Z85233 Datasheet, PDF (228/317 Pages) Zilog, Inc. – The Zilog SCC Serial Communication Controller

APPLICATION NOTE
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SERIAL COMMUNICATION CONTROLLER (SCC^™):
SDLC MODE OF OPERATION
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U nderstanding the transactions which occur within a Serial Communication Controller
operating in the SDLC mode simplifies working in this complex area.
INTRODUCTION
Zilog’s SCC (Serial Communication Controller) is a
popular USART (Universal Synchronous/Asynchronous
Receiver/Transmitter) device, used for a wide range of
applications. For instance, Macintosh systems use the
SCC as a standard communication controller device.
There are several different types of devices in the SCC
family. The family consists of the Z8530 NMOS SCC, the
Z85C30 CMOS SCC, the Z85230 ESCC (Enhanced
SCC), Z85233 EMSCC (Mono Enhanced SCC), and
Superintegration devices such as the Z181 ZIO™ and
Z182 ZIP™.
Since the SCC may be used in many different ways, it may
not be easy to understand all the transactions involved
between the CPU and the SCC. In particular, the SDLC
mode of operation is highly complicated, and many
transactions are involved to make it work properly. This
application note describes the sequence of events which
occurs in the SDLC mode of operation.
The following sequences of events are covered:
s SDLC Transmission
s SDLC receive
– With Receive Interrupts on all received characters
or Special Conditions
– With Receive Interrupts on First Character or
Special Condition
– With Receive Interrupts on Special Conditions
only
s Receiving Back-to-back Frame under DMA control
s SDLC Loop mode
Each section explains the transmit/receive process for
packets with the following characteristics:
s Initial state is mark idle
s Address field has 81H
s Control field has 42H
s Two bytes of I-field, 42H and 0FFH
s After the closing flag, mark idling
Note:
This application note describes the SCC, but not the
ESCC. The ESCC, since it incorporates enhancements
like deeper FIFOs and SDLC mode supporting logic,
handles the packets much more simply than the SCC.
Refer to the section on CMOS SCC and ESCC of this
appnote for more general information on the ESCC.
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