1. General description
The SC16IS741 is a slave I2C-bus/SPI interface to a single-channel high performance
UART. It offers data rates up to 5 Mbit/s and guarantees low operating and sleeping
current. The device comes in the TSSOP16 package, which makes it ideally suitable for
handheld, battery operated applications. This device enables seamless protocol
conversion from I2C-bus or SPI to and RS-232/RS-485 and are fully bidir ectional.
The SC16IS741’s internal register set is backward-compatible with the widely used and
widely popular 16C450. This allows the software to be easily written or ported from
another platform.
The SC16IS741 also provides additional advanced features such as auto hardware and
software flow control, automatic RS-485 support, and software reset. This allows the
software to reset the UART at any moment, independent of the hardware reset signal.
2. Features
2.1 General features
Single full-duplex UART
Selectable I2C-bus or SPI interface
3.3 V or 2.5 V operation
Industrial temperature range: 40 °C to +95 °C
64 bytes FIFO (transmitter and receiver)
Fully compatible with industrial standard 16 C450 an d eq uiv ale nt
Baud rates up to 5 Mbit/s in 16× clock mode
Auto hardware flow control using RTS/CTS
Auto software flow control with programmable Xon/Xoff characters
Single or double Xon/Xoff characters
Automatic RS-485 support (automatic slave address detection)
RS-485 driver direction control via RTS signal
RS-485 driver direction control inversion
Built-in IrDA encoder and decoder interface
Software reset
Transmitter and receiver can be enabled/disabled independent of each other
Receive and Transmit FIFO levels
Programmable special character detection
SC16IS741
Single UART with I2C-bus/SPI interface, 64 bytes of transmit
and receive FIFOs, IrDA SIR built-in support
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Single UART with I2C-bus/SPI interface, 64-byte FIFOs, IrDA SIR
Fully programmable character formatting
5-bit, 6-bit, 7-bit or 8-bit character
Even, odd, or no parity
1, 112, or 2 stop bits
Line break generation and detection
Internal Loopback mode
Sleep current less than 30 μA at 3.3 V
Industrial and commercial temp erature ranges
Availa ble in the TSSOP16 package
2.2 I2C-bus features
Noise filter on SCL/SDA inputs
400 kbit/s maximum speed
Compliant with I2C-bus fast speed
Slave mode only
2.3 SPI features
Slave mode only
SPI Mode 0
3. Applications
Factory automation and process control
Portab le and battery operated devices
Cellular data devices
4. Ordering information
Table 1. Ordering information
Type number Package
Name Description Version
SC16IS741IPW TSSOP16 plastic thin shrink small outline package; 16 leads; body width 4.4 mm SOT403-1
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5. Block diagram
Fig 1. Block diagram of SC16IS741 I2C-bus interface
Fig 2. Block diagram of SC16IS741 SPI interface
SC16IS741
16C450
COMPATIBLE
REGISTER
SETS
002aaf1
55
VDD
I2C-BUS
TX
RX
RTS
CTS
XTAL1 XTAL2
SCL
SDA
A0
IRQ
I2C/SPI
A1
RESET
VDD
VSS
VDD
1 kΩ (3.3 V)
1.5 kΩ (2.5 V)
CS
SC16IS741
16C450
COMPATIBLE
REGISTER
SETS
002aaf157
SPI
TX
RX
RTS
CTS
XTAL1 XTAL2
SCLK
SO
IRQ
I2C/SPI
SI
RESET
V
DD
V
SS
V
DD
1 kΩ (3.3 V)
1.5 kΩ (2.5 V)
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6. Pinning information
6.1 Pinning
6.2 Pin description
a. I2C-bus interface b. SPI interface
Fig 3. Pin configuratio n for TSSOP16
SC16IS741IPW
VDD XTAL2
A0 XTAL1
A1 RESET
n.c. RX
SCL TX
SDA CTS
IRQ RTS
I2C VSS
002aaf158
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
9
12
11
14
13
16
15
SC16IS741IPW
VDD XTAL2
CS XTAL1
SI RESET
SO RX
SCLK TX
VSS CTS
IRQ RTS
SPI VSS
002aaf159
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
9
12
11
14
13
16
15
Table 2. Pin description
Symbol Pin Type Description
VDD 1 - power supply
CS/A0 2 I SPI chip select or I2C-bus device address select A0. If SPI
configuration is selected by I2C/SPI pin, this pin is the SPI chip select
pin (Schmitt-trigger, active LOW). If I2C-bus configuration is selected
by I2C/SPI pin, this pin along with A1 pin allows user to change the
device’s base address.
SI/A1 3 I SPI data input pin or I2C-bus device address select A1. If SPI
configuration is selected by I2C/SPI pin, this is the SPI data input pin.
If I2C-bus configuration is selected by I2C/SPI pin, this pin along with
A0 pin allows user to change the device’s base address. To select the
device address, please refer to Table 28.
SO 4 O SPI data output pin. If SPI configuration is selected by I2C/SPI pin,
this is a 3-stateable output pin. If I2C-bus configuration is selected by
I2C/SPI pin, this pin function is undefined and must be left as n.c. (not
connected).
SCL/SCLK 5 I I2C-bus or SPI input clock.
SDA 6 I/O I2C-bus data input/output, open-drain if I2C-bus configuration is
selected by I2C/SPI pin. If SPI configuration is selected then this pin
is an undefined pin and must be connected to VSS.
IRQ 7 O Interrupt (open-drain, active LOW). Interrupt is enabled when
interrupt sources are enabled in the Interrupt Enable Register (IER).
Interrupt conditions include: change of state of the input pins, receiver
errors, available receiver buffer data, available transmit buffer space,
or when a modem status flag is detected. An external resistor (1 kΩ
for 3.3V, 1.5kΩfor 2.5 V) must be connected between this pin and
VDD.
I2C/SPI 8I I
2C-bus or SPI interface select. I2C-bus interface is selected if this pin
is at logic HIGH. SPI interface is selected if this pin is at logic LOW.
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[1] See Section 7.4 “Hardware reset, Power-On Reset (POR) and software reset
7. Functional description
The UART will perform serial-to-I2C conversion on data characters received from
peripheral de vices or modems, an d I 2C-to-serial conversion on data characters
transmitted by the host. The complete status the SC16IS741 UART can be read at any
time during functional operation by the host.
The SC16IS741 can be pl aced in an alternate mode (FIFO mode) relieving the host of
excessive software overhead by buffering received/transmitted characters. Both the
receiver and transmitter FIFOs can store up to 6 4 ch ar ac ter s (in clu din g th re e ad dit i on a l
bits of error status per character for the receiver FIFO) and have selectable or
programmable trigger levels.
The SC16IS741 has select able hardware flow control and sof tware flow control. Hardware
flow control significantly reduces software overhead and increases system efficiency by
automatically controlling serial data flow using the RTS output and CTS input signals.
Software flow control automatically controls data flow by using programmable Xon/Xoff
characters.
The UAR T includes a programmable baud rate generator that can divide the timing
reference clock input by a divisor between 1 and (216 –1).
VSS 9 - ground
RTS 10 O UART request to send (active LOW). A logic 0 on the RTS pin
indicates the transmitter has data ready and waiting to send. Writing a
logic 1 in the modem control register MCR[1] will set this pin to a
logic 0, indicating data is available. After a reset this pin is set to a
logic 1. This pin only affect s the transmit and receive operations when
auto RTS function is enabled via the Enhanced Feature Register
(EFR[6]) for hardware flow control operation.
CTS 11 I UART clear to send (active LOW). A logic 0 (LOW) on the CTS pin
indicates the modem or data set is ready to accept transmit data from
the SC16IS741. Status can be tested by reading MSR[4]. This pin
only affects the transmit and receive operations when auto CTS
function is enabled via the Enhanced Feature Register EFR[7] for
hardware flow control operation.
TX 12 O UART transmitter output. During the local Loopback mode, the TX
output pin is disabled and TX data is internally connected to the
UART RX input.
RX 13 I UART receiver input. During the local Loopback mode, the RX inpu t
pin is disabled and TX data is connected to the UART RX input
internally.
RESET 14 I device hardware reset (active LOW)[1]
XTAL1 1 5 I Crystal input or external clock input. Functions as a crystal input or as
an external clock input. A crystal can be connected between XTAL1
and XTAL2 to form an internal oscilla tor circuit (see Figure 11).
Alternatively, an external clock can be connected to this pin.
XTAL2 16 O Crystal output or clock output. (See also XTAL1.) XTAL2 is used as a
crystal oscillator output.
Table 2. Pin description …continued
Symbol Pin Type Description
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7.1 Trigger levels
The SC16IS741 provides independently selectable and programmable trigger levels for
both receiver and transmitter interrupt generation. After reset, both transmitter and
receiver FIFOs are disabled and so, in effect, the trigger level is the default value of one
character. The selectable trigger levels are available via the FCR. The programmable
trigger levels are available via the TLR. If TLR bits are cleared the n selectable trigg er level
in FCR is used. If TLR bit s are not cleared then program mable trigger level in TLR is used.
7.2 Hardware flow control
Hardware flow control is comprised of auto CTS and auto R TS (see Figure 4). Auto CTS
and auto RTS can be enabled/disabled independently by programming EFR[7:6 ].
With auto CTS, CTS must be active before the UART can transmit data.
Auto RTS only activates the R TS output when there is enough ro om in the FIFO to receive
data and de-activates the RTS output when the RX FIFO is sufficiently full. The halt and
resume trigger levels in the TCR determine the levels at which R TS is
activated/deactivated. If TCR bits are cleared then selectable trigger levels in FCR are
used in place of TCR.
If both auto CTS and auto RTS are enabled, when RTS is connected to CTS, data
transmission does not occur unless the receiver FIFO has empty space. Thus, overrun
errors are eliminated during hardware flow control. If not enabled, overrun errors occur if
the transmit data rate exceeds the receive FIFO servicing latency.
