TM4C123GH6PZI Datasheet, PDF (914/1435 Pages) Texas Instruments – Tiva TM4C123GH6PZ Microcontroller

Universal Asynchronous Receivers/Transmitters (UARTs)
■ In normal IrDA mode, a zero logic level is transmitted as a high pulse of 3/16th duration of the
selected baud rate bit period on the output pin, while logic one levels are transmitted as a static
LOW signal. These levels control the driver of an infrared transmitter, sending a pulse of light
for each zero. On the reception side, the incoming light pulses energize the photo transistor base
of the receiver, pulling its output LOW and driving the UART input pin LOW.
■ In low-power IrDA mode, the width of the transmitted infrared pulse is set to three times the
period of the internally generated IrLPBaud16 signal (1.63 µs, assuming a nominal 1.8432 MHz
frequency) by changing the appropriate bit in the UARTCTL register (see page 935).
Whether the device is in normal or low-power IrDA mode, a start bit is deemed valid if the decoder
is still Low, one period of IrLPBaud16 after the Low was first detected. This enables a normal-mode
UART to receive data from a low-power mode UART that can transmit pulses as small as 1.41 µs.
Thus, for both low-power and normal mode operation, the ILPDVSR field in the UARTILPR register
must be programmed such that 1.42 MHz < F_IrLPBaud16 < 2.12 MHz, resulting in a low-power pulse
duration of 1.41–2.11 μs (three times the period of IrLPBaud16). The minimum frequency of
IrLPBaud16 ensures that pulses less than one period of IrLPBaud16 are rejected, but pulses
greater than 1.4 μs are accepted as valid pulses.
Figure 14-3 on page 914 shows the UART transmit and receive signals, with and without IrDA
modulation.
Figure 14-3. IrDA Data Modulation
UnTx
Start
bit
0
1
Data bits
0
1
0
0
1
1
Stop
bit
0
1
UnTx with IrDA
UnRx with IrDA
Bit period
3
16
Bit period
UnRx
0
1
Start
0
1
0
0
Data bits
1
1
0
1
Stop
14.3.5
In both normal and low-power IrDA modes:
■ During transmission, the UART data bit is used as the base for encoding
■ During reception, the decoded bits are transferred to the UART receive logic
The IrDA SIR physical layer specifies a half-duplex communication link, with a minimum 10-ms
delay between transmission and reception. This delay must be generated by software because it
is not automatically supported by the UART. The delay is required because the infrared receiver
electronics might become biased or even saturated from the optical power coupled from the adjacent
transmitter LED. This delay is known as latency or receiver setup time.
ISO 7816 Support
The UART offers basic support to allow communication with an ISO 7816 smartcard. When bit 3
(SMART) of the UARTCTL register is set, the UnTx signal is used as a bit clock, and the UnRx signal
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