PHILIPS SC26C94C1A

Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
Quad universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (QUART)
DESCRIPTION
SC26C94
PIN CONFIGURATIONS
The 26C94 quad universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
(QUART) combines four enhanced Philips Semiconductors
industry-standard UARTs with an innovative interrupt scheme that
can vastly minimize host processor overhead. It is implemented
using Philips Semiconductors’ high-speed CMOS process that
combines small die size and cost with low power consumption.
VCC
A5:0
CEN
RDN
WRN
D7-0
The operating speed of each receiver and transmitter can be
selected independently at one of eighteen fixed baud rates, a 16X
clock derived from a programmable counter/timer, or an external 1X
or 16X clock. The baud rate generator and counter/timer can
operate directly from a crystal or from external clock inputs. The
ability to independently program the operating speed of the receiver
and transmitter make the QUART particularly attractive for
dual-speed channel applications such as clustered terminal
systems.
DACKN
IACKN
RQN
RESET
Each receiver is buffered with eight character FIFOs (first-in-first-out
memories) and one shift register to minimize the potential for
receiver overrun and to reduce interrupt overhead in interrupt driven
systems. In addition, a handshaking capability is provided to disable
a remote UART transmitter when the receiver buffer is full. (RTS
control)
X1/CLK
I/O0a–d
I/O1a–d
I/O2a–d
X2
RDa-d
I/O3a–d
TDa-d
VSS
SD00158
• Programmable channel mode
– Normal (full-duplex), automatic echo, local loop back, remote
loopback
The 2694 provides a power-down mode in which the oscillator is
stopped and the register contents are stored. This results in reduced
power consumption on the order of several magnitudes. The
QUART is fully TTL compatible and operates from a single +5V
power supply.
• Programmable interrupt priorities
• Identification of highest priority interrupt
• Global interrupt register set provides data from interrupting
channel
FEATURES
• Vectored interrupts with programmable vector format
• IACKN and DTACKN signals
• Built-in baud rate generator with choice of 18 rates
• Four I/O pins per UART for modem controls, clocks, etc.
• Power down mode
• High-speed CMOS technology
• 52-pin PLCC and 48-pin DIP
• Commercial and industrial temperature ranges available
• On-chip crystal oscillator
• TTL compatible
• Single +5V power supply with low power mode
• Two multifunction programmable 16-bit counter/timers
• 1MHz 16x mode operation
• 30ns data bus release time
• “Watch Dog” timer for each receiver
• New low overhead interrupt control
• Four Philips Semiconductors industry-standard UARTs
• Eight byte receive FIFO and eight byte transmit FIFO for each
UART
• Programmable data format:
– 5 to 8 data bits plus parity
– Odd, even, no parity or force parity
– 1, 1.5 or 2 stop bits programmable in 1/16-bit increments
• Baud rate for the receiver and transmitter selectable from:
– 23 fixed rates: 50 to 230.4K baud Non-standard rates to 1.0M
baud
– User-defined rates from the programmable counter/timer
associated with each of two blocks
– External 1x or 16x clock
• Parity, framing, and overrun error detection
• False start bit detection
• Line break detection and generation
ORDERING INFORMATION
COMMERCIAL
VCC = +5V +10%,
TA = 0oC to +70oC
SC26C94C1N
SC26C94C1A
PACKAGES
48-Pin Plastic Dual In-Line Package (DIP)
52-Pin Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) Package
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INDUSTRIAL
VCC = +5V +10%,
TA = –40oC to +85oC
SC26C94A1N
SC26C94A1A
DWG #
SOT240-1
SOT238-3
853-1471 15179
Philips Semiconductors
Product specification
Quad universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (QUART)
SC26C94
PIN CONFIGURATIONS
48-Pin Dual-In-Line Package
X1/CLK
1
48
TXDD
2
47 V
SS
RXDD
3
46
IRQN
4
45
TXDC
A5
5
44
RXDC
A4
6
43
I/O2D
A3
7
42
RXDB
8
46 A5
I/O1D
A2
8
41
I/O0D
D7
9
45 IRQN
A1
9
40
I/O2C
D6 10
A0 10
39
I/O1C
D5 11
43 TXDD
WRN 11
38
I/O0C
D4 12
42 X1/CLK
D3 13
41 X2
X2
VSS 12
37 VSS
VCC 13
36
CEN 14
35
RDN 15
34
DACKN 16
33
IACKN 17
32
TXDB 18
31
RXDB 19
30
D7 20
29
D6 21
28
D5 22
27
D4 23
26
D3 24
25 VSS
CEN
VCC
V SS
WRN
A0
A1
5
4
3
2
1
52
51
50
49
A4
RDN
6
A3
DACKN
7
A2
TXDB
RESET
IACKN
52-Pin PLCC Package
48
47
44 RXDD
40 VSS
I/O0A
VSS 14
I/O1A
D2 15
I/O2A
I/O3B 16
I/O0B
D1 17
I/O1B
D0 18
I/O2B
RXDA 19
35 I/O2D
TXDA 20
34 I/O1D
38 RESET
37 TXDC
27
28
29
I/O0A
V SS
I/O0C
30
31 32
33
I/O0D
26
I/O3C
25
I/O2C
24
I/O1C
23
I/O1A
I/O2B
D1
22
I/O2A
21
D0
I/O3A
RXDA
I/O0B
36 RXDC
I/O1B
TXDA
39 I/O3D
D2
SD00159
ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS1, 2
SYMBOL
PARAMETER
TA
Operating ambient temperature
TSTG
Storage temperature range
range3
GND4
VCC
Voltage from VDD to
VS
Voltage from any pin to ground4
PD
Power dissipation
RATING
UNIT
Note 4
oC
–65 to +150
oC
–0.5 to +7.0
V
–0.5 to VCC +0.5
V
1
W
NOTES:
1. Stresses above those listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only and
functional operation of the device at these or any other condition above those indicated in the operation section of this specification is not
implied.
2. For operating at elevated temperatures, the device must be derated based on +150°C maximum junction temperature.
3. This product includes circuitry specifically designed for the protection of its internal devices from damaging effects of excessive static
charge. Nonetheless, it is suggested that conventional precautions be taken to avoid applying any voltages larger than the rated maxima.
4. Parameters are valid over specified temperature range. See ordering information table for applicable temperature range and operating
supply range.
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Quad universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (QUART)
SC26C94
BLOCK DIAGRAM
INTERNAL DATA
BUS
8
DUART AB
8
BUS BUFFER
D0–D7
CHANNEL A
8 BYTE TRANSMIT
FIFO
TIMING
TxDA
CONTROL
WRN
A0–A5
8 BYTE
RECEIVE FIFO
OPERATION CONTROL
RDN
CEN
TRANSMIT SHIFT
REGISTER
ADDRESS
DECODE
RxDA
RECEIVE SHIFT
REGISTER
6
R/W CONTROL
RESET
MR 0, 1, 2
CR
DACKN
SR
CSR Rx
CSR Tx
÷2
TIMING
CRYSTAL
OSCILLATOR
X1/CLK
POWER UP-DOWN
LOGIC
X2
TxDB
CHANNEL B
(AS ABOVE)
RxDB
DUART
COMMON
AB
INPUT PORT
CHANGE-OFSTATE
DETECTORS (4)
18
BAUD RATE
GENERATOR
IPCR
ACR
DUART CD
OUTPUT PORT
TXDD
FUNCTION SELECT
LOGIC
SAME AS
DUART AB
RXDC
RXDD
I/O[3:0]C
I/O[3:0]D
1:0
1:0
TXDC
I/O[3:0]B
4
I/O[3:0]A
4
OPCR
TIMING
4
CLOCK
SELECTORS
4
COUNTER/
TIMER
INTERRUPT ARBITRATION
IACKN
IRQN
•VCC
•VSS1
•VSS2
ACR
LOGIC
GLOBAL
REGISTERS
CTUR
CTLR
INTERRUPT CONTROL
IMR
ISR
•VSS3
•VSS4
SD00160
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Quad universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (QUART)
SC26C94
PIN DESCRIPTION
MNEMONIC
CEN
TYPE
NAME AND FUNCTION
I
Chip Select: Active low input that, in conjunction with RDN or WRN, indicates that the host MPU is trying to
access a QUART register. CEN must be inactive when IACKN is asserted.
A5:0
I
Address Lines: These inputs select a 26C94 register to be read or written by the host MPU.
D7:0
I/O
RDN
I
Read Strobe: Active low input. When this line is asserted simultaneously with CEN, the 26C94 places the
contents of the register selected by A5:0 on the D7:0 lines.
WRN
I
Write Strobe: Active low input. When this line is asserted simultaneously with CEN, the 26C94 writes the data
on D7:0 into the register selected by A5:0.
DACKN
O
Data ACKnowledge: Active low, open-drain output to the host MPU, which is asserted subsequent to a read or
write operation. For a read operation, assertion of DACKN indicates that register data is valid on D7:0. For a
write operation, it indicates that the data on D7:0 has been captured into the indicated register. This signal
corresponds to READYN on 80x86 processors and DTACKN on 680x0 processors.
IRQN
O
Interrupt Request: This active low open-drain output to the host MPU indicating that one or more of the
enabled UART interrupt sources has reached an interrupt value which exceeds that pre-programmed by host
software. The IRQN can be used directly as a 680x0 processor input; it must be inverted for use as an 80x86
interrupt input. This signal requires an external pull-up resistor.
IACKN
I
Interrupt ACKnowledge: Active low input indicates host MPU is acknowledging an interrupt requested. The
26C94 responds by placing an interrupt vector or interrupt vector modified on D7-D0 and asserting DACKN. This
signal updates the CIR register in the interrupt logic. CEN must be high during this cycle.
TDa-d
O
Transmit Data: Serial outputs from the four UARTs.
RDa-d
I
Receive Data: Serial inputs to the four UARTs/
I/O0a-d
I/O
Input/Output 0: A multi-use input or output signal for each UART. These pins can be used as general purpose
inputs, Clear to Send inputs, 1X or 16X Transmit Clock outputs or general purpose outputs. Change-of-state
detection is provided for these pins.
I/O1a-d
I/O
Input/Output 1: A multi-use input or output signal for each UART. These pins can be used as general purpose
or 1X or 16X transmit clock inputs, or general purpose 1X or 16X receive clock outputs. Change-of-state
detection is provided for these pins. In addition, I/O1a and I/O1c can be used as Counter/Timer inputs and I/O1b
and I/O1d can be used as Counter/Timer outputs.
I/O2a-d
I/O
Input/Output 2: A multi-use input or output signal for each UART. These pins can be used as general purpose
inputs, 1X or 16X receive clock inputs, general purpose outputs, RTS output or 1X or 16X receive clock outputs.
I/O3a-d
I/O
Input/Output 3: A multi-use input or output signal for each UART. These pins can be used as general purpose
inputs, 1X or 16X transmit clock inputs, general purpose outputs, or 1X or 16X transmit clock outputs.
RESET
I
Master Reset: Active high reset for the 26C94 logic. Must be asserted at power-up, may be asserted at other
times that the system is to be reset and restarted. OSC set to divide by 1, MR pointer set to 1, DACKN enabled,
I/O pins to input. Registers reset: OPR, CIR. IRQN, DTACKN, IVR Interrupt Vector, Power Down, Test registers,
FIFO pointers, Baud rate generator, Error Status, Watch Dog Timers, Change of State detectors, counter/timer to
timer, Transmitter and Receiver controllers and all interrupt bits. If reset pin is not used, then first chip access
should be to celar ‘power-down’ mode.