Fig 4. Autoflow c ontrol (auto RTS and auto CTS) example
RX
FIFO
FLOW
CONTROL
TX
FIFO
PARALLEL
TO SERIAL
TX
FIFO
RX
FIFO
UART 1 UART 2
RX TX
RTS CTS
TX RX
CTS RTS
002aab656
SERIAL TO
PARALLEL
SERIAL TO
PARALLEL
FLOW
CONTROL
FLOW
CONTROL
FLOW
CONTROL
PARALLEL
TO SERIAL
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7.2.1 Auto RTS
Figure 5 shows RTS functional timi ng. The receiver FIFO trigger levels used in auto RTS
are stored in the TCR or FCR. RTS is active if the RX FIFO level is below the halt trigger
level in TCR[3:0]. When the receiver FIFO halt trigger level is reached, RTS is deasserted.
The sending device (for example, another UART) may send an additional character after
the trigger level is reached (assuming the sending UART has another character to send)
because it may not recognize the deassertion of RTS until it has begun sending the
additional character. RTS is automatically reasserted on ce th e re ceiver F IF O re ache s the
resume trigger level programmed via TCR[7:4]. This re-assertion allows the sending
device to resume transmission.
7.2.2 Auto CTS
Figure 6 shows CTS functional timing. The transmitter circuitry checks CTS before
sending the next data byte. When CTS is active, the transmitter sends the next byte. To
stop the transmitter from sending the following byte, CTS must be deasserted before the
middle of the last stop bit that is currently being sent. The auto CTS function reduces
interrupts to the host system. When flow control is enabled, CTS level changes do not
trigger host interr up ts becaus e th e de vice autom a tica lly con tr o ls its own transm itte r.
Without auto CTS, the transmitter sends any data present in the transmit FIFO and a
receiver overru n er ro r ma y re sult .
(1) N = receiver FIFO trigger level.
(2) The two blocks in dashed lines cover the case where an additional character is sent, as described in Section 7.2.1
Fig 5. RTS funct ional timing
start character
Nstart character
N + 1 startstop stopRX
RTS
receive
FIFO
read
N N + 112
002aab040
(1) When CTS is LOW, the transmitter keeps sending serial data out.
(2) When CTS goes HIGH before the middle of the last stop bit of the current character , the transmitter finishes sending the current
character, but it does not send the next character.
(3) When CTS goes from HIGH to LOW, the transmitter begins sending data again.
Fig 6. CTS funct ional timing
start bit 0 to bit 7 stopTX
CTS
002aab04
1
start stop
bit 0 to bit 7
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7.3 Software flow control
Software flow control is enabled through the enh anced feature register and the Modem
Control Register . Different combinations of software flow control can be enabled by setting
diff erent combinations of EFR[3:0]. Table 3 shows software flow control options.
There are two other enhanced features relating to software flow control:
Xon Any function (MCR[5]): Receiving any character will resume operation after
recognizing the Xoff character. It is possible that an Xon1 character is recognized as
an Xon Any character, which could cause an Xon2 character to be written to the RX
FIFO.
Special character (E FR [5 ]) : Incoming data is compared to Xoff2. Detection of the
special charact er sets the Xoff interrupt (IIR[4]) but does not halt transmission. The
Xoff interr upt is cleared by a read of the IIR. The special char acter is transferred to the
RX FIFO.
7.3.1 RX
When software flow control opera tion is enabled, the SC16IS741 will compare incoming
data with Xoff1/Xoff2 pr ogrammed characters (in certain cases, Xoff1 and Xoff2 must be
received sequen tia lly) . Whe n th e co rrect Xoff characters are received, tra n sm i ssion is
halted after completing transmission of the current character. Xoff detection also sets
IIR[4] (if enabled via IER[5]) and causes IRQ to go LOW.
To resume transmission, an Xon1/Xon2 character must be received (in certain cases
Xon1 and Xon2 must be received sequentially). When the correct Xon characters are
received, IIR[4] is cleared, and the Xoff interrupt disappears.
Table 3. Software flow control options (EFR[3:0])
EFR[3] EFR[2] EFR[1] EFR[0] TX, RX software flow control
0 0 X X no transmit flow control
1 0 X X transmit Xon1, Xoff1
0 1 X X transmit Xon2, Xoff2
1 1 X X transmit Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
X X 0 0 no receive flow control
X X 1 0 receiver compares Xon1, Xoff1
X X 0 1 receiver compares Xon2, Xoff2
1011transmit Xon1, Xoff1
receiver compares Xon1 or Xon2, Xoff1 or Xoff2
0111transmit Xon2, Xoff2
receiver compares Xon1 or Xon2, Xoff1 or Xoff2
1111transmit Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff 2
receiver compares Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
0011no transmit flow control
receiver compares Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
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7.3.2 TX
Xoff 1/Xof f2 chara cter is tran smitted when the RX FIFO has p a ssed the HALT trigger level
programmed in TCR[3:0] or the selectable trigger level in FCR[7:6]
Xon1/Xof f2 character is transmitted when the RX FIFO rea ches the RESUME trigger level
programmed in TCR[7:4] or RX FIFO falls below the lower selectable trigger level in
FCR[7:6].
The transmission of Xoff/Xon(s) follows the exact same protocol as transmission of an
ordinary character from th e FIFO. This means that even if the word length is set to be 5, 6,
or 7 bits, then the 5, 6, or 7 least significant bits of XOFF1/XOFF2 or XON1/XON2 will be
transmitted. (Note that the transmission of 5, 6, or 7 bits of a character is seldom done, but
this functionality is included to maintain compatibility with earlier designs.)
It is assumed that software flow control and hardware flow control will never be enabled
simultaneously. Figure 7 shows an examp le of so ftware flow co nt ro l.
Fig 7. Example of software flow control
TRANSMIT FIFO
PARALLEL-TO-SERIAL
SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL
Xon1 WORD
Xon2 WORD
Xoff1 WORD
Xoff2 WORD
RECEIVE FIFO
PARALLEL-TO-SERIAL
SERIAL-TO-PARALLEL
Xon1 WORD
Xon2 WORD
Xoff1 WORD
Xoff2 WORD
UART2UART1
002aaa229
data
Xoff–Xon–Xoff
compare
programmed
Xon-Xoff
characters
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7.4 Hardware reset, Power-On Reset (POR) and software reset
These three reset methods are identical and will reset the internal registers as indicated in
Table 4.
Table 4 summarizes the state of register.
[1] Registers DLL, DLH, SPR, XON1, XON2, XOFF1, XOFF2 are not reset by the top-level reset signal
RESET, POR or Software Reset, that is, they hold their initialization values during reset.
Table 5 summarizes the state of registers after reset.
Table 4. Regis t er reset[1]
Register Reset state
Interrupt Enable Register all bits cleared
Interrupt Identification Register bit 0 is set; all other bits cleared
FIFO Control Register all bits cleared
Line Control Register reset to 0001 1101 (0x1D)
Modem Control Register all bits cleared
Line Status Register bit 5 and bit 6 set; all other bits cleared
Modem Status Register bits 0:3 cleared; bits 4:7 input signals
Enhanced Feature Register all bits cleared
Receiver Holding Register pointer logic cleared
Transmitter Holding Register pointer logic cleared
Transmission Control Register all bits cleared.
Trigger Level Register all bits cleared.
Transmit FIFO level reset to 0100 0000 (0x40)
Receive FIFO level all bits cleared
Extra Feature Register all bits cleared
Table 5. Output signals after reset
Signal Reset state
TX HIGH
RTS HIGH
IRQ HIGH by external pull-up
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7.5 Interrupts
The SC16IS741 has interrupt generation and prioritization capability. The Interrupt Enable
Register (IER) enables each of the interrupts and the IRQ signal in response to an
interrupt generation. When an interrupt is generated, the IIR indicates that an interrupt is
pending and provides the type of interrupt through IIR[5:0]. Table 6 summarizes the
interrupt control functions.
It is important to note that for the framing error, parity error, and break conditions, LSR[7]
generates the interrupt. LSR[7] is set when there is an error anywhere in the RX FIF O,
and is cleared only whe n there are no more errors r emaining in the FIFO. LSR[4:2] always
represent the error status for the received character at the top of the RX FIFO. Reading
the RX FIFO updates LSR[4:2] to the appropriate status for the new character at the top of
the FIFO. If the RX FIFO is empty, then LSR[4:2] are all zeros.
For the Xoff interrupt, if an Xof f flow characte r dete ction c ause d th e interr upt, the inte rrupt
is cleared by an Xon flow character detection. If a special character detection caused the
interrupt, the interrupt is cleared by a read of the IIR.
Table 6. Summ ary of interrupt control functions
IIR[5:0] Priority
level Interrupt type Interrupt source
00 0001 none none none
00 0110 1 receiver line status OE, FE, PE, or BI errors occur in characters in the
RX FIFO
00 1100 2 RX time-out Stale data in RX FIFO
00 0100 2 RHR interrupt Receive data ready (FIFO disable) or
RX FIFO above trigger level (FIFO enable)
00 0010 3 THR interrupt Transmit FIFO empty (FIFO disable) or
TX FIFO passes above trigger level (FIFO enable)
00 0000 4 Modem status Change of state of modem input pins
01 0000 6 Xoff interrupt Receive Xoff character(s)/ special character
10 0000 7 CTS, RTS RTS pin or CTS pin change state from active (LOW)
to inactive (HIGH)
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7.5.1 Interrupt mode operation
In Interrupt mode (if any bit of IER[3:0] is 1) the host is informed of the status of the
receiver and transmitter by an interrupt signal, IRQ. Therefore, it is not necessary to
continuously poll the Line Status Register (LSR) to see if any interrupt needs to be
serviced. Figure 8 shows Interrupt mode operation.
7.5.2 Polled mode operation
In Polled mode (IER[3:0] = 0000) the status of the receiver and transmitter can be
checked by polling the Line Status Register (LSR). This mode is an alte rnative to the FIFO
Interrupt mode of operation wher e the status of the receiver and transmitter is
automatically known by means of interrupts sent to the CPU. Figure 9 shows FIFO Polled
mode operation.
