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PIC16F627A/628A/648A
12.4 USART Synchronous Master
Mode
In Synchronous Master mode, the data is transmitted in
a half-duplex manner, (i.e., transmission and reception
do not occur at the same time). When transmitting data,
the reception is inhibited and vice versa. Synchronous
mode is entered by setting bit SYNC (TXSTA<4>). In
addition enable bit SPEN (RCSTA<7>) is set in order to
configure the RB2/TX/CK and RB1/RX/DT I/O pins to
CK (clock) and DT (data) lines respectively. The Master
mode indicates that the processor transmits the master
clock on the CK line. The Master mode is entered by
setting bit CSRC (TXSTA<7>).
12.4.1 USART SYNCHRONOUS MASTER
TRANSMISSION
The USART transmitter block diagram is shown in
Figure 12-5. The heart of the transmitter is the transmit
(serial) shift register (TSR). The shift register obtains its
data from the read/write transmit buffer register
TXREG. The TXREG register is loaded with data in
software. The TSR register is not loaded until the last
bit has been transmitted from the previous load. As
soon as the last bit is transmitted, the TSR is loaded
with new data from the TXREG (if available). Once the
TXREG register transfers the data to the TSR register
(occurs in one Tcycle), the TXREG is empty and inter-
rupt bit, TXIF (PIR1<4>) is set. The interrupt can be
enabled/disabled by setting/clearing enable bit TXIE
(PIE1<4>). Flag bit TXIF will be set regardless of the
state of enable bit TXIE and cannot be cleared in soft-
ware. It will RESET only when new data is loaded into
the TXREG register. While flag bit TXIF indicates the
status of the TXREG register, another bit TRMT
(TXSTA<1>) shows the status of the TSR register.
TRMT is a read only bit which is set when the TSR is
empty. No interrupt logic is tied to this bit, so the user
has to poll this bit in order to determine if the TSR reg-
ister is empty. The TSR is not mapped in data memory
so it is not available to the user.
Transmission is enabled by setting enable bit TXEN
(TXSTA<5>). The actual transmission will not occur
until the TXREG register has been loaded with data.
The first data bit will be shifted out on the next available
rising edge of the clock on the CK line. Data out is sta-
ble around the falling edge of the synchronous clock
(Figure 12-12). The transmission can also be started
by first loading the TXREG register and then setting bit
TXEN (Figure 12-13). This is advantageous when slow
baud rates are selected, since the BRG is kept in
RESET when bits TXEN, CREN, and SREN are clear.
Setting enable bit TXEN will start the BRG, creating a
shift clock immediately. Normally when transmission is
first started, the TSR register is empty, so a transfer to
the TXREG register will result in an immediate transfer
to TSR resulting in an empty TXREG. Back-to-back
transfers are possible.
Clearing enable bit TXEN, during a transmission, will
cause the transmission to be aborted and will RESET
the transmitter. The DT and CK pins will revert to hi-
impedance. If either bit CREN or bit SREN is set, dur-
ing a transmission, the transmission is aborted and the
DT pin reverts to a hi-impedance state (for a reception).
The CK pin will remain an output if bit CSRC is set
(internal clock). The transmitter logic however is not
RESET although it is disconnected from the pins. In
order to RESET the transmitter, the user has to clear bit
TXEN. If bit SREN is set (to interrupt an on-going trans-
mission and receive a single word), then after the sin-
gle word is received, bit SREN will be cleared and the
serial port will revert back to transmitting since bit
TXEN is still set. The DT line will immediately switch
from hi-impedance Receive mode to transmit and start
driving. To avoid this, bit TXEN should be cleared.
In order to select 9-bit transmission, the TX9
(TXSTA<6>) bit should be set and the ninth bit should
be written to bit TX9D (TXSTA<0>). The ninth bit must
be written before writing the 8-bit data to the TXREG
register. This is because a data write to the TXREG can
result in an immediate transfer of the data to the TSR
register (if the TSR is empty). If the TSR was empty and
the TXREG was written before writing the “new” TX9D,
the “present” value of bit TX9D is loaded.
Follow these steps when setting up a Synchronous
Master Transmission:
1. TRISB<1> bit needs to be set and TRISB<2> bit
cleared in order to configure pins RB2/TX/CK
and RB1/RX/DT as the Universal Synchronous
Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter pins.
2. Initialize the SPBRG register for the appropriate
baud rate (Section 12.1).
3. Enable the synchronous master serial port by
setting bits SYNC, SPEN, and CSRC.
4. If interrupts are desired, then set enable bit
TXIE.
5. If 9-bit transmission is desired, then set bit TX9.
6. Enable the transmission by setting bit TXEN.
7. If 9-bit transmission is selected, the ninth bit
should be loaded in bit TX9D.
8. Start transmission by loading data to the TXREG
register.
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Preliminary
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