X1/CLK
I
Crystal 1 or Communication Clock: This pin is normally connected to one side of a 3.6864MHz or a
7.3728MHz crystal, or can be connected to an external clock up to 8MHz.
X2
O
Crystal 2: If a crystal is used, this pin should be connected to its other terminal. If an external clock is applied to
X1, this pin should be left unconnected.
VCC, VSS
8-bit Bidirectional Data Bus: Used by the host MPU to read and write 26C94 registers.
Power and grounds: respectively.
BLOCK A
BUS
INTERFACE
A0-A5
COUNTER/TIMER
I/O PORT CONTROL
BAUD
RATE
GENERATOR
UARTS A/B
D (7:0)
INTERRUPT CONTROL
DTACKN
IACKN
BLOCK B
UARTS C/D
I/O CONTROL
I/O PORT CONTROL
SD00161
Figure 1. Channel Architecture
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Table 1.
QUART Registers1
A5:0
000000
000001
000010
000011
000100
000101
000110
000111
001000
001001
001010
001011
001100
001101
001110
001111
010000
010001
010010
010011
010100
010101
010110
010111
011000
011001
011010
011011
011100
011101
011110
011111
100000
100001
100010
100011
100100
100101
100110
100111
101000
101001
101010
101011
101100
101101
101110
101111
110000–111000
111001
111010–111111
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READ (RDN = Low)
Mode Register a (MR0a, MR1a, MR2a)
Status Register a (SRa)
Reserved
Receive Holding Register a (RxFIFOa)
Input Port Change Reg ab (IPCRab)
Interrupt Status Reg ab (ISRab)
Counter/Timer Upper ab (CTUab)
Counter/Timer Lower ab (CTLab)
Mode Register b (MR0b, MR1b, MR2b)
Status Register b (SRb)
Reserved
Receive Holding Register b (RxFIFOb)
Output Port Register ab (OPRab)
Input Port Register ab (IPRab)
Start Counter ab
Stop Counter ab
Mode Register c (MR0c, MR1c, MR2c)
Status Register c (SRc)
Reserved
Receive Holding Register c (RxFIFOc)
Input Port Change Reg cd (IPCRcd)
Interrupt Status Reg cd (ISRcd)
Counter/Timer Upper cd (CTUcd)
Counter/Timer Lower cd (CTLcd)
Mode Register d (MR0d, MR1d, MR2d)
Status Register d (SRd)
Reserved
Receive Holding Register d (RxFIFOd)
Output Port Register cd (OPRcd)
Input Port Register cd (IPRcd)
Start Counter cd
Stop Counter cd
Bidding Control Register a (BCRa)
Bidding Control Register b (BCRb)
Bidding Control Register c (BCRc)
Bidding Control Register d (BCRd)
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Current Interrupt Register (CIR)
Global Interrupting Channel Reg (GICR)
Global Int Byte Count Reg (GIBCR)
Global Receive Holding Reg (GRxFIFO)
Interrupt Control Register (ICR)
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Reserved
Test Mode
Reserved
WRITE (WRN = Low)
Mode Register a (MR0a, MR1a, MR2a)
Clock Select Register a (CSRa)
Command Register a (CRa)
Transmit Holding Register a (TxFIFOa)
Auxiliary Control Reg ab (ACRab)
Interrupt Mask Reg ab (IMRab)
Counter/Timer Upper Reg ab (CTURab)
Counter/Timer Lower Reg ab (CTLRab)
Mode Register b (MR0b, MR1b, MR2b)
Clock Select Register b (CSRb)
Command Register b (CRb)
Transmit Holding Register b (TxFIFOb)
Output Port Register ab (OPRab)
I/OPCRa (I/O Port Control Reg a)
I/OPCRb (I/O Port Control Reg b)
Reserved
Mode Register c (MR0c, MR1c, MR2c)
Clock Select Register c (CSRc)
Command Register c (CRc)
Transmit Holding Register c (TxFIFOc)
Auxiliary Control Reg cd (ACRcd)
Interrupt Mask Reg cd (IMRcd)
Counter/Timer Upper Reg cd (CTURcd)
Counter/Timer Lower Reg cd (CTLRcd)
Mode Register d (MR0d, MR1d, MR2d)
Clock Select Register d (CSRd)
Command Register d (CRd)
Transmit Holding Register d (TxFIFOd)
Output Port Register cd (OPRcd)
I/OPCRc (I/O Port Control Reg c)
I/OPCRd (I/O Port Control Reg d)
Reserved
Bidding Control Register a (BCRa)
Bidding Control Register b (BCRb)
Bidding Control Register c (BCRc)
Bidding Control Register d (BCRd)
Power Down
Power Up
Disable DACKN
Enable DACKN
Reserved
Interrupt Vector Register (IVR)
Update CIR
Global Transmit Holding Reg (GTxFIFO)
Interrupt Control Register (ICR)
BRG Rate. 00 = low; 01 = high
Set X1/CLK divide by two2
Set X1/CLK Normal2
Reserved
Test Mode
Reserved
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NOTES:
1. Registers not explicitly reset by hardware reset power up
randomly.
2. In X1/CLK divide by 2 all circuits receive the divided clock except
the BRG and change-of-state detectors.
Timing Circuits
The timing block consists of a crystal oscillator, a baud rate
generator, power up/down logic and a divide by 2 selector. Closely
associated with the timing block are two 16-bit counter/timers; one
for each DUART.
Oscillator
The crystal oscillator operates directly from a 3.6864MHz crystal
connected across the X1/CLK and X2 inputs with a minimum of
external components. If an external clock of the appropriate
frequency is available, it may be connected to X1/CLK. If an external
clock is used instead of a crystal, X1 must be driven and X2 left
floating as shown in Figure 11. The clock serves as the basic timing
reference for the baud rate generator (BRG), the counter/timer, and
other internal circuits. A clock frequency, within the limits specified in
the electrical specifications, must be supplied even if the internal
BRG is not used.
FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS
The QUART is composed of four Philips Semiconductors
industry–standard UARTs, each having a separate transmit and
receive channel.
The Basic UART cells in the QUART are configured with 8-byte
Receive FIFOs and 8-byte Transmit FIFOs. Hardware supports
interrupt priority arbitration based on the number of bytes available
in the transmit and receive FIFOs, counter/timers, change of state
detectors, break detect or receiver error. Attempts to push a full
FIFO or pop an empty FIFO do not affect the count.
The X1 pin always supplies the clock for the baud rate generator.
The X1 pin also has a feature such that it may be divided by 2. The
divide by two mode must always be used whenever the X1 pin is
above 4MHz. The baud rate generator supplies the standard rates
when X1 is at 3.6864MHz. In the divide by 2 mode, all circuits
receive the divide by two clock except baud rate generator and I/O
pin change-of-state detectors. 7.3738MHz clock doubles standard
baud rates.
Baud Rate Generator
The baud rate generator used in the QUART is the same as that
used in other Philips Semiconductors industry standard UARTs. It
provides 18 basic Baud rates from 50 baud to 38,400 baud. It has
been enhanced to provide to provide other baud rates up to 230,400
baud based on a 3.6364MHz clock; with an 8.0MHz clock rates to
500K baud. Other rates are available by setting the BRG rate to high
at address 2D hex or setting Test 1 on at address 39 hex. See Table
3. These two modes are controlled by writing 00 or 01 to the
addresses above. They are both set to 00 on reset. External Rx and
Tx clocks yield rates to 1MHz in the 16X mode.
Baud Rate Generator
The baud rate generator operates from the oscillator or external
clock input and is capable of generating 18 commonly used data
communications baud rates ranging from 50 to 38.4K baud. The
eighteen BRG rates are grouped in two groups. Eight of the 18 are
common to each group. The group selection is controlled by ACR[7].
See the Baud Rate Table 3. The clock outputs from the BRG are at
16X the actual baud rate. The counter/timer can be used as a timer
to produce a 16X clock for any other baud rate by counting down the
crystal clock or an external clock. The clock selectors allow the
independent selection, by the receiver and transmitter, of any of
these baud rates or an external timing signal.
BLOCK DIAGRAM
As shown in the block diagram, the QUART consists of: data bus
buffer, interrupt control, operation control, timing, and four receiver
and transmitter channels. The four channels are divided into two
different blocks, each block independent of the other.
Channel Blocks
There are two blocks (Block Diagram), each containing two sets of
receiver/transmitters. In the following discussion, the description
applies to Block A which contains channels a and b. However, the
same information applies to all channel blocks.
Counter/Timer
The counter timer is a 16-bit programmable divider that operates in
one of three modes: counter, timer, time out. In the timer mode it
generates a square wave. In the counter mode it generates a time
delay. In the time out mode it monitors the time between received
characters. The C/T uses the numbers loaded into the
Counter/Timer Lower Register (CTLR) and the Counter/Timer Upper
Register (CTUR) as its divisor.
Data Bus Buffer
The data bus buffer provides the interface between the external and
internal data buses. It is controlled by the operation control block to
allow read and write operations to take place between the controlling
CPU and the QUART.
Operation Control
There are two counter/timers in the QUART; one for each block.
The counter/timer clock source and mode of operation (counter or
timer) is selected by the Auxiliary Control Register bits 6 to 4
(ACR[6:4]). The output of the counter/timer may be used for a baud
rate and/or may be output to the I/O pins for some external function
that may be totally unrelated to data transmission. The
counter/timer also sets the counter/timer ready bit in the Interrupt
Status Register (ISR) when its output transitions from 1 to 0.
The operation control logic receives operation commands from the
CPU and generates appropriate signals to internal sections to
control device operation. It contains address decoding and read and
write circuits to permit communications with the microprocessor via
the data bus buffer. The functions performed by the CPU read and
write operations are shown in Table 1.
Mode registers (MR) 0, 1 and 2 are accessed via an address
counter. This counter is set to one (1) by reset or a command 1x to
the Command Register for compatibility with other Philips
Semiconductors software. It is set to 0 via a command Bx to the
Command Register (CR). The address counter is incremented with
each access to the MR until it reaches 2 at which time it remains at
2. All subsequent accesses to the MR will be to MR2 until the MR
counter is changed by a reset or an MR counter command.
A register read address (see Table 1) is reserved to issue a start
counter/timer command and a second register read address is
reserved to issue a stop command. The value of D(7:0) is ignored.
The START command always loads the contents of CTUR, CTLR to
the counting registers. The STOP command always resets the
ISR(3) bit in the interrupt status register.
The Mode Registers control the basic configuration of the UART
channels. There is one for each UART. (Transmitter/receiver pair)
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bit, ISR[3], will be set. If IMR[3] is set, this will generate an interrupt.
Since receiving a character restarts the C/T, the receipt of a
character after the C/T has timed out will clear the counter ready bit,
ISR[3], and the interrupt. Invoking the ‘Set Timeout Mode On’
command, CRx=‘Ax’, will also clear the counter ready bit and stop
the counter until the next character is received.
Timer Mode
In the timer mode a symmetrical square wave is generated whose
half period is equal in time to division of the selected counter/timer
clock frequency by the 16-bit number loaded in the CTLR CTUR.
Thus, the frequency of the counter/timer output will be equal to the
counter/timer clock frequency divided by twice the value of the
CTUR CTLR. While in the timer mode the ISR bit 3 (ISR[3]) will be
set each time the counter/timer transitions from 1 to 0. (High to low)
This continues regardless of issuance of the stop counter command.
ISR[3] is reset by the stop counter command. NOTE: Reading of
the CTU and CTL registers in the timer mode is not meaningful.
The counter timer is controlled with six commands: Start/Stop C/T,
Read/Write Counter/Timer lower register and Read/Write
Counter/Timer upper register. These commands have slight
differences depending on the mode of operation. Please see the
detail of the commands under the CTLR CTUR Register
descriptions.