Fig 8. Interrupt mo de ope ra tio n
1111
IIR
IER
THR RHR
HOST
IRQ
002aab042
read IIR
Fig 9. FIFO Polled mode operation
0000
LSR
IER
THR RHR
HOST
read LSR
002aab043
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7.6 Sleep mode
Sleep mode is an enhanced feature of the SC16IS741 UART. It is enabled when EFR[4],
the enhanced functions bit, is set and when IER[4] is set. Sleep mode is entered when:
The serial data input line, RX, is idle (see Section 7.7 “Break and time-out
conditions).
The TX FIFO and TX shift register are empty.
There are no interrupts pending except THR.
Remark: Sleep mode will not be entered if there is data in the RX FIFO.
In Sleep mode, the clock to the UART is stopped. Since most registers are clocked using
these clocks, the power consumption is greatly reduced. The UART will wake up when
any change is detected on the RX line, when there is any change in the state of the
modem input pins, or if data is written to the TX FIFO.
Remark: Writin g to the divisor latches, DLL and DLH, to set the baud clock, must not be
done during Sleep mode. The refore, it is advisable to disable Sleep mode using IER[4]
before writing to DLL or DLH.
7.7 Break and time-out conditions
When the UAR T receives a number of characters a nd these dat a are not enough to set of f
the receive interrupt (because they do not reach the receive trigger level), the UART will
generate a time-out interrupt instead, 4 character times after the last character is
received. The time-out counter will be reset at the center of each stop bit received or each
time the receive FIFO is read.
A break condition is detected when the RX pin is pulled LOW for a duration longer than
the time it takes to send a complete character plus Start, Stop and Parity bits. A break
condition can be sent by setting LCR[6]. When this happens the TX pin will be pulled LOW
until LSR[6] is cleared by the soft ware.
7.8 Programmable baud rate generator
The SC16IS741 UAR T contain s a programmable bau d rate generator that t akes any clock
input and divides it by a divisor in the range between 1 and (216 1). An additional
divide-by-4 prescaler is also available and can be selected by MCR[7], as shown in
Figure 10. The ou tput frequency o f the baud rate ge nerator is 16 times the baud rate. The
formula for the divisor is given in Equation 1:
(1)
where:
prescaler = 1, when MCR[7] is set to ‘0’ after reset (divide-by-1 clock selected)
prescaler = 4, when MCR[7] is set to ‘1’ after reset (divide-by-4 clock selected).
Remark: The default value of prescaler after reset is divide-by-1.
Figure 10 shows the internal prescaler and baud rate generator circuitry.
divisor
XTAL1 crystal input frequency
prescaler
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
⎝⎠
⎛⎞
desired baud rate 16×
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=
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DLL and DLH must be written to in order to program the baud rate. DLL and DLH are the
least significant and most significant byte of the baud rate divisor . If DLL and DLH ar e both
zero, the UART is effectively disabled, as no baud clock will be generated.
Remark: The programmab le baud rate generator is provided to select both the transmit
and receive clock rates.
Table 7 and Table 8 show the baud rate and divisor correlation for crystal with frequency
1.8432 MHz and 3.072 MHz, respectively.
Figure 11 shows the crystal clock circuit reference.
Fig 10. Prescaler and baud rate generator block diagram
Table 7. Baud rates using a 1.8432 MHz cr ystal
Desired baud rate Divisor used to generate
16×clock Percent error difference
between desired and actual
50 2304 0
75 1536 0
110 1047 0.026
134.5 857 0.058
150 768 0
300 384 0
600 192 0
1200 96 0
1800 64 0
2000 58 0.69
2400 48 0
3600 32 0
4800 24 0
7200 16 0
9600 12 0
19200 6 0
38400 3 0
56000 2 2.86
BAUD RATE
GENERATOR
LOGIC
MCR[7] = 1
MCR[7] = 0
PRESCALER
LOGIC
(DIVIDE-BY-1)
INTERNAL
OSCILLATOR
LOGIC
002aaa233
XTAL1
XTAL2
input clock
PRESCALER
LOGIC
(DIVIDE-BY-4)
reference
clock
internal
baud rate
clock for
transmitter
and receive
r
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Table 8. Baud rates using a 3.072 MHz crystal
Desired baud rate Divisor used to generate
16×clock Percent error difference
between desired and actual
50 2304 0
75 2560 0
110 1745 0.026
134.5 1428 0.034
150 1280 0
300 640 0
600 320 0
1200 160 0
1800 107 0.312
2000 96 0
2400 80 0
3600 53 0.628
4800 40 0
7200 27 1.23
9600 20 0
19200 10 0
38400 5 0
Fig 11. Crystal oscillator circuit reference
002aab4
02
1.8432 MHz
C1
22 pF
C2
33 pF
XTAL1 XTAL2
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8. Register descriptions
The programming combinations for register selection are shown in Table 9.
[1] MCR[7] can only be modified when EFR[4] is set.
[2] Accessible only when ERF[4] = 1 and MCR[2] = 1, that is, EFR[4] and MCR[2] are read/write enables.
[3] Accessible only when LCR[7] is logic 1.
[4] Accessible only when LCR is set to 1011 1111b (0xBF).
Table 9. Regis t er map - read/write properties
Register name Read mode Write mode
RHR/THR Receive Holding Register (RHR) Transmit Holding Register (THR)
IER Interrupt Enable Register (IER) Interrupt Enable Register
IIR/FCR Interrupt Identification Register (IIR) FIFO Control Register (FCR)
LCR Line Control Register (LCR) Line Control Register
MCR Modem Control Register (MCR)[1] Modem Control Register[1]
LSR Line Status Register (LSR) n/a
MSR Modem Status Register (MSR) n/a
SPR Scratchpad Register (SPR) Scratchpad Register
TCR Transmission Con trol Register (TCR)[2] Transmission Control Re gister[2]
TLR Trig ger Level Register (TLR)[2] Trigger Level Register[2]
TXLVL Trans mit FIFO Level Register n/a
RXLVL Receive FIFO Level Register n/a
EFCR Extra Features Register Extra Features Register
DLL divisor latch LSB (DLL)[3] divisor latch LSB[3]
DLH divisor latch MSB (DLH)[3] divisor latch MSB[3]
EFR Enhanced Feature Register (EFR)[4] Enhanced Feature Register[4]
XON1 Xon1 word[4] Xon1 word[4]
XON2 Xon2 word[4] Xon2 word[4]
XOFF1 Xoff1 word[4] Xoff1 word[4]
XOFF2 Xoff2 word[4] Xoff2 word[4]
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Table 10 . SC16IS741 internal registers
Register
address Register Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 R/W
General register set[1]
0x00 RHR bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R
0x00 THR bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 W
0x01 IER CTS
interrupt
enable[2]
RTS interrupt
enable[2] Xoff[2] Sleep mode[2] modem status
interrupt receive line
status interrupt THR empty
interrupt RX d ata
available
interrupt
R/W
0x02 FCR RX trigger
level (MSB) RX trigger
level (LSB) TX trigger
level (MSB)[2] TX trigger
level (LSB)[2] reserved[3] TX FIFO
reset[4] RX FIFO
reset[4] FIFO enable W
0x02 IIR[5] FIFO enable FIFO enable interrupt
priority bit 4[2] interrupt
priority bit 3[2] interrupt
priority bit 2 interrupt
priority bit 1 interrupt
priority bit 0 interrupt status R
0x03 LCR Divisor Latch
Enable set break set parity even parity parity enable stop bit word length
bit 1 word length
bit 0 R/W
0x04 MCR clock
divisor[2] IrDA mode
enable[2] Xon Any[2] loopback
enable reserved[3] TCR and TLR
enable[2] RTS reserved[3] R/W
0x05 LSR FIFO data
error THR and
TSR empty THR empty break interrupt framing error parity error overrun error data in receiver R
0x06 MSR 0 0 0 CTS 0 0 0 ΔCTS R
0x07 SPR bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x06 TCR[6] bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bi t 4 bit 3 bit 2 b it 1 bit 0 R/W
0x07 TLR[6] bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x08 TXLV L bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R
0x09 RXLVL bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R
0x0D reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3]
0x0E UART reset reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] UART
software reset reserved[3] reserved[3] reserved[3] R/W
0x0F EFCR IrDA mode reserved[3] auto RS-485
RTS output
inversion
auto RS-485
RTS direction
control
reserved[3] transmitter
disable receiver
disable 9-bit mode
enable R/W
Special register set[7]
0x00 DLL bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x01 DLH bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
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[1] These registers are accessible only when LCR[7] = 0.
[2] These bits in can only be modified if register bit EFR[4] is enabled.
[3] These bits are reserved and should be set to 0.
[4] After Receive FIFO or Transmit FIFO reset (through FCR[1:0]), the user must wait at least 2 ×Tclk of XTAL1 before reading or writing data to RHR and THR, respectively.
[5] Burst reads on the serial interface (that is, reading multiple elements on the I2C-bus without a STOP or repeated START condition, or reading multiple elements on the SPI bus
without de-asserting the CS pin), should not be performed on the IIR register.
[6] These registers are accessible only when MCR[2] = 1 and EFR[4] = 1.
[7] The special register set is accessible only when LCR[7] = 1 and not 0xBF.
[8] Enhanced Feature Registers are only accessible when LCR = 0xBF.
Enhanced register set[8]
0x02 EFR Auto CTS Auto RT S special
character
detect
enable
enhanced
functions
software flow
control bit 3 software flow
control bit 2 software flow
control bit 1 software flow
control bit 0 R/W
0x04 XON1 bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x05 XON2 bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x06 XOFF1 bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
0x07 XOFF2 bit 7 bit 6 bit 5 bit 4 bit 3 bit 2 bit 1 bit 0 R/W
Table 10 . SC16IS741 internal registers …continued
Register
address Register Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0 R/W
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8.1 Receive Holding Register (RHR)
The receiver section consists of the Receiver Holding Register (RHR) and the Receiver
Shift Register (RSR). The RHR is actually a 64-byte FIFO. The RSR receives serial data
from the RX pin. The data is converted to parallel data and mo ved to the RHR. The
receiver section is contro lled by the L ine Contro l Register. If the FIFO is disabled, locatio n
zero of the FIFO is used to store the characters.
