PIC18F258 Datasheet, PDF (183/384 Pages) Microchip Technology – High Performance, 28/40-Pin Enhanced FLASH Microcontrollers with CAN

PIC18FXX8
18.0 ADDRESSABLE UNIVERSAL
SYNCHRONOUS
ASYNCHRONOUS RECEIVER
TRANSMITTER (USART)
The Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter (USART) module is one of the three serial
I/O modules incorporated into PIC18FXX8 devices.
(USART is also known as a Serial Communications
Interface or SCI.) The USART can be configured as a
full duplex asynchronous system that can communi-
cate with peripheral devices, such as CRT terminals
and personal computers, or it can be configured as a
half duplex synchronous system that can communicate
with peripheral devices, such as A/D or D/A integrated
circuits, Serial EEPROMs, etc.
The USART can be configured in the following modes:
• Asynchronous (full duplex)
• Synchronous - Master (half duplex)
• Synchronous - Slave (half duplex).
The SPEN (RCSTA register) and the TRISC<7> bits
have to be set and the TRISC<6> bit must be cleared,
in order to configure pins RC6/TX/CK and RC7/RX/DT
as the Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver
Transmitter.
Register 18-1 shows the Transmit Status and Control
Register (TXSTA) and Register 18-2 shows the
Receive Status and Control Register (RCSTA).
REGISTER 18-1: TXSTA REGISTER
R/W-0 R/W-0 R/W-0 R/W-0
U-0
R/W-0
R-1
R/W-0
CSRC
TX9
TXEN SYNC
—
BRGH
TRMT
TX9D
bit 7
bit 0
bit 7
CSRC: Clock Source Select bit
Asynchronous mode:
Don’t care
Synchronous mode:
1 = Master mode (Clock generated internally from BRG)
0 = Slave mode (Clock from external source)
bit 6
TX9: 9-bit Transmit Enable bit
1 = Selects 9-bit transmission
0 = Selects 8-bit transmission
bit 5
TXEN: Transmit Enable bit
1 = Transmit enabled
0 = Transmit disabled
Note: SREN/CREN overrides TXEN in SYNC mode.
bit 4
SYNC: USART Mode Select bit
1 = Synchronous mode
0 = Asynchronous mode
bit 3
Unimplemented: Read as '0'
bit 2
BRGH: High Baud Rate Select bit
Asynchronous mode:
1 = High speed
0 = Low speed
Synchronous mode:
Unused in this mode
bit 1
TRMT: Transmit Shift Register Status bit
1 = TSR empty
0 = TSR full
bit 0
TX9D: 9th bit of Transmit Data
Can be address/data bit or a parity bit
Legend:
R = Readable bit
- n = Value at POR
W = Writable bit
’1’ = Bit is set
U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’
’0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown
 2002 Microchip Technology Inc.
Preliminary
DS41159B-page 181