W77C58 Datasheet, PDF (60/71 Pages) Winbond – 8 BIT MICROCONTROLLER

Preliminary W77C58
set to 1, then the FE flag is indicated in SM0/FE. When SMOD0 is set to 0, then the SM0 flag is
indicated in SM0/FE.
The FE bit is set to 1 by hardware but must be cleared by software. Note that SMOD0 must be 1 while
reading or writing to FE or FE_1. If FE is set, then any following frames received without any error will
not clear the FE flag. The clearing has to be done by software.
Multiprocessor Communications
Multiprocessor communications makes use of the 9th data bit in modes 2 and 3. In the W77C58, the
RI flag is set only if the received byte corresponds to the Given or Broadcast address. This hardware
feature eliminates the software overhead required in checking every received address, and greatly
simplifies the software programmer task.
In the multiprocessor communication mode, the address bytes are distinguished from the data bytes
by transmitting the address with the 9th bit set high. When the master processor wants to transmit a
block of data to one of the slaves, it first sends out the address of the targeted slave (or slaves). All
the slave processors should have their SM2 bit set high when waiting for an address byte. This
ensures that they will be interrupted only by the reception of a address byte. The Automatic address
recognition feature ensures that only the addressed slave will be interrupted. The address comparison
is done in hardware not software.
The addressed slave clears the SM2 bit, thereby clearing the way to receive data bytes. With SM2 =
0, the slave will be interrupted on the reception of every single complete frame of data. The
unaddressed slaves will be unaffected, as they will be still waiting for their address. In Mode 1, the 9th
bit is the stop bit, which is 1 in case of a valid frame. If SM2 is 1, then RI is set only if a valid frame is
received and the received byte matches the Given or Broadcast address.
The Master processor can selectively communicate with groups of slaves by using the Given
Address. All the slaves can be addressed together using the Broadcast Address. The addresses for
each slave are defined by the SADDR and SADEN SFRs. The slave address is an 8-bit value
specified in the SADDR SFR. The SADEN SFR is actually a mask for the byte value in SADDR. If a
bit position in SADEN is 0, then the corresponding bit position in SADDR is don't care. Only those bit
positions in SADDR whose corresponding bits in SADEN are 1 are used to obtain the Given Address.
This gives the user flexibility to address multiple slaves without changing the slave address in
SADDR.
The following example shows how the user can define the Given Address to address different slaves.
Slave 1:
SADDR 1010 0100
SADEN 1111 1010
Given 1010 0x0x
Slave 2:
SADDR 1010 0111
SADEN 1111 1001
Given 1010 0xx1
The Given address for slave 1 and 2 differ in the LSB. For slave 1, it is a don't care, while for slave 2
it is 1. Thus to communicate only with slave 1, the master must send an address with LSB = 0 (1010
0000). Similarly the bit 1 position is 0 for slave 1 and don't care for slave 2. Hence to communicate
only with slave 2 the master has to transmit an address with bit 1 = 1 (1010 0011). If the master
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