8.2 Transmit Holding Register (THR)
The transmitter section consists of the Transmit Holding Register (THR) and the Transmit
Shift Register (TSR). The THR is actually a 64-byte FIFO. The THR receives data and
shifts it into the TSR, where it is converted to serial data and moved out on the TX pin. If
the FIFO is disabled, the FIFO is still used to store the byte. Characters are lost if overflow
occurs.
8.3 FIFO Control Register (FCR)
This is a write-only register that is used for enabling the FIFOs, clearing the FIFOs, setting
transmitter and receiver trigger levels. Table 11 shows FIFO Control Register bit settings.
Table 11. FIFO Control Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7:6 FCR[7] (MSB),
FCR[6] (LSB) RX trigger. Sets the trigger level for the RX FIFO.
00 = 8 characters
01 = 16 characters
10 = 56 characters
11 = 60 characters
5:4 FCR[5] (MSB),
FCR[4] (LSB) TX trigger. Sets the trigger level for the TX FIFO.
00 = 8 spaces
01 = 16 spaces
10 = 32 spaces
11 = 56 spaces
FCR[5:4] can only be modified and enabled when EFR[4] is set. This is
because the transmit trigger level is regarded as an enhanced function.
3 FCR[3] reserved
2FCR[2]
[1] reset TX FIFO
logic 0 = no FIFO transmit reset (normal default condition)
logic 1 = clears the contents of the transmit FIFO and resets the FIFO
level logic (the Transmit Shift Register is not cleared or altered). This bit
will return to a logic 0 after clearing the FIFO.
1FCR[1]
[1] reset RX FIFO
logic 0 = no FIFO receive reset (normal default condition)
logic 1 = clears the contents of the receive FIFO and resets the FIFO
level logic (the Receive Shift Register is not cleared or altered). This bit
will return to a logic 0 after clearing the FIFO.
0 FCR[0] FIFO enable
logic 0 = disable the transmit and receive FIFO (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the transmit and receive FIFO
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[1] FIFO reset requires at least two XTAL1 clocks, therefore, they cannot be reset without the presence of the
XTAL1 clock.
8.4 Line Control Register (LCR)
This register controls the data communication format. The word length, number of stop
bits, and parity type are selected by writing the appropriate bits to the LCR. Table 12
shows the Line Control Register bit settings.
Table 12. Line Control Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 LCR[7] divisor latch enable
logic 0 = divisor latch disabled (normal default condition)
logic 1 = divisor latch enabled
6 LCR[6] Break control bi t. When enabled, the break control bit causes a brea k
condition to be transmitted (the TX output is forced to a logic 0 state).
This condition exists until disabled by setting LCR[6] to a logic 0.
logic 0 = no TX break condition (normal default cond ition).
logic 1 = forces the transmitter output (TX) to a logic 0 to alert the
communication terminal to a line break condition
5 LCR[5] Set parity. LCR[5] selects the forced parity format (if LCR[3] = 1).
logic 0 = parity is not forced (normal default condition).
LCR[5] = logic 1 and LCR[4] = logic 0: parity bit is forced to a logical 1
for the transmit and receive data.
LCR[5] = logic 1 and LCR[4] = logic 1: parity bit is forced to a logical 0
for the transmit and receive data.
4 LCR[4] parity type select
logic 0 = odd parity is generated (if LCR[3] = 1)
logic 1 = even parity is generated (if LCR[3] = 1)
3 LCR[3] parity enable
logic 0 = no parity (normal default condition).
logic 1 = a parity bit is generated during transmission and the receiver
checks for received parity
2 LCR[2] Number of sto p bits. Specifies the number of stop bits.
0 to 1 stop bit (word length = 5, 6, 7, 8)
1 to 1.5 stop bits (word length = 5)
1 = 2 stop bits (word length = 6, 7, 8)
1:0 LCR[1:0] Word length bits 1, 0. These two bits specify the word length to be
transmitted or received; see Table 15.
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Table 13. LCR[5] parity selection
LCR[5] LCR[4] LCR[3] Parity selection
X X 0 no parity
0 0 1 odd parity
011even parity
101forced parity1
111forced parity0
Table 14. LCR[2] stop bit length
LCR[2] Word length (bits) Stop bit length (bit times)
0 5, 6, 7, 8 1
15 1
12
1 6, 7, 8 2
Table 15. LCR[1:0] word length
LCR[1] LCR[0] Word length (bits)
005
016
107
118
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8.5 Line Status Register (LSR)
Table 16 shows the Line Status Register bit settings.
When the LSR is read, LSR[4:2] reflect the error bits (BI, FE, PE) of the character at the
top of the RX FIFO (next character to be read). Therefore, errors in a character are
identified by reading the LSR and then reading the RHR.
LSR[7] is set when there is an error anywhere in the RX FIFO, and is cleared only when
there are no more errors remaining in the FIFO.
Table 16. Line Status Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 LSR[7] FIFO data error.
logic 0 = no error (normal default condition)
logic 1 = at least one parity error , framing error , or break indication is in the
receiver FIFO. This bit is cleared when no more errors are present in the
FIFO.
6 LSR[6] THR and TSR empty. This bit is the Transmit Empty indicator.
logic 0 = transmitter hold and shift registers are not empty
logic 1 = transmitter hold and shift registers are empty
5 LSR[5] THR empty. This bit is the Transmit Holding Register Empty indicator.
logic 0 = transmit hold register is not empty
logic 1 = transmit hold register is empty. The host can now load up to
64 characters of data into the THR if the TX FIFO is enabled.
4 LSR[4] break interrupt
logic 0 = no break condition (normal default condition)
logic 1 = a break condition occurred and associated character is 0x00, that
is, RX was LOW for one character time frame
3 LSR[3] framing error
logic 0 = no framing error in data being read from RX FIFO (normal default
condition).
logic 1 = framing error occurred in data being read from RX FIFO, that is,
received data did not have a valid stop bit
2 LSR[2] parity error.
logic 0 = no parity error (normal default condition)
logic 1 = pa ri ty error in data be i ng rea d fr om R X FIFO
1 LSR[1] overrun error
logic 0 = no overrun error (normal default condition)
logic 1 = overrun error has occurred
0 LSR[0] data in receiver
logic 0 = no data in receive FIFO (normal default condition)
logic 1 = at least one character in the RX FIFO
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8.6 Modem Control Register (MCR)
The MCR controls the interface with the mode, data set, or peripheral device that is
emulating the modem. Table 17 shows the Modem Control Register bit settings.
[1] MCR[7:5] and MCR[2] can only be modified when EFR[4] is set, that is, EFR[4] is a write enable.
Table 17. Modem Control Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 MCR[7][1] clock divisor
logic 0 = divide-by-1 clock input
logic 1 = divide-by-4 clock input
6 MCR[6][1] IrDA mode enable
logic 0 = normal UART mode
logic 1 = IrDA mode
5 MCR[5][1] Xon Any
logic 0 = disable Xon Any function
logic 1 = enable Xon Any function
4 MCR[4] enable loopback
logic 0 = normal operating mode
logic 1 = enable local Loopback mode (internal). In this mode the MCR[1:0]
signals are looped back into MSR[4:5] and the TX output is looped back to
the RX input internally.
3 MCR[3] reserved
2 MCR[2] TCR and TLR enable
logic 0 = disable the TCR and TLR register.
logic 1 = enable the TCR and TLR register.
1 MCR[1] RTS
logic 0 = force RTS output to inactive (HIGH)
logic 1 = force RTS output to active (LOW). In Loopback mode, controls
MSR[4]. If Auto RTS is enabled, the RTS output is controlled by hardware
flow control.
0 MCR[0] reserved
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8.7 Modem Status Register (MSR)
This 8-bit register pro vides information about th e current st ate of the control lines from the
modem, data set, or peripheral device to the host. It also indicates when a control input
from the modem changes state. Table 18 shows Modem Status Register bit settings.
Table 18. Modem Status Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 MSR[7] reserved
6 MSR[6] reserved
5 MSR[5] reserved
4 MSR[4] CTS (active HIGH, lo gical 1). This bit is the complement of the CTS input.
3 MSR[3] reserved
2 MSR[2] reserved
1 MSR[1] reserved
0MSR[0]ΔCTS. Indicates that CTS input has changed state. Cleared on a read.
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8.8 Interrupt Enable Register (IER)
The Interrupt Enable Register (IER) enables each of the six types of interrupt, receiver
error, RHR interrupt, THR interrupt, modem status, Xoff received, or CTS/RTS change of
state from LOW to HIGH. The IRQ output signal is activated in response to interrupt
generation. Table 19 shows the Interrupt Enable Register bit settings.
[1] IER[7:4] can only be modified if EFR[4] is set, that is, EFR[4] is a write enable. Re-enabling IER[1] will not
cause a new interrupt if the THR is below the threshold.
Table 19. Interrupt Enable Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7IER[7]
[1] CTS interrupt enable
logic 0 = disable the CTS interrupt (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the CTS interrupt
6IER[6]
[1] RTS interrupt enable
logic 0 = disable the RTS interrupt (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the RTS interrupt
5IER[5]
[1] Xoff interrupt
logic 0 = disable the Xoff interrupt (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the Xoff interrupt
4IER[4]
[1] Sleep mode
logic 0 = disable Sleep mode (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable Sleep mode. See Section 7.6 “Sleep mode for details.
3 IER[3] reserved
2 IER[2] Receive Line Status interrupt
logic 0 = disable the receiver line status interrupt (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the receiver line status interrupt
1 IER[1] Tran s mit Holding Register interrupt.
logic 0 = disable the THR interrupt (normal default condition )
logic 1 = enable the THR interrupt
0 IER[0] Receive Holding Register interrupt.
logic 0 = disable the RHR interrupt (normal default condition)
logic 1 = enable the RHR interrupt
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8.9 Interrupt Identification Register (IIR)
The IIR is a read-only 8-bi t register which provides the source of the interrupt in a
prioritized manner. Table 20 shows Interrupt Identification Register bit settings.
Table 20. Interrupt Identification Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7:6 IIR[7:6] mirror the contents of FCR[0]
5:1 IIR[5:1] 5-bi t encoded interrupt. See Table 21.