When the C/T is used to generate a baud rate and the C/T is
selected through the CSR then the receivers and/or transmitter will
be operating in the 16x mode. Calculation for the number ‘n’ to
program the counter timer upper and lower registers is shown below.
Time Out Mode Caution
When operating in the special time out mode, it is possible to
generate what appears to be a “false interrupt”, i.e., an interrupt
without a cause. This may result when a time-out interrupt occurs
and then, BEFORE the interrupt is serviced, another character is
received, i.e., the data stream has started again. (The interrupt
latency is longer than the pause in the data strea.) In this case,
when a new character has been receiver, the counter/timer will be
restarted by the receiver, thereby withdrawing its interrupt. If, at this
time, the interrupt service begins for the previously seen interrupt, a
read of the ISR will show the “Counter Ready” bit not set. If nothing
else is interrupting, this read of the ISR will return a x’00 character.
n=2 x 16 x Baud rate desired/(C/T Clock Frequency
Often this division will result in a non-integer number; 26.3 for
example. One can only program integer numbers to a digital divider.
Therefore 26 would be chosen. This gives a baud rate error of
0.3/26.3 which is 1.14%; well within the ability of the asynchronous
mode of operation.
Counter Mode
In the counter mode the counter/timer counts the value of the CTLR
CTUR down to zero and then sets the ISR[3] bit and sets the
counter/timer output from 1 to 0. It then rolls over to 65,365 and
continues counting with no further observable effect.
Receiver and Transmitter
Reading the C/T in the counter mode outputs the present state of
the C/T. If the C/T is not stopped, a read of the C/T may result in
changing data on the data bus.
The QUART has four full-duplex asynchronous
receiver/transmitters. The operating frequency for the receiver and
transmitter can be selected independently from the baud rate
generator, the counter/timer, or from an external input.
Timeout Mode
The timeout mode uses the received data stream to control the
counter. The time-out mode forces the C/T into the timer mode.
Each time a received character is transferred from the shift register
to the RxFIFO, the counter is restarted. If a new character is not
received before the counter reaches zero count, the counter ready
bit is set, and an interrupt can be generated. This mode can be used
to indicate when data has been left in the Rx FIFO for more than the
programmed time limit. If the receiver has been programmed to
interrupt the CPU when the receive FIFO is full, and the message
ends before the FIFO is full, the CPU will not be interrupted for the
remaining characters in the RxFIFO.
Registers associated with the communications channel are the
mode registers (MR0, MR1 and MR2) Clock Select Register (CSR),
Command Register (CR), Status Register (SR), Transmit FIFO
(TxFIFO), and the Receive FIFO (RxFIFO). The transmit and
receive FIFOs are each eight characters deep. The receive FIFO
also stores three status bits with each character.
Transmitter
The transmitter accepts parallel data from the CPU and converts it
to a serial bit stream on the TxD output pin. It automatically sends a
start bit followed by the programmed number of data bits, an
optional parity bit, and the programmed number of stop bits. The
least significant bit is sent first. Following the transmission of the
stop bits, if a new character is not available in the TxFIFO, the TxD
output remains high and the TxEMT bit in the SR will be set to 1.
Transmission resumes and the TxEMT bit is cleared when the CPU
loads a new character in the TxFIFO. In the 16X clock mode, this
also re-synchronizes the internal 1X transmitter clock so that
transmission of the new character begins with minimum delay.
By programming the C/T such that it would time out in just over one
character time, the above situation could be avoided. The
processor would be interrupted any time the data stream had
stopped for more than one character time. NOTE: This is very
similar to the watch dog time of MR0. The difference is in the
programmability of the delay time and that the watchdog timer is
restarted by either a receiver load to the RxFIFO or a system read
from it.
If the transmitter is disabled it continues operating until the character
currently being transmitted and any characters in the TxFIFO,
including parity and stop bits, have been transmitted. New data
cannot be loaded to the TxFIFO when the transmitter is disabled.
This mode is enabled by writing the appropriate command to the
command register. Writing an ‘Ax’ to CRA or CRB will invoke the
timeout mode for that channel. Writing a ‘Cx’ to CRA or CRB will
disable the timeout mode. Only one receiver should use this mode
at a time. However, if both are on, the timeout occurs after both
receivers have been inactive for the timeout period. The start of the
C/T will be on the logical or of the two receivers.
The transmitter can be forced to send a break (a continuous low
condition) by issuing a START BREAK command via the CR
register. The break is terminated by a STOP BREAK command or a
transmitter reset..
The timeout mode disables the regular START/STOP counter
commands and puts the C/T into counter mode under the control of
the received data stream. Each time a received character is
transferred from the shift register to the RxFIFO, the C/T is stopped
after one C/T clock, reloaded with the value in CTUR and CTLR and
then restarted on the next C/T clock. If the C/T is allowed to end the
count before a new character has been received, the counter ready
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The TxFIFO empty positions are encoded as a three bit number for
presentation to the bidding logic. The coding will equal the number
of bytes that remain to be filled. That is, a binary number of 101 will
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Each receiver is equipped with a watchdog timer. This timer is
enabled by MR0[7] and counts 64 RxC1X clocks. Its purpose is to
alert the controlling CPU that data is in the FIFO which has not been
read. This situation may occur at the end of a message when the
last group of characters was not long enough to cause an interrupt.
mean five bytes may be loaded; 111 means 7, etc. Eight positions
will be indicated by a binary 111 and the FIFO empty bit will be set.
Receiver
The receiver accepts serial data on the RxD pin, converts the serial
input to parallel format, checks for start bit, stop bit, parity bit (if any),
or break condition, and presents the assembled character to the
CPU via the receiver FIFO.
RECEIVER FIFO
The RxFIFO consists of a first-in-first-out (FIFO) with a capacity of
eight characters. Data is loaded from the receive shift register into
the top-most empty position of the FIFO. The RxRDY bit in the
status register (SR) is set whenever one or more characters are
available to be read; a FFULL status bit is set if all eight stack
positions are filled with data. The number of filled positions is
encoded into a 3-bit value. This value is sent to the interrupt bidding
logic where it is used to generate an interrupt. A read of the RxFIFO,
outputs the data at the top of the FIFO. After the read cycle, the data
FIFO and its associated status bits are ‘popped’ thus emptying a
FIFO position for new data.
NOTE: The number of filled positions in the RxFIFO is coded
as actual number filled positions. Seven filled will be coded as
7. Eight filled positions will be coded as 7 and the RxFIFO full
status bit will be set.
The receiver operates in two modes: the 1X and 16X. The 16X
mode is the more robust of the two. It allows the receiver to
establish a phase relation to the remote transmitter clock within 1/16
of a bit time and also allows validation of the start bit. The 1X mode
does not validate the start bit and assumes that the receiver clock
rising edge is centered in the data bit cell. The use of the 1X mode
implies that the transmitter clock is available to the receiver.
When operating in the 16X mode and after the receiver has been
enabled the receiver state machine will look for a high to low
transition on the RxD input. The detection of this transition will cause
the divider being driven by the 16X clock to be reset to zero and
continue counting. When the counter reaches 7 the RxD input is
sampled again and if still low a valid START BIT will be detected. If
the RxD input is high at count 7 then an invalid start bit will have
been sensed and the receiver will then look for another high to low
transition and begin validating again.
In addition to the data word, three status bits (parity error, framing
error, and received break) are appended to each data character in
the FIFO. Status can be provided in two ways, as programmed by
the error mode control bit in the mode register. In the ‘character’
mode, status is provided on a character-by-character basis: the
status applies only to the character at the top of the FIFO. In the
‘block’ mode, the status provided in the SR for these three bits is the
logical OR of the status for all characters coming to the top of the
FIFO since the last reset error command was issued. In either
mode, reading the SR does not affect the FIFO. The FIFO is
‘popped’ only when the RxFIFO is read. Therefore, the SR should
be read prior to reading the corresponding data character.
When a valid start bit is detected the receiver state machine allows
the 16X divider circuit to continue counting 0 to 15. Each time the
receiver passes count 7 (the theoretical center of the bit time)
another data bit is clocked into the receiver shift register until the
proper number of bits have been received including the parity bit, if
used, and 1/2 stop bit. After the STOP BIT is detected the receiver
state machine will wait until the next falling edge of the 1X clock and
then clock the assembled character and its status bits into the
receiver FIFO on the next rising edge of the 1X clock. The delay
from the detection of the STOP BIT to the loading of the character to
the RxFIFO will be from one half to one and one half X1 crystal
clock periods, or twice that if X1/2 is used. Receiver Status Register
bits for FIFO READY, FIFO FULL, parity error, framing error, break
detect will also set at this time. The most significant bits for data
characters less than eight bits will be set to zero.
If the FIFO is full when a new character is received, that character is
held in the receive shift register until a FIFO position is available. If
an additional character is received while this state exists, the
contents of the FIFO are not affected: the character previously in the
shift register is lost and the overrun error status bit, SR[4], will be set
upon receipt of the start bit of the new (overrunning) character.
After the stop bit is detected, the receiver will immediately look for
the next start bit. However, if a non-zero character was received
without a stop bit (i.e. framing error) and RxD remains low for
one-half of the bit period after the stop bit was sampled, then the
receiver operates as if a new start bit transition had been detected at
that point (one-half bit time after the stop bit was sampled). The
parity error, framing error and overrun error (if any) are strobed into
the SR at the received character boundary, before the RxRDY
status bit is set.
Watchdog Timer
A “watchdog” timer is associated with each receiver. Its interrupt is
enabled by MR0[7]. The purpose of this timer is alerting the control
processor that characters are in the RxFIFO which have not been
read and/or the datastream has stopped. This situation may occur
at the end of a transmission when the last few characters received
are not sufficient to cause an interrupt.
This counter times out after 64 bit times. It is reset each time a
character is transferred from the Receive shift register to the
RxFIFO or a read of the RxFIFO is executed.
If a break condition is detected (RxD is low for the entire character
including the stop bit), only one character consisting of all zeros will
be loaded in the FIFO and the received break bit in the SR is set to
1. The “Change of Break” bit in the ISR at position 2 or 6 is also set
at this time. Note that the “Change of Break” bit will set again when
the break condition terminates. The RxD input must return to high
for two (2) clock edges of the X1 crystal clock for the receiver to
recognize the end of the break condition and begin the search for a
start bit. This will usually require a high time of one X1 clock
period or 3 X1 edges since the clock of the controller is not
synchronous to the X1 clock.
WAKE-UP MODE (MULTI-DROP OR 9-BIT)
In addition to the normal transmitter and receiver operation
described above, the QUART incorporates a special mode which
provides automatic “wake up” of a receiver through address frame
(or character) recognition for multi-processor or multi-station
communications. This mode is selected by programming MR1[4:3]
to ‘11’.
In this mode of operation a ‘master’ station transmits an address
character to the several ‘slave’ stations on the line. The address
character is identified by setting its parity bit to 1. The slave stations
will usually have their receivers partially enabled as a result of
setting MR1[4:3] to 11. When the receiver sees a one in the parity
NOTE: If the RxD input is low when the receiver is enabled and
remains low for at least 9/16 of a bit time a valid start bit will be
seen and data (probably random) will be clocked into the
receiver FIFO. If the line remains low for a full character time
plus a stop bit then a break will be detected.
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position, it considers it an address bit and loads that character to the
RxFIFO and set the RxRDY bit in the status register. The user
would usually set the receiver interrupt to occur on RxRDY as well.
