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16.1.3 AUTO-BAUD RATE DETECT
The Enhanced USART module supports the automatic
detection and calibration of baud rate. This feature is
active only in Asynchronous mode and while the WUE
bit is clear.
The automatic baud rate measurement sequence
(Figure 16-1) begins whenever a Start bit is received
and the ABDEN bit is set. The calculation is
self-averaging.
In the Auto-Baud Rate Detect (ABD) mode, the clock to
the BRG is reversed. Rather than the BRG clocking the
incoming RX1 signal, the RX1 signal is timing the BRG.
In ABD mode, the internal Baud Rate Generator is
used as a counter to time the bit period of the incoming
serial byte stream.
Once the ABDEN bit is set, the state machine will clear
the BRG and look for a Start bit. The Auto-Baud Rate
Detect must receive a byte with the value, 55h (ASCII
“U”, which is also the LIN bus Sync character), in order
to calculate the proper bit rate. The measurement is
taken over both a low and a high bit time in order to
minimize any effects caused by asymmetry of the
incoming signal. After a Start bit, the SPBRG1 begins
counting up, using the preselected clock source on the
first rising edge of RX1. After eight bits on the RX1 pin
or the fifth rising edge, an accumulated value totalling
the proper BRG period is left in the
SPBRGH1:SPBRG1 register pair. Once the 5th edge is
seen (this should correspond to the Stop bit), the
ABDEN bit is automatically cleared.
If a rollover of the BRG occurs (an overflow from FFFFh
to 0000h), the event is trapped by the ABDOVF status bit
(BAUDCON1<7>). It is set in hardware by BRG rollovers
and can be set or cleared by the user in software. ABD
mode remains active after rollover events and the
ABDEN bit remains set (Figure 16-2).
While calibrating the baud rate period, the BRG regis-
ters are clocked at 1/8th the preconfigured clock rate.
Note that the BRG clock will be configured by the
BRG16 and BRGH bits. Independent of the BRG16 bit
setting, both the SPBRG1 and SPBRGH1 will be used
as a 16-bit counter. This allows the user to verify that
no carry occurred for 8-bit modes by checking for 00h
in the SPBRGH1 register. Refer to Table 16-4 for
counter clock rates to the BRG.
While the ABD sequence takes place, the EUSART
state machine is held in Idle. The RC1IF interrupt is set
once the fifth rising edge on RX1 is detected. The value
in the RCREG1 needs to be read to clear the RC1IF
interrupt. The contents of RCREG1 should be
discarded.
Note 1: If the WUE bit is set with the ABDEN bit,
Auto-Baud Rate Detection will occur on
the byte following the Break character.
2: It is up to the user to determine that the
incoming character baud rate is within the
range of the selected BRG clock source.
Some combinations of oscillator frequency
and EUSART baud rates are not possible
due to bit error rates. Overall system
timing and communication baud rates
must be taken into consideration when
using the Auto-Baud Rate Detection
feature.
TABLE 16-4: BRG COUNTER CLOCK
RATES
BRG16 BRGH
BRG Counter Clock
0
0
1
1
Note:
0
FOSC/512
1
FOSC/128
0
FOSC/128
1
FOSC/32
During the ABD sequence, SPBRG1 and
SPBRGH1 are both used as a 16-bit
counter, independent of the BRG16 setting.
16.1.3.1 ABD and EUSART Transmission
Since the BRG clock is reversed during ABD acquisi-
tion, the EUSART transmitter cannot be used during
ABD. This means that whenever the ABDEN bit is set,
TXREG1 cannot be written to. Users should also
ensure that ABDEN does not become set during a
transmit sequence. Failing to do this may result in
unpredictable EUSART operation.
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