0 IIR[0] interrupt status
logic 0 = an interrupt is pending
logic 1 = no interrupt is pending
Table 21. Interrupt source
Priority
level IIR[5] IIR[4] IIR[3] IIR[2] IIR[1] IIR[0] Source of the interrupt
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 Receiver Line Status error
2 0 0 1 1 0 0 Receiver time-out interrupt
2 0 0 0 1 0 0 RHR interrupt
3 000010THR interrupt
4 000000modem interrupt
6 0 1 0 0 0 0 received Xoff signal/
special character
7 100000CTS
, RTS change of state from
active (LOW) to inactive
(HIGH)
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8.10 Enhanced Features Register (EFR)
This 8-bit register enables or disables the enhan ced features of the UART. Table 22
shows the enhanced featur e register bit settings.
8.11 Division registers (DLL, DLH)
These are two 8-bit registe rs which store the 16-bit divisor for generation of the baud clock
in the baud rate gen er at or. DLH stores the most sig nif ic an t part of the div iso r. DLL stor e s
the least significant part of the divisor.
Remark: DLL and DLH can only be written to before Sleep mode is enabled, that is,
before IER[4] is set.
Table 22. Enhanced Features Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7EFR[7]CTS
flow control enable
logic 0 = CTS flow control is disabled (normal default condition)
logic 1 = CTS flow control is enabled. Transmission will stop when a HIGH
signal is detected on the CTS pin.
6EFR[6]RTS
flow control enable.
logic 0 = RTS flow control is disabled (normal default condition)
logic 1 = RTS flow control is enabled. The RTS pin goes HIGH when the
receiver FIFO halt trigger level TCR[3:0] is reached, and goes LOW when the
receiver FIFO resume transmission trigge r level TCR[7:4] is reached.
5 EFR[5] Special character detect
logic 0 = Special character detect disabled (normal default condition)
logic 1 = S pecial character detect enabled. Received data is compared with
Xoff2 data. If a match occurs, the received data is transferred to FIFO and
IIR[4] is set to a logical 1 to indicate a special character has been detected.
4 EFR[4] Enhanced functions enable bit
logic 0 = disables enhanced functions and writing to IER[7:4], FCR[5:4],
MCR[7:5].
logic 1 = enables the enhanced function IER[7:4], FCR[5:4], and MCR[7:5] so
that they can be modified.
3:0 EFR[3:0] Combinations of software flow control can be selected by programming these
bits. See Table 3 “Software flow control options (EFR[3:0]).
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8.12 Transmission Control Register (TCR)
This 8-bit register is used to store the RX FIFO threshold levels to stop/start transmission
during hardware/software flow control. Table 23 shows Transmission Control Register bit
settings.
TCR trigger levels are available from 0 to 60 characters with a granularity of four.
Remark: TCR can only be written to when EFR[4] = 1 and MCR[2] = 1. The programmer
must program the TCR such that TCR[3:0] > TCR[7:4]. There is no built-in hardware
check to make sure this condition is met. Also, the TCR must be programmed with this
condition before auto RTS or software flow control is enabled to avoid spurious operation
of the device.
8.13 Trigger Level Register (TLR)
This 8-bit register is used to store the transmit and received FIFO trigger levels used for
interrupt generation. Trigger levels from 4 to 60 can be programmed with a granularity
of 4. Table 24 shows trigger level register bit settings.
Remark: TLR can only be written to when EFR[4] = 1 and MCR[2] = 1. If TLR[3:0] or
TLR[7:4] are logical 0, the selectable trigger levels via the FIFO Control Register (FCR)
are used for the tran smit and receive FIFO trigger levels. Trigger levels from 4 characters
to 60 character s ar e ava ila ble with a gr an u l ar ity of fo ur. The TLR should be prog ra mm e d
for N4, where N is the desired trigger level.
When the trigger level se tting in TLR is zero, the SC16 IS741 us es the trigger level setting
defined in FCR. If TLR ha s no n-zero trigger level value, the trigger level defined in FCR is
discarded. This applies to both transmit FIFO and receive FIFO trigger level setting.
When TLR is used for RX trigger level control, FCR[7:6] should be left at the default state,
that is, ‘00’.
8.14 Transmitter FIFO Level register (TXLVL)
This register is a read-only register, it reports the number of spaces available in the
transmit FIFO .
Table 23. Transmission Control Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7:4 TCR[7:4] RX FIFO trigger level to resume
3:0 TCR[3:0] RX FIFO trigger level to halt transmission
Table 24. Trigger Level Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7:4 TLR[7:4] RX FIFO trigger levels (4 to 60), number of characters available.
3:0 TLR[3:0] TX FIFO trigger levels (4 to 60), number of spaces available.
Table 25. Transmitter FIFO Leve l register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 - not used; set to zeros
6:0 TXLVL[6:0] number of spaces available in TX FIFO, from 0 (0x00) to 64 (0x40)
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8.15 Receiver FIFO Level register (RXLVL)
This register is a read-only register, it reports the fill level of the receive FIFO. That is, the
number of characters in the RX FIFO.
8.16 Extra Features Control Register (EFCR)
Table 26. Receiver FIFO Level register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 - not used; set to zeros
6:0 RXLVL[6:0] number of characters stored in RX FI FO, from 0 (0x00) to 64 (0x40)
Table 27. Extra Features Control Register bits description
Bit Symbol Description
7 IRDA MODE IrDA mode
0 = IrDA SIR, 316 pulse ratio, data rate up to 115.2 kbit/s
6- reserved
5 RTSINVER invert RTS signal in RS-485 mode
0: RTS = 0 during transmission and RTS = 1 during reception
1: RTS = 1 during transmission and RTS = 0 during reception
4 RTSCON enable the transmitter to control the RTS pin
0 = transmitter does not control RTS pin
1 = transmitter controls RTS pin
3- reserved
2 TXDISABLE Disable transmitter. UART does not send serial data out on the
transmit pin, but the transmit FIF O wil l continue to receive data from
host until full. Any data in the TSR will be sent out before the
transmitter goes into disable state.
0: transmitter is enabled
1: transmitter is disabled
1 RXDISABLE Disable receiver. UART will stop receiving data im mediately once this
bit set to a 1, and any data in the TSR will be sent to the receive FIFO.
User is advised not to set this bit during receiving.
0: receiver is enabled
1: receiver is disabled
0 9-BIT MODE Enable 9-bit or Multidrop mode (RS-485).
0: normal RS-232 mode
1: enables RS-485 mode
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9. RS-485 features
9.1 Auto RS-485 RTS control
Normally the RTS pin is co ntrolled by MCR bit 1, or if hardware flow control is enabled, the
logic state of the RTS pin is controlled by the hardware flow control circuitry. EFCR
register bit 4 will take the precedence over the other two modes; once this bit is set, the
transmitter will control the state of the RTS pin. The transmitter automatica lly asserts the
RTS pin (logic 0) once the host writes data to the transmit FIFO, and deasserts RTS pin
(logic 1) once the last bit of the data has been transmitted.
To use the auto RS-485 RTS mode the software would have to disable the hardware flow
control function.
9.2 RS-485 RTS output inversion
EFCR bit 5 reverses the polarity of th e R TS pin if the UART is in auto RS-485 RTS mode.
When the transmitter has data to be sent it will deasserts the RTS pin (lo gic 1), and when
the last bit of the data has been sent out the transmitter asserts the RTS pin (logic 0).
9.3 Auto RS-485
EFCR bit 0 is used to enable the RS-485 mode (multidrop or 9-bit mode). In this mode of
operation, a ‘master’ station transmits an address character followed by data characters
for the addressed ‘slave’ stations. The slave stations examine the received data and
interrupt the controller if the received character is an address character ( parity bit = 1).
To use the auto RS-485 mode the software would have to disable the hardware and
software flow control functions.
9.3.1 Normal multidrop mode
The 9-bit Mode in EFCR (bit 0) is enabled, but not Special Character Detect (EFR bit 5).
The receiver is set to Force Parity 0 (LCR[5:3] = 111) in order to detect address bytes.
With the receiver initially disabled, it ignores all the data bytes (parity bit = 0) until an
address byte is received (parity bit = 1). This address byte will cause the UART to set the
parity error. The UART will generate a line status interrupt (IER bit 2 must be set to ‘1’ at
this time), and at the same time p uts this ad dress byte in the RX FIFO. After the controller
examines the byte it must make a decision whether or not to enable the receiver; it should
enable the receiver if the a ddress byte ad dresses it s ID address, a nd must n ot enable the
receiver if the address byte does not address its ID address.
If the controller enables the receiver, the receiver will receive the subsequent data until
being disabled by the controller after the controller has received a complete message
from the ‘master’ station. If the controller does not disable the receiver after receiving a
message from the ‘master’ station, the receiver will generate a parity error upon receiving
another address byte. The contro ller then determ ines if the address byte addresses it s ID
address, if it is not, the controller then can disable the receiver. If the address byte
addresses the ‘slave’ ID address, the controller take no further action, the receiver will
receive the subsequent data.
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9.3.2 Auto address detection
If Special Character Detect is enabled (EFR[5] is set and the XOFF2 register cont ains the
address byte) the receiver will try to detect an address byte that matches the programmed
character in the XOFF2 register . If the received byte is a data byte or an address byte th at
does not match the programmed character in the XOFF2 register, the receiver will discard
these data. Upon receiving an address byte that matches the Xoff2 character , the receiver
will be automatically enabled if not already enabled, and the address character is pushed
into the RX FIFO along with the parity bit ( in place of the pa rity error bit). The receiver also
generates a line status interrupt (IER[2] must be set to ‘1’ at this time). The receiver will
then receive the subsequent dat a from the ‘master’ station until being disabled by the
controller after having received a message from the ‘master’ station.
If another address byte is received and this address byte does n ot match Xof f 2 character,
the receiver will be automatically disabled and the address byte is ignored. If the address
byte matches Xoff2 character, the receiver will put this byte in the RX FIFO along with the
parity bit in the parity error bit (LSR bit 2).