(All characters whose parity bits are set to 0 will be ignored). The
local processor at the slave station will read the ‘address’ character
just received. The local processor will test for an address match for
this station and if match occurs it will enable the local receiver and
receive the following data characters. The master will normally
follow an address character(s) with data characters. Since the data
characters transmitted by the master will have their parity bits set to
zero, stations other than the addressed one(s) will ignore the data.
Interrupt Priority System
The interrupt control for the QUART has been designed to provide
very low interrupt service overhead for the controlling processor
while maintaining a high degree of flexibility in setting the
importance of interrupts generated in different functional blocks of
the device.
This is accomplished by allowing each function of the QUART (18
total) which may cause an interrupt to generate a variable numeric
code which contains the identity of the source, channel number and
severity level. This code is compared (at the X1 clock rate or the X1
clock rate divided by 2) to an interrupt threshold. When the interrupting source generates a code that is numerically greater than the
interrupt threshold the IRQN is asserted
NOTE: The time between address and data fields must be
enough for the local processor to test the address character
and enable the receiver. At bit times approaching 10µs this may
begin to be a point of concern.
This is referred to as the bidding process. The winning bid contains,
in different fields, all the characteristics of the winning bidder. This
data may be used in several ways to steer the controlling processor
to the proper type and amount of service required (usually the
amount of service refers to the number of bytes written to the transmitter or read from the receiver). Access to the winning bidder is
provided via the CIR (Current Interrupt Register), interrupt vectors,
modified interrupt vectors and Global registers.
The parity (Address/Data) bit should not be changed until the last
stop bit of an address has been sent. Similarly the A/D bit should
not be changed to address until the last stop bit has been sent.
Either of these conditions will be indicated by an active TxEMT bit in
the SR.
The parity bit is not part of the TxFIFO. It is in the transmitter state
machine. However, it could be controlled in the FIFO if 5, 6 or 7 bit
data was transmitted by using a 6, 7 or 8 bit character. The most
significant bit would then be in the ‘parity’ position and represent the
A/D bit. The design of the UART is based, however, on the A/D bit
being controlled from the MR register.
NOTE: IRQN is essentially a level output. It will go active on an
interrupt condition and stays active until all interrupting sources are
serviced.
IRQN is designed to be an open drain active low level output. It will
go low under the control of the arbitration system and remain low
until the arbitration has determined that no more sources require
service.
Parity should be changed immediately before the data bytes
will be loaded to the transmitter.
A transmitted character consists of a start bit, the programmed
number of data and stop bits and an “address/data” bit. The parity
bit is used as the address or data indicator. The polarity of the A/D
bit is selected by setting MR1[2] to zero or one; zero indicates that
the current byte is data, while one indicates that the current byte is
addressed. The desired polarity of the A/D bit (parity) should be
programmed before the TxFIFO is loaded.
When only one Rx or Tx is interrupting, it is possible to see the
IRQN assert more than once if, during an access to the FIFO, the
CEN input is inactive for more than two cycles of the X1 clock or X1
divide by 2 if that feature is enabled.
IACKN may be thought of as a special read input. Driving IACKN
low will update the CIR and then read the Interrupt Vector Register
or the Interrupt Vector Register modified by the CIR.
The receiver should be enabled before the beginning of the first data
bit. The time required is dependent on the interrupt latency of the
slave receivers. The transmitter is able to start data immediately
after the address byte has been sent.
Functional Description of the Interrupt Arbitration
While in this mode, the receiver continuously looks at the received
data stream, whether it is enabled or disabled. If disabled, it sets the
RxRDY status bit and loads the character in the RxFIFO if the
received A/D bit is a one, but discards the received character if the
received A/D bit is a zero. If enabled, all received characters are
then transferred to the CPU via the RxFIFO. In either case, the data
bits are loaded in the data FIFO while the A/D bit is loaded in the
status FIFO position normally used for parity error (SR[5]). Framing
error, overrun error, and break detect operate normally whether or
not the receiver is enabled.
For the purpose of this description, a ‘source’ is any one of the 18
QUART circuits that may generate an interrupt. The QUART
contains eighteen sources which may cause an interrupt:
1. Four receiver data FIFO filled functions.
2. Four receiver BREAK detect functions.
3. Four transmitter FIFO space available functions.
4. Four “Change of State” detectors.
5. Two counter/timers.
The interrupt logic at each source produces a numeric code that
identifies its interrupt priority condition currently pending. This code
is compared to a programmable Interrupt Threshold via the
arbitration logic which determines if the IRQN should be asserted.
The arbitration logic only judges those possible interrupt sources
which have been allowed to bid via the IMR (Interrupt Mask
Register).
INPUT OUTPUT (I/O) PINS
There are 16 multi-use pins; four for each UART. These pins are
accessed and controlled via the Input Port Register (IPR), I/O Port
Control Register (I/OPCR), Input Port Change Register (IPCR), and
Output Port Register (OPR). They may be individually programmed
to be inputs or outputs. See Table 5.
I/O0x and I/O1x pins have change of state detectors. The change of
state detectors sample the input ports every 26.04µs (with the X1
clock at 3.686400MHz) and set the change bit in the IPCR if the pin
has changed since it was last read. Whether the pins are
programmed as inputs or outputs the change detectors still operate
and report changes accordingly. See the register descriptions of the
I/O ports for the detailed use of these features.
The arbitration logic produces a value which is the concatenation of
the channel number, interrupt type, FIFO fill level and user-defined
fields. The channel number and interrupt type fields are hardwired.
During the “bid arbitration” process all bids from enabled sources
are presented, simultaneously, to an internal interrupt bus. The
bidding system and formats are discussed in more detail in
following sections.
A read of the IPCR resets the I/O COS (Change Of State) detectors.
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to allow inclusion of good data vs. problem data information in the
Current Interrupt Register.
The interrupt arbitration logic insures that the interrupt with the
numerically largest bid value will be the only source driving the
interrupt bus at the end of the arbitration period. The arbitration
period follows the period of the X1 clock. The maximum speed is
4.0MHz. If a higher speed X1 clock is used then the X1 clock “divide
by 2” feature must be used.
The high order bits of bids for received break, CoS (Change of
State) and Counter/Timer events are all programmable. By
programming ones in these fields, the associated interrupt source
can be made more significant than most receiver and all transmitter
interrupts. Values near zero in these fields makes them lower
priority classes of interrupt.
The value of the winning bid determined during the arbitration cycle
is compared to the “Interrupt Threshold” contained in the ICR
(Interrupt Control Register). If the winning bid exceeds the value of
the ICR the IRQN is asserted.
The channel address for C/T ab will be encoded as channel B (01)
The channel address for C/T cd will be encoded as channel D (11)
Priority Arbitration and Bidding
As shown in Figure 4, the bid arbitration process is controlled by the
EVAL/HOLDN signal derived from the oscillator clock.
Each of the five “types” of interrupts has slightly different “bid” value,
as follows:
Receivers
# rcv’d
rEr
1
1
Chan #
3
1
1
1
2
Transmitters
0
# avail
1
0
Chan #
1
3
1
1
2
Break Detect
Programmable
1
0
0
Chan #
3
1
1
1
2
Change of State
Programmable
3
Counter/Timer
Programmable
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Receipt of an IACKN signal from the host MPU latches the latest
“winning bid” from the latched Interrupt Bus into the Current Interrupt
Register (CIR). This logic is diagrammed in Figure 5.
If the IACKN falling edge of Figure 4 occurs during EVAL time, the
result from the last arbitration (captured by the Interrupt Bus latches)
is stored in CIR. Otherwise, the next EVAL pulse is inhibited and the
value in the Interrupt Bus Latches is stored in CIR.
Clearing the Interrupt
Activities which change the state of the ISR will cause the IRQN to
assert or negate. In addition, the accessing of a global or local
RxFIFO or TxFIFO reduces the associated byte count for transmitter
and receiver data interrupts. If the byte count falls below the
threshold value, the interrupt request is withdrawn. Other interrupt
conditions are cleared when the interrupting source is cleared.
Chan #
2
Chan #
2
Once the interrupt is cleared, the programmable value lowered or its
byte count value reduced by one of the methods listed above, a
different bidder (or no bidder at all) will win the on-going arbitration.
When the winning bid drops below the Interrupt Threshold
Register’s value, the IRQN pin will negate.
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Bits shown above as ‘0’ or ‘1’ are hard-wired inputs to the arbitration
logic. Their presence allows determination of the interrupt type and
they insure that no bid will have a value of all zeros (a condition that
is indistinguishable from not bidding at all). They also serve to set a
default priority among the non-receive/transmit types when the
programmable fields are all zeros.
Arbitration - Aftermath
At the end of the arbitration, i.e., the falling edge of EVAL, the
winning interrupt source is driving its Channel number, number of
bytes (if applicable) and interrupt type onto the Interrupt Bus. These
values are captured into a latch by the trailing edge of EVAL. The
output of this latch is used by the Interrupt Threshold comparator;
the winning value is captured into another set of latches called the
Current Interrupt Register (CIR) at the time of an Interrupt
Acknowledge cycle or execution of the “Update CIR” command.
The channel number always occupies the two LSBs. Inclusion of
the channel number insures that a bid value generated will be
unique and that a single “winner” will drive the Interrupt Bus at the
end of the arbitration interval. The channel number portion of each
UARTs bid is hard-wired with UARTa being channel number 0 and
so forth.
As can be seen above, bits 4:2 of the winning bid value can be used
to identify the type of interrupt, including whether data was received
correctly or not. Like the Channel number field, these bits are
hard-wired for each interrupt source.
The Current Interrupt Register and associated read logic is shown in
Figure 5. Interrupting channel number and the three bit interrupt
type code and FIFO fill level are readable via the Internal Data Bus.
The contents of the appropriate receiver or transmitter byte
“counter”, as captured at the time of IACKN assertion, make up bits
7:5 of the CIR. If the interrupt type stored in the Current Interrupt
Register is not a receiver or transmitter data transfer type, the
CIR7:5 field will read as the programmable fields of their respective
bid formats.
The “# rcv’d” and “# avail” fields indicate the number of bytes
present in the receiver FIFO and the number of empty bytes in the
transmitter FIFO, respectively.
NOTE: When there are zero bytes in the receiver’s FIFO, it does
NOT bid. Similarly, a full transmitter FIFO makes NO bid. In the
case where all bids have been disabled by the Interrupt Mask
Register or as a result of their byte counts, the active-low Interrupt
Bus will return FFh. This value always indicates no interrupt source
is active and IRQN will be negated.
The buffers driving the CIR to the DBUS also provide the means of
implementing the Global Interrupting Channel and Global Byte
Count Registers, described in a later section.
The winning bid channel number and interrupt type fields can also
be used to generate part of the Interrupt Vector, as defined by the
Interrupt Control Register.
The high order bit of the transmitter “bid” is always zero. An empty
transmit FIFO is, therefore, fixed at a lower interrupt priority than a
1/2 full receive FIFO. Bit 4 of a receiver bid is the Receiver Error Bit
(RER). The RER is the OR of the parity, framing and overrun error
conditions. The RER does little to modify the priority of receiver
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is competely empty. As soon as one byte is loaded, it is no longer
empty and hence will withdraw its interrupt request.
Interrupt Context
The channel number of the winning “bid” is used by the address
decoders to provide data from the interrupting UART channel via a
set of Global pseudo-registers. The interrupt Global
pseudo-registers are:
1. Global Interrupting Byte Count
2. Global Interrupting Channel
3. Global Receive Holding Register
4. Global Transmit Holding Register
*These conditions, for interrupt purposes, make the RxFIFO look
like a 3 byte FIFO; the TxFIFO a 1 byte FIFO. This is to allow
software compatibility with previous Philips UART devices. Both
FIFOs accept 8 bytes of data regardless of this bit setting. Only the
interrupt is affected.
