MC68HC08AS32 Datasheet, PDF (244/394 Pages) Motorola, Inc – M68HC08 Family of 8-bit microcontroller units (MCUs)

Serial Communications Interface (SCI)
17.4.5 Break Characters
Writing a logic 1 to the send break bit, SBK (SCC2), loads the transmit
shift register with a break character. A break character contains all logic
0s and has no start, stop, or parity bit. Break character length depends
on the M bit (SCC1). As long as SBK is at logic 1, transmitter logic
continuously loads break characters into the transmit shift register. After
software clears the SBK bit, the shift register finishes transmitting the
last break character and then transmits at least one logic 1. The
automatic logic 1 at the end of a break character guarantees the
recognition of the start bit of the next character.
The SCI recognizes a break character when a start bit is followed by
eight or nine logic 0 data bits and a logic 0 where the stop bit should be.
Receiving a break character has the following effects on SCI registers:
• Sets the framing error bit (FE) in SCS1
• Sets the SCI receiver full bit (SCRF) in SCS1
• Clears the SCI data register (SCDR)
• Clears the R8 bit in SCC3
• Sets the break flag bit (BKF) in SCS2
• May set the overrun (OR), noise flag (NF), parity error (PE), or
reception in progress flag (RPF) bits
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Serial Communications Interface (SCI)
MC68HC08AS32 — Rev. 3.0
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