10. I2C-bus operation
The two lines of the I2C-bus are a serial data line (SDA) and a serial clock line (SCL). Both
lines are connected to a positive supply via a pull-up resistor, and remain HIGH when the
bus is not busy. Each device is recognized by a unique address whether it is a
microcomputer, LCD driver, memory or keyboard interface and can operate as either a
transmitter or receive r, depending on the function of the device. A device generating a
message or data is a transmitter, and a device receiving the message or data is a
receiver. Obviously, a pa ssive function like an LCD driver could only be a receiver, while a
microcontroller or a memory can both transmit and receive data.
10.1 Data tran sfers
One data bit is transferred during each clock pulse (see Figure 12). The data on the SDA
line must remain stable during the HIGH period of the clock pulse in order to be valid.
Changes in the data line at this time will be interpreted as control signals. A HIGH-to-LOW
transition of the data line (SDA) while the clock signal (SCL) is HIGH indicates a START
condition, and a LOW-to-HIGH transition of the SDA while SCL is HIGH defines a STOP
condition (see Figure 13). The bus is considered to be busy after the START condition
and free again at a certain time interval after the STOP condition. The START and STOP
conditions are always generated by the master.
Fig 12. Bit transfer on the I2C-bus
mba607
data line
stable;
data valid
change
of data
allowed
SDA
SCL
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The number of data bytes transf er re d be tween the START and STOP condition from
transmitter to receiver is not limited. Each byte, which must be eight bits long, is
transferred serially with the most significant bit first, and is followed by an acknowledge bit
(see Figure 14). The clock pulse rela ted to the acknowledge bit is generated by the
master. The device that acknowledges has to pull down the SDA line during the
acknowledge clock pulse, while the transmitting device releases this pulse (see
Figure 15).
A slave receiver must generate an acknowledge after the reception of each byte, and a
master must generate one after the reception of each byte clocked out of the slave
transmitter.
Fig 13. START and STOP conditions
mba608
SDA
SCL
P
STOP condition
S
START condition
Fig 14. Data transfer on the I2C-bus
S P
SDA
SCL
MSB
0 1 6 7 8 0 1 2 to 7 8
ACK ACK
002aab0
12
START
condition
STOP
condition
acknowledgement signal
from receiver
byte complete,
interrupt within receiver
clock line held LOW
while interrupt is serviced
Fig 15. Acknowledg e on the I2C-bus
S01 678
002aab013
data output
by transmitter
data output
by receiver
SCL from master
START
condition
transmitter stays off of the bus
during the acknowledge clock
acknowledgement signal
from receiver
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There are two exceptions to the ‘acknowledge af ter every byte’ rule. The first occurs when
a master is a receiver: it must signal an end of data to the transmitter by not signalling an
acknowledge on the last byte that has been clocked out of the slave. The acknowledge
related clock, generated by the master should still take place, but the SDA line will not be
pulled down. In order to indicate that this is an active and intentional lack of
acknowledgement, we shall term this special condition as a ‘neg at ive acknowledge’.
The second exception is that a slave will send a negative acknowledge when it can no
longer accept additional data bytes. This occurs after an atte mpted transfer that cannot be
accepted.
10.2 Addressing and transfer formats
Each device on the bus has its own unique address. Before any data is transmitted on the
bus, the master transmits on the bus the address of the slave to be accessed for this
transaction. A well-behaved slave with a matching address, if it exists on the network,
should of course acknowledge the master's addressing. The addressing is done by the
first byte transmitted by the master after the START condition.
An address on the ne twork is seven bit s long, appe aring a s the most significant bit s of the
address byte. The last bit is a direction (R/W) bit. A ‘0’ indicates that the master is
transmitting (write) and a ‘1’ ind icates that the master requests data (read). A complete
data transfer, comprised of an address byte indicating a ‘write’ and two data bytes is
shown in Figure 16.
When an address is sent, each device in the system compares the first seven bits after
the START with its own address. If there is a match, the device will consider itself
addressed by the master , and will send an acknowledge. The device could also determine
if in this transaction it is assigned the role of a slave receiver or slave transmitter,
depending on the R/W bit.
Each node of the I2C-bus network has a unique seven-bit address. The address of a
microcontroller is of course fully programmable, while peripheral devices usually have
fixed and programmab le address portions.
When the master is communicating with one device on ly, data transfers follow the format
of Figure 16, where the R/W bit could indicate either direction. After completing the
transfer and issuin g a STOP condition, if a master would like to address some other
device on the network, it could start another transaction by issuing a new START.
Fig 16. A complete data transfer
S P
SDA
SCL 0 to 6 78
ACK
002aab0
46
START
condition
STOP
condition
address R/W
0 to 6 78
data ACK
0 to 6 78
data ACK
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Another wa y for a master to co mmunicate with several different devices would b e by using
a ‘repeated START’. After the last byte of the transaction was transferred, including its
acknowledge (or negative acknowledge), the master issues another START, followed by
address byte and data—without effecting a STOP. The master may communicate with a
number of different devices, combining ‘reads’ and ‘writes’. After the last transfer takes
place, the master issues a STOP an d releases the bus. Possible data formats are
demonstrated in Figure 17. Note that the repeated START allows for both change of a
slave and a change of direction, without releasing the bus. We shall see later on that the
change of direction feature can come in handy even when dealing with a single device.
In a single master system, the repeated START mechanism may be more efficient than
terminating each transfer with a STOP and starting again. In a multimaster environment,
the determination of which format is mo re efficient could be more complicated, a s wh en a
master is using repeated STARTs it occupies the bus for a long time and thus preventing
other devices from initiating transfers.
Fig 17. I2C-bus data formats
002aab458
DATASLAVE ADDRESSmaster write: S W A DATAA A P
data transferred
(n bytes + acknowledge)
START condition
STOP condition
acknowledge acknowledge acknowledgewrite
DATASLAVE ADDRESSmaster read: S R A DATAA NA P
data transferred
(n bytes + acknowledge)
START condition
STOP condition
acknowledge acknowledge not
acknowledge
read
DATASLAVE ADDRESS
combined
formats: S R/W A DATAA A P
data transferred
(n bytes + acknowledge)
START condition
STOP condition
acknowledge acknowledge acknowledgeread or
write
SLAVE ADDRESSSr R/W A
repeated
START condition
acknowledgeread or
write
direction of transfer
may change at this point
data transferred
(n bytes + acknowledge)
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10.3 Addressing
Before any data is transmitted or received, the master must send the address of the
receiver via the SDA line. The first byte after the START condition carries the address of
the slave device and the read/write bit. Table 28 shows how the SC16IS741’s addr ess can
be selected by using A1 and A0 pins. For example, if these 2 pins are connected to VDD,
then the SC16IS7 41’s address is set to 0x90 , an d th e ma st er com mu n ica te s with it
through this address.
[1] X = logic 0 for write cycle; X = logic 1 for read cycle.
[2] Consult Figure 23 and Figure 24 if A1 or A0 is connected to SCL or SDA.
10.4 Use of subaddresses
When a master communicates with the SC16IS741 it must send a sub address in the byte
following the slave address byte. This subaddress is the internal address of the word the
master wants to access for a single byte transfer, or the beginn in g of a se qu en ce of
locations for a multi-byte transfer. A subaddress is an 8-bit byte. Unlike the device
address, it does not cont ain a di rection (R/W) bit, and like any byte transferred on the bus
it must be followed by an acknowledge.
Table 29 shows the breakdown of the subaddress (register address) byte. Bit 0 is not
used, bits [2:1] are both set to zeroes, bits [6:3] are used to select one of the device’s
internal registers, and bit 7 is not used.
A register write cycle is shown in Figure 18. The START is followed by a slave address
byte with the direction bit set to ‘write’, a subaddress byte, a number of data bytes, and a
STOP signal. The subaddress indicates which register the master wants to access, and
the data bytes which follow will be written one after the other to the subaddress location.
Table 28. SC16IS741 addres s map
A1 A0 SC16IS741 I2C addresses (hex)[1][2]
VDD VDD 0x90 (1001 000X)
VDD VSS 0x92 (1001 001X)
VDD SCL 0x94 (1001 010X)
VDD SDA 0x96 (1001 011X)
VSS VDD 0x98 (1001 100X)
VSS VSS 0x9A (1001 101X)
VSS SCL 0x9C (1001 110X)
VSS SDA 0x9E (1001 111X)
SCL VDD 0xA0 (1010 000X)
SCL VSS 0xA2 (1010 001X)
SCL S CL 0xA4 (1010 010X)
SCL S DA 0xA6 (1010 011X)
SDA VDD 0xA8 (1010 100X)
SDA VSS 0xAA (1010 101X)
SDA SCL 0xAC (1010 110X)
SDA SDA 0xAE (1010 111X)
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Table 29 and Table 30 show the bits’ presentation at the subaddress byte for I2C-bus and
SPI interfaces. Bit 0 is not used, bits 2:1 select the channel, bits 6:3 select one of the
UART internal registers. Bit 7 is not used with the I2C-bus interface, but it is used by the
SPI interface to indicate a read or a write operation.
The register read cycle (see Figure 19) commences in a similar manner, with the master
sending a slave ad dr e ss with the dir ec tio n bit se t to ‘writ e’ with a follow ing sub add re ss.
Then, in order to reverse the direction of the transfer, the master issues a repeated
START followed again by the device address, but this time with the direction bit set to
‘read’. The data bytes starting at the internal subaddress will be clocked out of the device,
each followed by a master-generated acknowledge. The last byte of the read cycle will be
followed by a negative acknowledge, signalling the end of transfer. The cycle is
terminated by a STOP signal.
White block: host to SC16IS741
Grey block: SC16IS741 to host
(1) See Table 29 for additional information.
Fig 18. Master writes to slave
S SLAVE ADDRESS
002aab047
W A REGISTER ADDRESS(1) An D ATA A P
White block: host to SC16IS741
Grey block: SC16IS741 to host
(1) See Table 29 for additional information.