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For the receivers and transmitters, the bidding of any particular
unit may be held off unless one of four FIFO fill levels is
attained. This is done by setting the RxINT and TxINT bits in
MR0 and MR1 to non-zero values. This may be used to prevent
a receiver or transmitter from generating an interrupt even
though it is filed above the bid threshold. Although this is not
in agreement with the idea that each enabled interrupt source
bid with equal authority, it does allow the flexibility of giving
particular receiver or transmitters more interrupt importance
than others.
This may be used when the Interrupt Threshold is set at or
above 100000. Note than in this case the transmitter cannot
generate an interrupt. If the interrupt threshold MSBs were set
to 011 and the ‘Receiver Interrupt Bits’ on the MR registers set
to a value other than 00 then the RxFIFO could not generate
and interrupt until it had 4, 6 or 8 bytes. This in effect partially
defeats the hardwired characteristic that the receiver interrupts
should have more importance than the transmitter. This
characteristic has been implemented by setting the MSB of the
transmitter bid to zero.
The first two Global “registers” are provided by Current Interrupt
Register fields as shown in Figure 5. The interrupting channel
number latched in CIR modifies address decoding so that the
Receive or Transmit Holding Register for the interrupting channel is
accessed during I/O involving the Global Receive and Transmit
Holding Registers. Similarly, for data interrupts from the transmitter
and receiver, the number of characters available for transfer to the
CPU or the number of transmit FIFO positions open is available by
reading the Global Interrupt Byte Count Register. For non-data
interrupts, a read of the Global Interrupt Byte Count Register yields
a value equal to the highest programmable filed.
In effect, once latched by an IACK or the Update CIR command, the
winning interrupt channel number determines the contents of the
global registers. All Global registers will provide data from the
interrupting UART channel.
Interrupt Threshold Calculation
The state of IRQN is determined by comparison of the winning “bid”
value to the Interrupt Threshold field of the Interrupt Control
Register.
The logic of the bidding circuit is such that when no interrupt source
has a value greater than the interrupt threshold then the interrupt is
not asserted and the CIR (Current Interrupt Register) is set to all
ones. When one or more of the 18 interrupt sources which are
enabled via the IMR (Interrupt Mask Register) exceed the threshold
then the interrupt threshold is effectively disconnected from the
bidding operation while the 18 sources now bid against each other.
The final result is that the highest bidding source will disable all
others and its value will be loaded to the CIR and the IRQN pin
asserted low. This all occurs during each cycle of the X1, X2 crystal
clock.
Vectored Interrupts
Table 2. Receiver FIFO Interrupt Fill Level
With IVC = 01 (channel number)
IVR7:2
6
MR0[6]
0
0
1
1
MR1[6]
0
1
0
1
The QUART responds to an Interrupt Acknowledge (IACK) initiated
by the host by providing an Interrupt Acknowledge Vector on D7:0.
The interrupt acknowledge cycle is terminated with a DACKN pulse.
The vector provided by the QUART can have one of the three forms
under control of the IVC control field (bits 1:0 of the Interrupt Control
Register):
With IVC = 00 (IVR only)
IVR7:0
8
Interrupt Condition
1 or more bytes in FIFO (Rx RDY) default*
3 or more bytes in FIFO
6 or more bytes in FIFO
8 bytes in FIFO (Rx FULL)
IVR7:5
3
Chan #
2
A code of 11 in the Interrupt Vector Control Field of the ICR results
in NO interrupt vector being generated. The external data bus is
driven to a high impedance throughout the IACK cycle. A DACKN
will be generated normally for the IACK cycle, however.
Interrupt Condition
8 bytes empty (Tx EMPTY) default*
4 or more bytes empty
6 or more bytes empty
1 or more bytes empty (Tx RDY)
NOTE: If IACKN is not being used then the command “UPDATE
CIR” must be issued for the global and interrupt registers to be
updated.
PROGRAMMING UART CONTROL REGISTERS
For the transmitter these bits control the number of FIFO positions
empty when the receiver will attempt to interrupt. After the reset the
transmit FIFO has 8 bytes empty. It will then attempt to interrupt as
soon as the transmitter is enabled. The default setting of the MR0
bits (00) condition the transmitter to attempt to interrupt only when it
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Table 3. Receiver FIFO Interrupt Fill Level
MR0[4]
0
1
0
1
Chan #
2
With IVC = 10 (type & channel number)
For the receiver these bits control the number of FIFO positions
empty when the receiver will attempt to interrupt. After the reset the
receiver FIFO is empty. The default setting of these bits cause the
receiver to attempt to interrupt when it has one or more bytes in it.
MR0[5]
0
0
1
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The operation of the QUART is programmed by writing control
words into the appropriate registers. Operational feedback is
provided via status registers which can be read by the CPU.
Addressing of the registers is described in Table 1.
The bit formats of the QUART registers are depicted in Table 2.
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Table 4.
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Register Bit Formats, Duart ab. [duplicated for Duart cd]
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
MR0 (Mode Register 0)
Rx Watchdog
Timer
RxINT2 bit
0 = off
1 = on
These bits not implemented.
They should be considered Reserved.
TxINT Control
These bits should normally be set to 0
x
x
x
x
MR1 (Mode Register 1)
RxRTS
Control
RxINT1 Select
Normally set to 0
0 = No
1 = Yes
Error Mode*
0 = Char
1 = Block
Parity Mode
Parity Type
00 = With parity
01 = Force parity
10 = No parity
11 = Wake-up mode
Bits per Character
0 = Even
1 = Odd
00 = 5
01 = 6
10 = 7
11 = 8
NOTE: *In block error mode, block error conditions must be cleared by using the error reset command (command 4x) or a receiver reset.
MR2 (Mode Register 2)
TxRTS
Control
Channel Mode
00 = Normal
01 = Auto-echo
10 = Local loop
11 = Remote loop
0 = No
1 = Yes
CTS Stop Bit Length*
0 = 0.563
1 = 0.625
2 = 0.688
3 = 0.750
0 = No
1 = Yes
4 = 0.813
5 = 0.875
6 = 0.938
7 = 1.000
8 = 1.563 C = 1.813
9 = 1.625 C = 1.875
A = 1.688 E = 1.938
B = 1.750 F = 2.000
NOTE: Add 0.5 to values shown above for 0–7, if channel is programmed for 5 bits/char.
CSR (Clock Select Register)
Receiver Clock Select
Transmitter Clock Select
See text
See text
CR (Command Register)
Miscellaneous Commands
Disable Tx
0 = No
1 = Yes
See text
Enable Tx
0 = No
1 = Yes
Disable Rx
0 = No
1 = Yes
Enable Rx
0 = No
1 = Yes
NOTE: Issuing commands contained in the upper four bits of the “Command Register” should be separated in time by at least three (3) X1
clock edges. Allow four (4) edges if the “X1 clock divide by 2” mode is used. A disabled transmitter cannot be loaded.
SR (Status Register)
Rec’d. Break
Framing Error
Parity Error
Overrun Error
TxEMT
TxRDY
RxFULL
RxRDY
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
0 = No
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
1 = Yes
*
*
*
NOTE: These status bits are appended to the corresponding data character in the receive FIFO. A read of the status register provides these
bits [7:5] from the top of the FIFO together with bits [4:0]. These bits are cleared by a reset error status command. Unless reset with the ‘Error
Reset’ (CR command 40) or receiver reset, these bits will remain active in the Status Register after the RxFIFO is empty. In block error mode,
block error conditions must be cleared by using the error reset command (command 4x) or a receiver reset.
ACR (Auxiliary Control Register)
BRG Set
Select
Counter/Timer
Mode and Source
Delta
Delta
Delta
Delta
0 = set 1
1 = set 2
See text
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
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Table 2.
Bit 7
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Register Bit Formats, Duart ab. [duplicated for Duart cd] (continued)
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
ISR (Interrupt Status Register)
I/O Port
Change
Delta
BREAKb
RxRDY/
FFULLb
TxRDYb
Counter
Ready
Delta
BREAKa
RxRDY/
FFULLa
TxRDYa
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
IMR (Interrupt Mask Register)
I/O Port
Change
INT
Delta
BREAKb
INT
RxRDY/
FFULLb
INT
TxRDYb
INT
Counter
Ready
INT
Delta
BREAKa
INT
RxRDY/
FFULLa
INT
TxRDYa
INT
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
0 = off
1 = on
C/T[13]
C/T[12]
C/T[11]
C/T[10]
C/T[9]
C/T[8]
C/T[5]
C/T[4]
C/T[3]
C/T[2]
C/T[1]
C/T[0]
CTUR (Counter/Timer Upper Register)
C/T[15]
C/T[14]
CTUR (Counter/Timer Lower Register)
C/T[7]
C/T[6]
IPR (Input Port Register)
I/O3b
I/O2b
I/O3a
I/O2a
I/O1b
I/O0b
I/O1a
I/O0a
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
MR1[7] – Receiver Request-to-Send Flow Control
This bit controls the deactivation of the RTSN output (I/O2x) by the
receiver. This output is manually asserted and negated by
commands applied via the command register. MR1[7] = 1 causes
RTSN to be automatically negated upon receipt of a valid start bit if
the receiver FIFO is full. RTSN is re-asserted when an empty FIFO
position is available. This feature can be used to prevent overrun in
the receiver by using the RTSN output signal to control the CTS
input (the QUART I/O0 pin) of the transmitting device.
Mode Registers 0, 1 and 2
The addressing of the Mode Registers is controlled by the MR
Register pointer. On any access to the Mode Registers this pointer
is always incremented. Upon reaching a value of 2 it remains at 2
until changed by a CR command or a hardware reset.
MR0 – Mode Register 0
Mode Register 0 (MR0) is part of the UART configuration registers.
It controls the watch dog timer and the encoding of the number of
characters received in the RxFIFO. The lower four bits of this
register are not implemented in the hardware of the chip. MR0 is
normally set to either 80h or 00h. A read of this register will return
1111 (Fh) in the lower four bits.
Use of this feature requires the I/O2 pin to be programmed as output
via the I/OPCR and to be driving a 0 via the OPR. When the RxFIFO
is full and the start bit of the ninth character is sensed the receiver
logic will drive the I/O2 pin high. This pin will return low when
another RxFIFO position is vacant.
The MR0 register is accessed by setting the MR Pointer to zero (0)
via the command register command 1011 (Bh).
MR1[6] – Receiver Interrupt Select 1
This bit is normally set to 0 except as noted in the “Interrupt
Threshold Calculation” description. MR1[6] operates with MR0[6] to
prevent the receiver from bidding until a particular fill level is
attained. For software compatibility this bit is designed to emulate
the RxFIFO interrupt function of previous Philips Semiconductors
UARTs.
MR0[7]: This bit enables or disables the RxFIFO watch dog timer.
MR0[7] = 1 enable watchdog timer
MR0[7] = 0 disable watchdog timer
MR0[6:4]: These bits are normally set to 0 except as noted in the
“Interrupt Threshold Calculation” description.
MR1[5] – Error Mode Select
This bit selects the operating mode of the three FIFOed status bits
(received break, FE, PE). In the character mode, status is provided
on a character-by-character basis; the status applies only to the
character at the top of the FIFO.
MR0[3:0]: These bits are not implemented in the chip. These bits
should be be considered “reserved.”
MR1 – Mode Register 1
In the block mode, the status provided in the SR for these bits is the
accumulation (logical-OR) of the status for all characters coming to
the top of the FIFO since the last reset error command was issued.
