1)
reverses the polarity of transmitted data. All transmitted values, including
idle, break, start, and stop bits, are inverted when TXINV is at logic 1.
See 13.9.1 SCI Control Register 1.
13.4.2.6 Transmitter Interrupts
These conditions can generate CPU interrupt requests from the SCI
transmitter:
• SCI transmitter empty (SCTE) — The SCTE bit in SCS1 indicates
that the SCDR has transferred a character to the transmit shift
register. SCTE can generate a transmitter CPU interrupt request.
Setting the SCI transmit interrupt enable bit, SCTIE, in SCC2
enables the SCTE bit to generate transmitter CPU interrupt
requests.
• Transmission complete (TC) — The TC bit in SCS1 indicates that
the transmit shift register and the SCDR are empty and that no
break or idle character has been generated. The transmission
complete interrupt enable bit, TCIE, in SCC2 enables the TC bit to
generate transmitter CPU interrupt requests.
MC68HC908MR8 — Rev 4.1
Freescale Semiconductor
Serial Communications Interface (SCI)
Technical Data
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