Fig 19. Master read from slave
S SLAVE ADDRESS
002aab048
W A REGISTER ADDRESS(1) A
NA P
S SLAVE ADDRESS R A
n DATA A LAST DATA
Table 29. Register address byte (I2C)
Bit Name Function
7 - not used
6:3 A[3:0] UART’s internal register select
2:1 CH1, CH0 channel select: CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
Other values are reserved and should not be used.
0 - not used
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R/W = 0; A[3:0 ] = register address; CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
a. Register write
R/W = 1; A[3:0 ] = register address; CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
b. Register read
R/W = 0; A[3:0 ] = 0000; CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
c. FIFO write cycle
R/W = 1; A[3:0 ] = 0000; CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
d. FIFO read cycle
(1) Last bit (D0) of the last byte to be written to the transmit FIFO.
(2) Last bit (D0) of the last byte to be read from the receive FIFO.
Fig 20. SPI operation
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0 D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
002aab433
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0
002aab434
SO D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0 D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
002aab435
D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
last bit(1)
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0
002aab436
SO D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1 D0D1
last bit
(2)
D6D7 D4D5 D2D3
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12. Limiting values
[1] 5.5 V steady state voltage tolerance on inputs and outputs is valid only when the supply voltage is present.
4.6 V steady state voltage tolerance on inputs and outputs when no supply voltage is present.
13. Static characteristics
Table 30. Register address byte (SPI)
Bit Name Function
7R/W
1: read from UART
0: write to UART
6:3 A[3:0] UART’ s internal register select
2:1 CH1, CH0 channel select: CH1 = 0, CH0 = 0
Other values are reserved and should not be used.
0 - not used
Table 31. Limiting values
In accordance with the Absolute Maximum Rating System (IEC 60134).
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Max Unit
VDD supply voltage 0.3 +4.6 V
VIinput voltage any input 0.3 +5.5[1] V
IIinput current any input 10 +10 mA
IOoutput current any output 10 +10 mA
Ptot total power dissipation - 300 mW
P/out power dissipation per
output -50mW
Tamb ambient temperature operating
VDD =2.5V±0.2 V 40 +85 °C
VDD =3.3V±0.3 V 40 +95 °C
Tjjunction temperature - +125 °C
Tstg storage temperature 65 +150 °C
Table 32 . Static characteristics
VDD =2.5V
±
0.2 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+85
°
C; or VDD =3.3V
±
0.3 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+95
°
C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions VDD =2.5V VDD =3.3V Unit
Min Max Min Max
Supplies
VDD supply voltage 2.3 2.7 3.0 3.6 V
IDD supply current operating; no load - 6.0 - 6.0 mA
Inputs I2C/SPI, RX, CTS
VIH HIGH-level input voltage 1.6 5.5[1] 2.0 5.5[1] V
VIL LOW-level input voltage - 0.6 - 0.8 V
ILleakage current input; VI= 0 V or 5.5 V[1] -1-1μA
Ciinput capacitance - 3 - 3 pF
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[1] 5.5 V steady state voltage tolerance on inputs and outputs is valid only when the supply voltage is present. 3.8 V steady state voltage
tolerance on inputs and outputs when no supply voltage is present.
[2] XTAL2 should be left open when XTAL1 is driven by an external clock.
Outputs TX, RTS, SO
VOH HIGH-level output voltage IOH =400 μA 1.85---V
IOH =4mA - - 2.4 - V
VOL LOW-level output voltage IOL =1.6mA - 0.4 - - V
IOL =4mA - - - 0.4 V
Cooutput capacitance - 4 - 4 pF
Output IRQ
VOL LOW-level output voltage IOL =1.6mA - 0.4 - - V
IOL =4mA - - - 0.4 V
Cooutput capacitance - 4 - 4 pF
I2C-bus input/output SDA
VIH HIGH-level input voltage 1.6 5.5[1] 2.0 5.5[1] V
VIL LOW-level input voltage - 0.6 - 0.8 V
VOL LOW-level output voltage IOL =1.6mA - 0.4 - - V
IOL =4mA - - - 0.4 V
ILleakage current input; VI= 0 V or 5.5 V[1] -10-10μA
Cooutput capacitance - 7 - 7 pF
I2C-bus inputs SCL, CS/A0, SI/A1
VIH HIGH-level input voltage 1.6 5.5[1] 2.0 5.5[1] V
VIL LOW-level input voltage - 0.6 - 0.8 V
ILleakage current input; VI= 0 V or 5.5 V[1] -10-10μA
Ciinput capacitance - 7 - 7 pF
Clock input XTAL 1[2]
VIH HIGH-level input voltage 1.8 5.5[1] 2.4 5.5[1] V
VIL LOW-level input voltage - 0.45 - 0.6 V
ILleakage current input; VI= 0 V or 5.5 V[1] 30 +30 30 +30 μA
Ciinput capacitance - 3 - 3 pF
Sleep current
IDD(sleep) sleep mode supply current inputs are at VDD or gr ound - 30 - 3 0 μA
Table 32 . Static characteristicscontinued
VDD =2.5V
±
0.2 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+85
°
C; or VDD =3.3V
±
0.3 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+95
°
C; unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions VDD =2.5V VDD =3.3V Unit
Min Max Min Max
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14. Dynamic characteristics
[1] A detailed description of the I2C-bus specification, with applications, is given in user manual UM10204: “I2C-bus specification and user
manual”. This may be found at www.nxp.com/acrobat_download/usermanuals/UM10204.pdf.
[2] Minimum SCL clock frequency is limited by the bus time-out feature, wh ich resets the serial bus interface if SDA is held LOW for a
minimum of 25 ms.
[3] 2 XTAL1 clocks or 3 μs, whichever is less.
[4] The device will not acknowledge if an I2C-bus transaction occurs during the ‘SCL delay time after reset’.
Table 33. I2C-bus timing specifications[1]
All the timing limits are valid within the operating supply voltage, ambient temperature range and output loa d;
VDD =2.5V
±
0.2 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+85
°
C; or VDD =3.3V
±
0.3 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+95
°
C; and refer to VIL and VIH with
an input voltage of VSS to VDD. All output load = 25 pF, except SDA output load = 400 pF.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Standard mode
I2C-bus Fast mode
I2C-bus Unit
Min Max Min Max
fSCL SCL clock frequency [2] 0 100 0 400 kHz
tBUF bus free time between a STOP and START
condition 4.7 - 1.3 - μs
tHD;STA hold time (repeated) START condition 4.0 - 0.6 - μs
tSU;STA set-up time for a repeated START condition 4.7 - 0.6 - μs
tSU;STO set-up time for STOP condition 4.7 - 0.6 - μs
tHD;DAT data hold time 0 - 0 - ns
tVD;ACK data valid acknowledge time - 0.6 - 0.6 μs
tVD;DAT data valid time SCL LOW to
data out valid -0.6-0.6ns
tSU;DAT data set-up time 250 - 150 - ns
tLOW LOW period of the SCL clock 4.7 - 1.3 - μs
tHIGH HIGH period of the SCL clock 4.0 - 0.6 - μs
tffall time of both SDA and SCL signals - 300 - 300 ns
trrise time of both SDA and SCL signals - 1000 - 300 ns
tSP pulse width of spikes that must be
suppressed by the input filter - 50 - 50 ns
td(int_v)modem modem interrupt valid delay time 0.2 - 0.2 - μs
td(int_clr)modem modem interrupt clear delay time 0.2 - 0.2 - μs
td(int_v)rx receive interrupt valid delay time 0.2 - 0.2 - μs
td(int_clr)rx receive interrupt clear delay time 0.2 - 0.2 - μs
td(int_clr)tx transmit interrupt clear delay time 1.0 - 0.5 - μs
td(rst-SCL) SCL delay time after reset [3][4] 3-3-μs
td(SCL-A) delay time from SCL to address - 30 - 30 ns
td(SDA-A) delay time from SDA to address - 30 - 30 ns
td(A-SCL) delay time from address to SCL - 30 - 30 ns
td(A-SDA) delay time from address to SDA - 30 - 30 ns
tw(rst) reset pulse width 3 - 3 - μs
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Fig 21. S CL delay after reset
Rise and fall times refer to VIL and VIH.
Fig 22. I2C-bus timing diagram
Fig 23. I2C-bus address selection A1/A0 delay
Fig 24. I2C-bus address selection SCL/SDA delay
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2
RESET
SCL
td(rst-SCL)
tw(rst)
SCL
SDA
t
HD;STA
t
SU;DAT
t
HD;DAT
t
f
t
BUF
t
SU;STA
t
LOW
t
HIGH
t
VD;ACK
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t
SU;STO
protocol
START
condition
(S)
bit 7
MSB
(A7)
bit 6
(A6)
bit 0
LSB
(R/W)
acknowledge
(A)
STOP
condition
(P)
1
/f
SCL
t
r
t
VD;DAT
t
SP
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SCL, SDA
A1, A0
td(SDA-A)
td(SCL-A)
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SCL, SDA
A1, A0
t
d(A-SDA)
t
d(A-SCL)
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Fig 25. Modem input pin interrupt
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AW
SDA A R
IRQ
td(int_v)modem
S A DATA A
ACK to master
SLAVE ADDRESSMSR REGISTER
SLAVE ADDRESS A
td(int_clr)modem
MODEM pin
Fig 26. Receive interrupt
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7
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next
start
bit
stop
bit
start
bit
td(int_v)rx
RX
IRQ
Fig 27. Receive interr upt clear
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9
AW
SDA A R
IRQ
S A DATA A
SLAVE ADDRESSRHR
SLAVE ADDRESS A
td(int_clr)rx
P
Fig 28. Transmit interrupt clear
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AW
SDA
IRQ
ADATA A
THR REGISTER
SLAVE ADDRESS A
t
d(int_clr)tx
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[1] Applies to external clock, crystal oscillator max. 24 MHz.