MR1 is accessed when the MR pointer points to MR1. The pointer is
set to MR1 by RESET, a set pointer command applied via the CR or
after an access to MR0. After reading or writing MR1, the pointers
are set at MR2.
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6. Character framing is not checked, and the stop bits are retransmitted as received.
7. A received break is echoed as received until the next valid start bit
is detected.
In the “Block Error” mode the ORing of the error status bits and the
presentation of them to the status register takes place as the bytes
enter the RxFIFO. This allows an indication of problem data when
the error occurs after the leading bytes have been received. In the
character mode the error bits are presented to the status register
when the corresponding byte is at the top of the FIFO.
The user must exercise care when switching into and out of the
various modes. The selected mode will be activated immediately
upon mode selection, even if this occurs in the middle of a received
or transmitted character. Likewise, if a mode is deselected, the
device will switch out of the mode immediately. An exception to this
is switching out of autoecho or remote loopback modes; if the
deselection occurs just after the receiver has sampled the stop bit
(indicated in autoecho by assertion of RxRDY), and the transmitter
is enabled, the transmitter will remain in autoecho mode until the
entire stop bit has been retransmitted.
MR1[4:3] – Parity Mode Select
If “with parity” or “force parity” is selected, a parity bit is added to the
transmitted character and the receiver performs a parity check on
incoming data. MR1[4:3] = 11 selects the channel to operate in the
special wake-up mode (see ‘Wake-Up Mode’).
MR1[2] – Parity Type Select
This bit selects the parity type (odd or even) if the “with parity” mode
is programmed by MR1[4:3], and the polarity of the forced parity bit
if the “force parity” mode is programmed. It has no effect if the “no
parity” mode is programmed. In the special “wake-up” mode, it
selects the polarity of the transmitted A/D bit.
MR2[5] – Transmitter Request-to-Send Control
NOTE: When the transmitter controls the I/O2 pin (usually used
for the RTSN signal) the meaning of the pin is not RTSN at all!
Rather it signals that the transmitter has finished transmission.
(i.e., end of block).
MR1[1:0] – Bits per Character Select
This field selects the number of data bits per character to be
transmitted and received. The character length does not include the
start, parity, and stop bits.
This bit controls the deactivation of the RTSN output (I/O2) by the
transmitter. This output is manually asserted and negated by
appropriate commands issued via the command register. MR2[5] = 1
causes RTSN to be reset automatically one bit time after the
characters in the transmit shift register and in the TxFIFO (if any)
are completely transmitted (includes the programmed number of
stop bits if the transmitter is not enabled). This feature can be used
to automatically terminate the transmission as follows:
1. Program auto-reset mode: MR2[5] = 1.
2. Enable transmitter.
3. Assert RTSN via command.
4. Send message.
5. Disable the transmitter after the last byte of the message is
loaded to the TxFIFO. At the time the disable command is
issued, be sure that the transmitter ready bit is on and the
transmitter empty bit is off. If the transmitter empty bit is on (the
indication of transmitter underrun) when the disable is issued,
the last byte(s) will not be sent.
6. The last character will be transmitted and RTSN will be reset one
bit time after the last stop bit.
MR2 – Mode Register 2
MR2 is accessed when the channel MR pointer points to MR2,
which occurs after any access to MR1. Accesses to MR2 do not
change the pointer.
MR2[7:6] – Mode Select
The QUART can operate in one of four modes. MR2[7:6] = 00 is the
normal mode, with the transmitter and receiver operating
independently. MR2[7:6] = 01 places the channel in the automatic
echo mode, which automatically re-transmits the received data. The
following conditions are true while in automatic echo mode:
1. Received data is re-clocked and retransmitted on the TxD
output.
2. The receive clock is used for the transmitter.
3. The receiver must be enabled, but the transmitter need not be
enabled.
4. The TxRDY and TxEMT status bits are inactive.
5. The received parity is checked, but is not regenerated for
transmission, i.e., transmitted parity bit is as received.
MR2[4] – Transmitter Clear-to-Send Flow Control
The sate of this bit determines if the CTSN input (I/O0) controls the
operation of the transmitter. If this bit is 0, CTSN has no effect on the
transmitter. If this bit is a 1, the transmitter checks the sate of CTSN
each time it is ready to send a character. If it is asserted (Low), the
character is transmitted. If it is negated (High), the TxD output
remains in the marking state and the transmission is delayed until
CTSN goes Low. Changes in CTSN, while a character is being
transmitted do not affect the transmission of that character. This
feature can be used to prevent overrun of a remote receiver.
Two diagnostic modes can also be selected. MR2[7:6] = 10 selects
local loopback mode. In this mode:
1. The transmitter output is internally connected to the receiver
input.
2. The transmit clock is used for the receiver.
3. The TxD output is held high.
4. The RxD input is ignored.
5. The transmitter must be enabled, but the receiver need not be
enabled.
6. CPU to transmitter and receiver communications continue
normally.
MR2[3:0] – Stop Bit Length Select
This field programs the length of the stop bit appended to the
transmitted character. Stop bit lengths of 9/16 to 1 and 1–9/16 to 2
bits, in increments of 1/16 bit, can be programmed for character
lengths of 6, 7, and 8 bits. For a character length of 5 bits, 1–1/16 to
2 stop bits can be programmed in increments of 1/16 bit. If an
external 1X clock is used for the transmitter, MR2[3] = 0 selects one
stop bit and MR2[3] = 1 selects two stop bits to be transmitted.
The second diagnostic mode is the remote loopback mode, selected
by MR2[7:6] = 11. In this mode:
1. Received data is re-clocked and retransmitted on the TxD output.
2. The receive clock is used for the transmitter.
3. Received data is not sent to the local CPU, and the error status
conditions are inactive.
4. The received parity is not checked and is not regenerated for transmission, i.e., the transmitted parity bit is as received.
5. The receiver must be enabled, but the transmitter need not be enabled.
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RECEIVER NOTE: In all cases, the receiver only checks for a
“mark” condition at the center of the stop bit (1/2 to 9/16 bit
time into the stop bit position). At this time the receiver has
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finished processing the present character and is ready to
search for the start bit of the next character.
1000
1001
Table 5. Bit Rate Generator Characteristics
Crystal or Clock = 3.6864MHz
NORMAL RATE
(BAUD)
ACTUAL 16X
CLOCK (kHz)
50
75
110
134.5
150
200
300
600
1050
1200
1800
2000
2400
4800
7200
9600
19.2K
38.4K
0.8
1.2
1.759
2.153
2.4
3.2
4.8
9.6
16.756
19.2
28.8
32.056
38.4
76.8
115.2
153.6
307.2
614.4
1010
ERROR (%)
0
0
-0.069
0.059
0
0
0
0
-0.260
0
0
0.175
0
0
0
0
0
0
1011
1100
1101
111x
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Assert RTSN. Causes the RTSN output to be asserted
(Low).
Negate RTSN. Causes the RTSN output to be negated
(High).
Set Timeout Mode On. The register in this channel will
restart the C/T as each receive character is transferred
from the shift register to the RxFIFO. The C/T is placed in
the counter mode, the START/STOP counter commands
are disabled, the counter is stopped, and the Counter
Ready Bit, ISR[3], is reset.
Only one receiver should use this mode at a time.
However, if both are on, the timeout occurs after both
receivers have been inactive for the timeout. The start of
the C/T will be on the logical ‘OR’ of the two receivers.
Set MR Pointer to 0.
Disable Timeout Mode. This command returns control of
the C/T to the regular START/STOP counter commands.
It does not stop the counter, or clear any pending
interrupts. After disabling the timeout mode, a ‘Stop
Counter’ command should be issued.
Reserved.
Reserved for testing.
CSR – Clock Select Register
NOTE: Duty cycle of 16X clock is 50% ± 1%.
CSR[7:4] – Receiver Clock Select
When using a 3.6864MHz crystal or external clock input, this field
selects the baud rate clock for the receiver as shown in Table 3.
CR – Command Register
CR is used to write commands to the QUART.
The receiver clock is always a 16X clock, except for CSR[7:4] =
1111. I/O2x is external input.
CR[7:4] – Miscellaneous Commands
Issuing commands contained in the upper four bits of the “Command
Register” should be separated in time by at least three (3) X1 clock
edges. Allow four (4) edges if the “X1 clock divide by 2” mode is
used. The encoded value of this field can be used to specify a single
command as follows:
CSR[3:0] – Transmitter Clock Select
This field selects the baud rate clock for the transmitter. The field
definition is as shown in Table 3, except as follows:
CSR[3:0]
ACR[7] = 0
ACR[7] = 1
1110
I/O3x – 16X
I/O3x – 16X
1111
I/O3x – 1X
I/O3x – 1X
CR[3] – Disable Transmitter
This command terminates transmitter operation and resets the
TxRDY and TxEMT status bits. However, if a character is being
transmitted or if a character is in the TxFIFO when the transmitter is
disabled, the transmission of the character(s) is completed before
assuming the inactive state.
0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
No command.
Reset MR pointer. Causes the MR pointer to point to
MR1.
Reset receiver. Resets the receiver as if a hardware reset
had been applied. The receiver is disabled and the FIFO
pointer is reset to the first location.
Reset transmitter. Resets the transmitter as if a hardware
reset had been applied.
Reset error status. Clears the received break, parity error,
framing error, and overrun error bits in the status register
(SR[7:4]}. Used in character mode to clear OE status
(although RB, PE, and FE bits will also be cleared), and in
block mode to clear all error status after a block of data
has been received.
Reset break change interrupt. Causes the break detect
change bit in the interrupt status register (ISR[2 or 6]) to
be cleared to zero.
Start break. Forces the TxD output low (spacing). If the
transmitter is empty, the start of the break condition will be
delayed up to two bit times. If the transmitter is active, the
break begins when transmission of the character is
completed. If a character is in the TxFIFO, the start of
break is delayed until that character or any others loaded
after it have been transmitted (TxEMT must be true before
break begins). The transmitter must be enabled to start a
break
Stop break. The TxD line will go high (marking) within two
bit times. TxD will remain high for one bit time before the
next character, if any, is transmitted.
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While the transmitter is disabled (or a disable is pending), the
TxFIFO may not be loaded.
CR[2] – Enable Transmitter
Enables operation of the transmitter. The TxRDY and TxEMT status
bits will be asserted.
CR[1] – Disable Receiver
This command terminates operation of the receiver immediately – a
character being received will be lost. However any unread
characters in the RxFIFO area are still available. Disable is not the
same as a “receiver reset”. With a receiver reset any characters not
read are lost. The command has no effect on the receiver status bits
or any other control registers. If the special wake–up mode is
programmed, the receiver operates even if it is disabled (see
Wake-up Mode).
CR[0] – Enable Receiver
Enables operation of the receiver. If not in the special wake-up
mode, this also forces the receiver into the search for start bit state.
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Baud Rate
BRG RATE = LOW
BRG RATE = HIGH
TEST 1 = 1
CSR[7:4]
ACR[7] = 0
ACR[7] = 1
ACR[7] = 0
ACR[7] = 1
ACR[7] = 0
ACR[7] = 1
0000
0001
0010
0011
0100
0101
0110
0111
1000
1001
1010
1011
1100
1101
1110
1111
50
110
134.5
200
300
600
1,200
1,050
2,400
4,800
7,200
9,600
38.4k
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
75
110
38.4k
150
300
600
1,200
2,000
2,400
4,800
1,800
9,600
19.2k
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
300
110
134.5
1200
1800
3,600
7,200
1,050
14.4K
28.8K
7,200
57.6K
230.4K
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
450
110
134.5
900
1,800
3,600
7,200
2,000
14.4K
28.8K
1,800
57.6K
115.2K
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
4,800
880
1,076
19.2K
28.8K
57.6K
115.2K
1,050
57.6K
4,800
57.6K
9,600
38.4K
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
7,200
880
1,076
14.4K
28.8K
57.6K
115.2K
2,000
57.6K
4,800
14.4K
9,600
19.2K
Timer
I/O2 – 16X
I/O2 – 1X
either (a) reset, or (b) the transmitter has assumed the disabled
state. It is always set after transmission of the last stop bit of a
character if no character is in the THR awaiting transmission.
