H8SX1638 Datasheet, PDF (733/1164 Pages) Renesas Technology Corp – Renesas 32-Bit CISC Microcomputer H8SX Family / H8SX/1600 Series

Section 17 Serial Communication Interface (SCI, IrDA, CRC)
17.6.3 Serial Data Transmission (Clock Synchronous Mode)
Figure 17.19 shows an example of the operation for transmission in clock synchronous mode. In
transmission, the SCI operates as described below.
1. The SCI monitors the TDRE flag in SSR, and if it is 0, recognizes that data has been written to
TDR, and transfers the data from TDR to TSR.
2. After transferring data from TDR to TSR, the SCI sets the TDRE flag to 1 and starts
transmission. If the TIE bit in SCR is set to 1 at this time, a TXI interrupt request is generated.
Because the TXI interrupt processing routine writes the next transmit data to TDR before
transmission of the current transmit data has finished, continuous transmission can be enabled.
3. 8-bit data is sent from the TxD pin synchronized with the output clock when clock output
mode has been specified and synchronized with the input clock when use of an external clock
has been specified.
4. The SCI checks the TDRE flag at the timing for sending the last bit.
5. If the TDRE flag is cleared to 0, the next transmit data is transferred from TDR to TSR, and
serial transmission of the next frame is started.
6. If the TDRE flag is set to 1, the TEND flag in SSR is set to 1, and the TxD pin retains the
output state of the last bit. If the TEIE bit in SCR is set to 1 at this time, a TEI interrupt request
is generated. The SCK pin is fixed high.
Figure 17.20 shows a sample flowchart for serial data transmission. Even if the TDRE flag is
cleared to 0, transmission will not start while a receive error flag (ORER, FER, or PER) is set to 1.
Make sure to clear the receive error flags to 0 before starting transmission. Note that clearing the
RE bit to 0 does not clear the receive error flags.
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