[2]
Table 34. fXTAL dynamic characteris tics
VDD =2.5V
±
0.2 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+85
°
C; or VDD =3.3V
±
0.3 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+95
°
C
Symbol Parameter Conditions VDD =2.5V VDD =3.3V Unit
Min Max Min Max
tWH pulse width HIGH 10 - 6 - ns
tWL pulse width LOW 10 - 6 - ns
fXTAL frequency on pin XTAL [1][2] -48-80MHz
fXTAL 1
twclk()
---------------
=
Fig 29. External clock timing
external clock
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7
tw(clk)
tWL tWH
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Table 35 . SPI-bus timing specifications
All the timing limits are valid within the operating supply voltage, ambient temperature range and output load;
VDD =2.5V
±
0.2 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+85
°
C; or VDD =3.3V
±
0.3 V, Tamb =
40
°
Cto+95
°
C; and refer to VIL and VIH with
an input voltage of VSS to VDD. All output load = 25 pF, unless otherwise specified.
Symbol Parameter Conditions Min Typ Max Unit
tTR CS HIGH to SO 3-state delay time CL= 100 pF - - 100 ns
tCSS CS to SCLK setup time 100 - - ns
tCSH CS to SCLK hold time 20 - - ns
tDO SCLK fall to SO valid delay time C L= 100 pF - - 100 ns
tDS SI to SCLK setup time 100 - - ns
tDH SI to SCLK hold time 20 - - ns
tCP SCLK period tCL + tCH 250 - - ns
tCH SCLK HIGH time 100 - - ns
tCL SCLK LOW time 100 - - ns
tCSW CS HIGH pulse width 200 - - ns
td(int_clr)tx transmi t i nterrupt clear delay time 200 - - ns
td(int_clr)rx receive interrupt clear delay time 200 - - ns
tw(rst) reset pulse width 3 - - μs
Fig 30. Det ailed SPI-bus timing
tCSH tCSS
tCL tCH tCSH
tDO tTR
tDS
tDH
SO
SI
SCLK
CS
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tCSW
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R/W = 0; A[3:0] = THR (0x00); CH1 = 0; CH0 = 0
Fig 31. SPI write THR to clear TX INT
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0
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SO
D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
CS
t
d(int_clr)tx
IRQ
R/W = 1; A[3:0] = RHR (0x00); CH1 = 0; CH0 = 0
Fig 32. Read RHR to clear RX INT
SI A1A2A3
R/W
SCLK
CH1A0 XCH0
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SO
CS
td(int_clr)rx
IRQ
D6D7 D4D5 D2D3 D0D1
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15. Package outline
Fig 33. Package outline SOT403-1 (TSSOP16)
UNIT A1A2A3bpcD
(1) E(2) (1)
eH
ELL
pQZywv θ
REFERENCES
OUTLINE
VERSION EUROPEAN
PROJECTION ISSUE DATE
IEC JEDEC JEITA
mm 0.15
0.05
0.95
0.80
0.30
0.19
0.2
0.1
5.1
4.9
4.5
4.3 0.65 6.6
6.2
0.4
0.3
0.40
0.06
8
0
o
o
0.13 0.10.21
DIMENSIONS (mm are the original dimensions)
Notes
1. Plastic or metal protrusions of 0.15 mm maximum per side are not included.
2. Plastic interlead protrusions of 0.25 mm maximum per side are not included.
0.75
0.50
SOT403-1 MO-153 99-12-27
03-02-18
wM
bp
D
Z
e
0.25
18
16 9
θ
A
A1
A2
Lp
Q
detail X
L
(A )
3
HE
E
c
vMA
X
A
y
0 2.5 5 mm
scale
TSSOP16: plastic thin shrink small outline package; 16 leads; body width 4.4 mm
SOT403
-1
A
max.
1.1
pin 1 index
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16. Handling information
All input and output pins are protected against ElectroStatic Discharge (ESD) under
normal handling. When handling ensure that the appropriate pre ca u t io ns ar e taken as
described in JESD625-A or equivalent standards.
17. Soldering of SMD packages
This text provides a very brief insight into a complex technology. A more in-depth account
of soldering ICs can be found in Application Note AN10365 “Surface mount reflow
soldering description”.
17.1 Introduction to soldering
Soldering is one of the most common methods through which packages are attached to
Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), to form electrical circuits. The soldered joint provides both
the mechanical and the electrical connection. There is no single soldering method that is
ideal for all IC packages. Wave soldering is often preferred when through-hole and
Surface Mount Devices (SMDs) are mixed on on e printed wiring board; however, it is not
suitable for fine pitch SMDs. Reflow soldering is ideal for the small pitches and high
densities that come with increased miniaturization.
17.2 Wave and reflow soldering
W ave soldering is a joining te chnology in which the joints are m ade by solder coming from
a standing wave of liquid solder. The wave soldering process is suitable for the following:
Through-hole components
Leaded or leadless SMDs, which are glued to the surface of the printed circuit board
Not all SMDs can be wave soldered. Packages with solder balls, and some leadless
packages which have solde r lands underneath the body, cannot be wave soldered. Also,
leaded SMDs with leads ha ving a pitch smaller than ~0.6 mm cannot be wave soldered,
due to an increased probability of bridging.
The reflow soldering process involves applying solder paste to a board, followed by
component placement and exposure to a temperature profile. Leaded packages,
packages with solder balls, and leadless packages are all reflow solderable.
Key characteristics in both wave and reflow soldering are:
Board specifications, including the board finish, solder masks and vias
Package footprints, including solder thieves and orie ntation
The moisture sensitivity level of the packages
Package placement
Inspection and repair
Lead-free soldering ve rsus SnPb soldering
17.3 Wave soldering
Key characteristics in wave soldering are:
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Process issues, such as application of adhesive and flux, clinching of leads, board
transport, the solder wave parameters, and the time during which components are
exposed to the wave
Solder bath specifications, including temperature and impurities
17.4 Reflow soldering
Key characteristics in reflow soldering are :
Lead-free ve rsus SnPb soldering; note th at a lead-free reflow process usua lly leads to
higher minimum peak temperatures (see Figure 34) than a SnPb process, thus
reducing the process window
Solder paste printing issues including smearing, release, and adjusting the process
window for a mix of large and small components on one board
Reflow temperature profile; this profile includes preheat, reflow (in which the board is
heated to the peak temperature) an d cooling down. It is imperative that the peak
temperature is high enoug h for the solder to make reliable solder joint s (a solder paste
characteristic). In addition, the peak temperature must be low enough that the
packages and/or boards are not damaged. The peak temperature of the package
depends on p ackage thickness and volume and is classified in accord ance with
Table 36 and 37
Moisture sensitivity precautions, as indicated on the packing, must be respected at all
times.
Studies have shown that small packages reach higher temperatures during reflow
soldering, see Figure 34.
Table 36. SnPb eutectic process (from J-STD-020C)
Package thickness (mm) Package reflow temperature (°C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350 350
< 2.5 235 220
2.5 220 220
Table 37. Lead-free pr ocess (from J-STD-020C)
Package thickness (mm) Package reflow temperature (°C)
Volume (mm3)
< 350 350 to 2000 > 2000
< 1.6 260 260 260
1.6 to 2.5 260 250 245
> 2.5 250 245 245
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For further informa tion on temperature profiles, refer to Application Note AN10365
“Surface mount reflow soldering description”.
18. Abbreviations
19. Revision history
MSL: Moisture Sensitivity Level
Fig 34. Temperature profiles for large and small components
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temperature
time
minimum peak temperature
= minimum soldering temperature
maximum peak temperature
= MSL limit, damage level
peak
temperature
Table 38. Abbreviations
Acronym Description
CPU Central Processing Unit
FIFO First In, First Out
I2C-bus Inter IC bus
IrDA Infrared Data Association
LCD Liquid Crystal Disp lay
MIR Medium InfraRed
POR Power-On Reset
SIR Serial InfraRed
SPI Serial Peripheral Interface
UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
Table 39. Revision history
Document ID Release date Data sheet status Change notice Supersedes
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22. Contents
1 General description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.1 General features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2.2 I2C-bus features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.3 SPI features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
4 Ordering information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
5 Block diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6 Pinning information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.1 Pinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6.2 Pin description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
7 Functional description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7.1 Trigger levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.2 Hardware flow control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7.2.1 Auto RTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7.2.2 Auto CTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7.3 Software flow control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.3.1 RX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7.3.2 TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7.4 Hardware reset, Power-On Reset (POR)
and software reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.5 Interrupts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7.5.1 Interrupt mode operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.5.2 Polled mode operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7.6 Sleep mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.7 Break and time-out conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
7.8 Programmable baud rate generator . . . . . . . . 13
8 Register descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
8.1 Receive Holding Register (RHR) . . . . . . . . . . 19
8.2 Transmit Holding Register (THR) . . . . . . . . . . 19
8.3 FIFO Control Register (FCR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
8.4 Line Control Register (LCR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.5 Line Status Register (LSR). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.6 Modem Control Register (MCR). . . . . . . . . . . 23
8.7 Modem Status Register (MSR). . . . . . . . . . . . 24
8.8 Interrupt Enable Register (IER) . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8.9 Interrupt Identification Register (IIR). . . . . . . . 26
8.10 Enhanced Features Register (EFR) . . . . . . . . 27
8.11 Division registers (DLL, DLH). . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8.12 Transmi ssi on Control Register (TCR). . . . . . . 28
8.13 Trigger Level Register (TLR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.14 Transmitter FIFO Level register (TXLVL) . . . . 28
8.15 Receiver FIFO Level register (RXLVL). . . . . . 29
8.16 Extra Features Control Register (EFCR) . . . . 29
9 RS-485 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.1 Auto RS-485 RTS control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.2 RS-485 RTS output inversion . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.3 Auto RS-485 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.3.1 Normal multidrop mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
9.3.2 Auto address detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10 I2C-bus operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10.1 Data transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
10.2 Addressing and transfer formats . . . . . . . . . . 33
10.3 Addressing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
10.4 Use of subaddresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
11 SPI operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
12 Limiting values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
13 Static characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
14 Dynamic characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
15 Package outline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
16 Handling information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
17 Soldering of SMD packages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
17.1 Introduction to soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
17.2 Wave and reflow soldering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
17.3 Wave soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
17.4 Reflow soldering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
18 Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
19 Revision history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
20 Legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
20.1 Data sheet status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
20.2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
20.3 Disclaimers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
20.4 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
21 Contact information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
22 Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52