SR – Channel Status Register
SR[7] – Received Break
This bit indicates that an all zero character of the programmed
length has been received without a stop bit. Only a single FIFO
position is occupied when a break is received; further entries to the
FIFO are inhibited until the RxDA line returns to the marking state
for at least one-half bit time two successive edges of the internal or
external 1X clock. This will usually require a high time of one X1
clock period or 3 X1 edges since the clock of the controller is
not synchronous to the X1 clock.
It is reset when the THR is loaded by the CPU, a pending
transmitter disable is executed, the transmitter is reset, or the
transmitter is disabled while in the underrun condition.
SR[2] – Transmitter Ready (TxRDY)
This bit, when set, indicates that the TxFIFO has at least one empty
location that may be loaded by the CPU. It sets when the transmitter
is first enabled. It is cleared when the TxFIFO is full (eight bytes);
the transmitter is reset; a pending transmitter disable is executed;
the transmitter is disabled when it is in the underrun condition. When
this bit is not set characters written to the TxFIFO will not be loaded
or transmitted; they are lost.
When this bit is set, the change in break bit in the ISR (ISR[6 or 2])
is set. ISR[6 or 2] is also set when the end of the break condition, as
defined above, is detected. The break detect circuitry is capable of
detecting breaks that originate in the middle of a received character.
However, if a break begins in the middle of a character, it must last
until the end of the next character in order for it to be detected.
SR[1] – RxFIFO Full (FFULL)
This bit is set when a character is transferred from the receive shift
register to the receive FIFO and the transfer causes the FIFO to
become full, i.e., all eight FIFO positions are occupied. It is reset
when the CPU reads the FIFO and there is no character in the
receive shift register. If a character is waiting in the receive shift
register because the FIFO is full, FFULL is not reset after reading
the FIFO once.
SR[6] – Framing Error (FE)
This bit, when set, indicates that a stop bit was not detected when
the corresponding data character in the FIFO was received. The
stop bit check is made in the middle of the first stop bit position.
SR[5]– Parity Error (PE)
This bit is set when the ‘with parity’ or ‘force parity’ mode is
programmed and the corresponding character in the FIFO was
received with incorrect parity. In ‘wake-up mode’, the parity error bit
stores the received A/D (Address/Data) bit.
SR[0] – RxFIFO Ready (RxRDY)
This bit indicates that a character has been received and is waiting
in the FIFO to be read by the CPU. It is set when the character is
transferred from the receive shift register to the FIFO and reset
when the CPU reads the RxFIFO, and no more characters are in the
FIFO.
In the wake-up mode this bit follows the polarity of the A/D parity bit
as it is received. A parity of 1 would normally mean address and
therefore, the end of a data block.
SR[4] – Overrun Error (OE)
This bit, when set, indicates that one or more characters in the
received data stream have been lost. It is set upon receipt of a new
character when the FIFO is full and a character is already in the
receive shift register waiting for an empty FIFO position. When this
occurs, the character in the receive shift register (and its break
detect, parity error and framing error status, if any) is lost. This bit is
cleared by a reset error status command.
ACR – Auxiliary Control Register
ACR[7] – Baud Rate Generator Set Select
This bit selects between two sets of baud rates that are available
within each baud rate group generated by the BRG. See Table 3.
Set 1: 50, 110, 134.5, 200, 300, 600, 1.05k, 1.2k, 2.4k, 4.8k, 7.2k,
9.6k, and 38.4k baud.
SRA[3] – Channel A Transmitter Empty (TxEMTA)
This bit will be set when the transmitter underruns, i.e., both the
TxEMT and TxRDY bits are set. This bit and TxRDY are set when
the transmitter is first enabled and at any time it is re-enabled after
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Set 2: 75, 110, 150, 300, 600, 1.2k, 1.8k, 2.0k, 2.4k, 4.8k, 9.6k,
19.2k, and 38.4k baud.
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interrupt threshold value. If the corresponding bit in the IMR is a
zero, the state of the bit in the ISR has no effect on the INTRN
output. Note that the IMR does not mask the reading of the ISR; the
complete status is provided regardless of the contents of the IMR.
The selected set of rates is available for use by the receiver and
transmitter.
ACR[6:4] – Counter/Timer Mode and Clock Source Select
This field selects the operating mode of the counter/timer and its
clock source (see Table 4).
ISR[7] – I/O Change-of-State
This bit is set when a change-of-state occurs at the I/O1b, I/O0b,
I/O1a, I/O0a input pins. It is reset when the CPU reads the IPCR.
The I/O pins available for counter/timer clock source is I/O1a and
I/O1c. The counter/timer clock selection is connected to the I/O1 pin
and will accept the signal on this pin regardless of how it is
programmed by the I/OPCR.
Table 7.
[6:4]
ISR[6] – Channel b Change in Break
This bit, when set, indicates that the receiver has detected the
beginning or the end of a received break. It is reset when the CPU
issues a reset break change interrupt command.
ACR[6:4] C/T Clock and Mode Select
Mode
Clock Source
0 0 0
Counter
I/O1 pin
0 0 1
Counter
I/O1 pin divided by 16
0 1 0
Counter
TxC1XA clock of the transmitter
0 1 1
Counter
TxC1XB clock of the transmitter
1 0 0
Timer
I/O1 pin
1 0 1
Timer
I/O1 pin divided by 16
1 1 0
Timer
Crystal or external clock (X1/CLK)
1 1 1
Timer
Crystal or external clock (X1/CLK) divided
by 16
ISR[5] – Receiver Ready or FIFO Full Channel b
Normally the ISR[5] bit being set to one indicates the RxFIFO is
filled with one or more bytes and/or the receiver watch dog timer
(when enabled) has timed out.
The meaning of ISR[5] is controlled by the MR0[6] and MR1[6] bits
which are normally set to 00. The ISR[5] bit setting to one allows
the receiver to present its bid to the arbitration logic. This function is
explained in the “Interrupt Note On 26C94” and under the “Receiver
Interrupt Fill Level”.
ISR[5], if set, will reset when the RxFIFO is read. If the reading of
the FIFO does not reduce the fill level below that determined by the
MR bits, then ISR[5] sets again within two X1 clock times. Further, if
the MR fill level is set at 8 bytes AND there is a byte in the receiver
shift register waiting for an empty FIFO location, then a read of the
RxFIFO will cause ISR[5] to reset. It will immediately set again upon
the transfer of the character in the shift register to the FIFO.
The timer mode generates a squarewave
ACR[3:0] – I/O1b, I/O0b, I/O1a, I/O0a Change-of-State Interrupt
Enable
This field selects which bits of the input port change register (IPCR)
cause the input change bit in the interrupt status register, ISR[7], to
be set and thus allow the Change of State Detectors to enter the
bidding process. If a bit is in the ‘on’ state, the setting of the
corresponding bit in the IPCR will also result in the setting of ISR[7],
which may result in the generation of an interrupt output if IMR[7] =
1. If a bit is in the ‘off’ state, the setting of that bit in the IPCR has no
effect on ISR[7].
NOTE: The setting of ISR[5] means that the receiver has entered
the bidding process. It is necessary for this bit to set for the receiver
to generate an interrupt. It does not mean it is generating an
interrupt.
ISR[4] – Transmitter Ready Channel b
The function of this bit is programmed by MR0[5:4] (normally set to
00). This bit is set when ever the number of empty TxFIFO
positions exceeds or equals the level programmed in the MR0
register. This condition will almost always exist when the transmitter
is first enabled. It will reset when the empty TxFIFO positions are
reduced to a level less than that programmed in MR0[5:4] or the
transmitter is disabled or reset.
IPCR – Input Port Change Register
IPCR[7:4] – I/O1b, I/O0b, I/O1a, I/O0a Change-of-State Detectors
These bits are set when a change of state, as defined in the Input
Port section of this data sheet, occurs at the respective pins. They
are cleared when the IPCR is read by the CPU. A read of the IPCR
also clears ISR[7], the input change bit in the interrupt status
register. The setting of these bits can be programmed to generate
an interrupt to the CPU.
The ISR[4] bit will reset with each write to the TxFIFO. If the write to
the FIFO does not bring the FIFO above the fill level determined by
the MR bits, the ISR[4] bit will set again within two X1 clock times.
NOTE: The setting of ISR[4] means that the transmitter has entered
the bidding process. It is necessary for this bit to set for the
transmitter to generate an interrupt. It does not mean it is
generating an interrupt.
IPCR[3:0] – I/O1b, I/O0b, I/O1a, I/O0a State of I/O Pins
These bits provide the current state of the respective inputs. The
information is unlatched and reflects the state of the input pins
during the time the IPCR is read. The IPR is an unlatched register.
Data can change during a read.
ISR[3] – Counter Ready
In the counter mode of operation, this bit is set when the counter
reaches terminal count and is reset when the counter is stopped by
a stop counter command. It is initialized to ‘0’ when the chip is reset.
In the timer mode, this bit is set once each cycle of the generated
square wave (every other time the C/T reaches zero count). The bit
is reset by a stop counter command. The command, however, does
not stop the C/T.
ISR – Interrupt Status Register
Important: The setting of these bits and those of the IMR are
essential to the interrupt bidding process.
ISR[2] – Channel a Change in Break
This bit, when set, indicates that the receiver has detected the
beginning or the end of a received break. It is reset when the CPU
issues a reset break change interrupt command.
This register provides the status of all potential interrupt sources.
The contents of this register are masked by the interrupt mask
register (IMR). If a bit in the ISR is a ‘1’ and the corresponding bit in
the IMR is also a ‘1’, then the interrupt source represented by this bit
is allowed to enter the interrupt arbitration process. It will generate
an interrupt (the assertion of INTRN low) only if its bid exceeds the
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the CPU. If I/O is programmed to be the output of the C/T, the output
remains High until the terminal count is reached, at which time it
goes Low. The output returns to the High state and ISR[3] is cleared
when the counter is stopped by a stop counter command. The CPU
may change the values of CTUR and CTLR at any time, but the new
count becomes effective only on the next start counter command. If
new values have not been loaded, the previous values are
preserved and used for the next count cycle.
ISR[1] – Receiver Ready or FIFO Full Channel a
See the description of ISR[5]. The channel ‘a’ receiver operation is
the same as channel ‘b’.
ISR[0] – Transmitter Ready Channel a
See the description of ISR[4]. Channel “a” transmitter operates in
the same manner as channel “b.”
IMR – Interrupt Mask Register
The programming of this register selects which interrupt sources will
be allowed to enter the interrupt arbitration process. This register is
logically ANDED with the interrupt status register. Its function is to
allow the interrupt source it represents to join the bidding process if
the corresponding IMR and ISR bits are both 1. It has no effect on
the value in the ISR. It does not mask the reading of the ISR.
In the counter mode, the current value of the upper and lower eight
bits of the counter (CTU, CTL) may be read by the CPU. It is
recommended that the counter be stopped when reading to prevent
potential problems which may occur if a carry from the lower eight
bits to the upper eight bits occurs between the times that both
halves of the counter is read. However, note that a subsequent start
counter command will cause the counter to begin a new count cycle
using the values in CTUR and CTLR.
CTUR and CTLR – Counter/Timer Registers
I/O LOGIC
The CTUR and CTLR hold the eight MSBs and eight LSBs,
respectively, of the value to be used by the counter/timer in either
the counter or timer modes of operation. The minimum value which
may be loaded into the CTUR/CTLR registers is H‘0002’. Note that
these registers are write-only and cannot be read by the CPU.
The QUART has four I/O pins for each channel. These pins may be
individually programmed as an input or output under control of the
I/OPCR (I/O Port Control Register). Functions which may use the
I/O pins as inputs (Rx or Tx external clock, for example) are always
sensitive to the signal on the I/O pin regardless of it being
programmed as an input or an output. For example if I/O1a was
programmed to output the RxC1X clock and the Counter/Timer was
programmed to use I/O pin as its clock input the result would be the
Counter/Timer being clocked by the RxC1X clock.
In the timer (programmable divider) mode, the C/T generates a
square wave with a period of twice the value (in clock periods) of
the CTUR and CTLR. If the value in CTUR or CTLR is changed, the
current half-period will not be affected, but subsequent half-periods
will be. The C/T will not be running until it receives an initial ‘Start
Counter’ command (read address at A5–A0 0Eh for C/T ab or read
address 1Eh for C/T cd ). After this, while in timer mode, the C/T will
run continuously. Receipt of a subsequent start counter command
causes the C/T to terminate the current timing cycle and to begin a
new cycle using the values in the CTUR and CTLR.
The 16 I/O ports are accessed and/or controlled by five (5) registers:
IPR, ACR, I/OPCR, IPCR, OPR. They are shown in Table 8 of this
document. Each UART has four pins. Two of these pins have
“Change of State Detectors” (COS). These detectors set
whenever the pin to which they are attached changes state. (1 to 0
or 0 to 1) The “Change of State Detectors” are enabled via the
ACR. When enabled the COS devices may generate interrupts via
the IMR and IPCR registers. Note that when the COS interrupt is
enabled that any one or more of the four COS bits in the IPCR will
enable the COS bidding. Each of the channel’s four I/O lines are
configured as inputs on reset.
The counter ready status bit (ISR[3]) is set once each cycle of the
square wave. The bit is reset by a “Stop Counter” command (read
address at A5–A0 0Fh for C/T ab or read address 1Fh for C/T cd).
The command, however, does not stop the C/T. It only resets the
ISR[3] bit; the C/T continues to run. The ISR[3] bit will set again as
the counter passes through 0. The generated square wave is output
on an I/O pin if it is programmed to be the C/T output.
The Change of State detectors sample the I/O pins at the rate of the
38.4KHz clock. A change on the pin will be required to be stable for
at least 26.04µs and as much as 52.08µs for the COS detectors to
confirm a change. Note that changes in the X1/clock frequency will
effect this stability requirement.
In the counter mode, the C/T counts down the number of pulses
loaded in CTUR and CTLR by the CPU. Counting begins upon
receipt of a start counter command. Upon reaching the terminal
count H‘0000’, the counter ready interrupt bit (ISR[3]) is set. The
counter rolls over to 65535 and continues counting until stopped by
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Table 8. Register Bit Formats, I/O Section
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
IPCR (Input Port Change Register ab) The lower four bits replicate the lower four bits of the IPR. The upper four bits reads state of
Change detectors. Change detectors are enabled in ACR[3:0]. (DUART ab)
Delta I/O1b
Delta I/O0b
Delta I/O1a
Delta I/O0a
I/O1b
I/O0b
I/O1a
I/O0a
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
IPCR (Input Port Change Register cd) The lower four bits replicate the lower four bits of the IPR. The upper four bits reads state of
Change detectors. Change detectors are enabled in ACR[3:0]. (DUART cd)
Delta I/O1d
Delta I/O0d
Delta I/O1c
Delta I/O0c
I/O1d
I/O0d
I/O1c
I/O0c
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = No
1 = Yes
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
I/OPCR (I/O Port Configuration Register) One register for each UART.
I/O2x CONTROL
I/O3x CONTROL
I/O1x CONTROL
I/O0x CONTROL
Two bits for each I/O pin.
This register controls the configuration of the I/O ports. It defines them as inputs or outputs and controls what sources will drive them in the
case of outputs or which functions they will drive when used as an input. Each pin has four functions and hence two bits to control it. Each
UART has one eight bit register to control its four I/O ports.
OPR (Output Port Register cd) for DUART cd
I/O3d
I/O2d
I/O3c
I/O2c
I/O1d
I/O0d
I/O1c
I/O0c
I/O1a
I/O0a
One bit for each pin. When I/O pins are configured as “General Purpose Outputs”
the pins will be driven to the complement value of its associated OPR bit.
OPR (Output Port Register ab) for DUART ab
I/O3b
I/O2b
I/O3a
I/O2a
I/O1b
I/O0b
One bit for each pin. When I/O pins are configured as “General Purpose Outputs”
the pins will be driven to the complement value of its associated OPR bit.
This register contains the data for the I/O ports when they are used as ’General Purpose Outputs’ . The bits of the register are controlled by
writing to the hex addresses at 0C and 1C. Ones written to the OPR drive the pins to 0; zeros drive the pins to 1. (The pins drive the value of
the complement data written to the OPR)
IPR (Input Port Register cd) Reads I/O pins for DUART cd
I/O3d
I/O2d
I/O3c
I/O2c
I/O1d
I/O0d
I/O1c
I/O0c
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
IPR (Input Port Register ab) Reads I/O pins for DUART ab
I/O3b
I/O2b
I/O3a
I/O2a
I/O1b
I/O0b
I/O1a
I/O0a
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
0 = Low
1 = High
This register reads the state of the ’I/O Ports’. The state of the I/O ports is read regardless of being programmed as inputs or outputs.
The IPR can be thought of a just another 8 bit parallel port to the system data bus. The lower four bits of this register are replicated in the lower
four bits of the IPCR register.
I/O Port Control Channel A (IOPCRA)
IOPCR[xx]
Pin Control Bits
IOPCRa[7:6]
IOPCRa[5:4]
IOPCRa[3:2]
IOPCRa[1:0]
I/O3A
I/O2A
I/O1A
I/O0A
in1
00 = input
IPR(5), TxC in
IPR(4), RxC in
IPR(1), C/Tab Clk
01 = output
OPRab(5)
OPRab(4)
RTSN1 if IOPCR[5:4] = 01
OPRab(1)
RTSN2 if IOPCR[5:4] ≠ 01
OPRab(0)
10 = output
TxC 16x
RxC 1x
RxC 16x
TxC 1x
11 = output
TxC 1x
RxC 16x
RxC 1x
TxC 16x
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I/O Port Control Channel B (IOPCRB)
IOPCR[xx]
Pin Control Bits
IOPCRb[7:6]
IOPCRb[5:4]
IOPCRb[3:2]
IOPCRb[1:0]
I/O3B
I/O2B
I/O1B
I/O0B
00 = input
IPR(7), TxC in
IPR(6), RxC in
IPR(3), TxC in
IPR(2), CTSN
01 = output
OPRab(7)
OPRab(6)
RTSN1 if IOPCR[5:4] = 01
OPRab(3)
RTSN2 if IOPCR[5:4] ≠ 01
OPRab(2)
10 = output
TxC 16x
RxC 1x
C/T ab out
TxC 1x
11 = output
TxC 1x
RxC 16x
RxC 1x
TxC 16x
I/O Port Control Channel C (IOPCRC)
IOPCR[xx]
Pin Control Bits
IOPCRc[7:6]
IOPCRc[5:4]
I/O3C
IOPCRc[3:2]
I/O2C
IOPCRc[1:0]
I/O1C
I/O0C
00 = input
IPR(5), TxC in
IPR(4), RxC in
IPR(1), C/Tcd Clk in1 TxC in
IPR(0), CTSN
01 = output
OPRcd(5)
OPRcd(4)
RTSN1 if IOPCR[5:4] = 01
OPRab(1)
RTSN2 if IOPCR[5:4] ≠ 01
OPRcd(0)
10 = output
TxC 16x
RxC 1x
RxC 16x
TxC 1x
11 = output
TxC 1x
RxC 16x
RxC 1x
TxC 16x
I/O Port Control Channel D (IOPCRD)
IOPCR[xx]
Pin Control Bits
IOPCRd[7:6]
IOPCRd[5:4]
IOPCRd[3:2]
IOPCRd[1:0]
I/O3D
I/O2D
I/O1D
I/O0D
00 = input
IPR(7), TxC in
IPR(6), RxC in
IPR(3), TxC in
IPR(2), CTSN
01 = output
OPRcd(7)
OPRcd(6)
RTSN1 if IOPCR[5:4] = 01
OPRcd(3)
RTSN2 if IOPCR[5:4] ≠ 01
OPRcd(2)
10 = output
TxC 16x
RxC 1x
C/T cd out
TxC 1x
11 = output
TxC 1x
RxC 16x
RxC 1x
TxC 16x
The input part of the I/O pins is always active. The programming of the IOPCR bits to 00 merely turns off the out drivers and places
the pin at high impedance.
A read of the IPR register returns the value of the IPR bits as shown above. IPR(5) is at bit position 5 of the data bus. Note that the IPR bit
positions do not follow the 0, 1, 2, 3 order of the I/O ports. During a read of the IPR the I/O ports are not latched. Therefore, it is possible to see
changing data during the read. Port pins that have clocks on them may not yield valid data during the read.
Since the input circuits of the I/O ports are always active it is possible to direct the port signal back into the port. For example: I/O1 will output
the RTS signal. Setting the Counter/Timer (C/T) to be clocked by the I/O1 port will result in the counter counting the number of times RTS goes
active. The change of state detectors on I/O0 and I/O1 will, when programmed, always be sensitive to the signal on the port regardless of the
source of that port’s signal.
NOTES:
1. Normal configurations place RTSN output on I/O1 and place Tx external clock input on I/O3. For the 48 pin Dual In-Line package, I/O3 is
not available. The following options allow flexible I/O programming with the 48 pin package:
When IOPCR(7:6), the I/O3 control, ≠ 00, then I/O1 becomes available to the transmitter as an external clock.
When IOPCR(5:4), the I/O2 control, = 01, then I/O2 may be the RTSN signal if MR1(7) = 1 and OPR(4) = 1.
2. I/O1 becomes RTSN when IOPCR(3:2) = 01 and MR1(7) = 1 and OPR(1) = 1. (OPR(3) for channel B)
indicates its source within the UART. The Type field is encoded as
follows:
000
No Interrupt
001
Change of State
x10
Transmit available
011
Receive available, no error
100
Receiver break change
101
Counter/Timer
111
Receive available, w/errors
Registers of the Interrupt System
The CIR, and “Global” registers are updated with the IACKN signal
or from the “Update CIR” command at hex address 2A. These
registers are not updated when IRQN is asserted since there could
be a long time between the assertion of IRQN and the start of the
interrupt service routine. (See notes following this section).
Current Interrupt Register (CIR)
# Bytes
Type
Chan #
3
3
2
With Type = x11, the # Bytes field indicates the count of received
bytes available for reading, while with Type = x10 it indicates the
number of bytes that can be written to the transmit FIFO.
The Channel # field indicates which of the four UARTs has the
highest priority interrupt currently outstanding, while the Type field
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Global Interrupt Byte Count (GIBC)
00000
# Bytes
5
3
The IVC field controls what kind of vector the QUART returns to the
host MPU during an Interrupt Acknowledge cycle:
00
Output contents of Interrupt Vector Register
01
Output 6 MSBs of IVR and Channel number as 2 LSBs
10
Output 3 MSBs of IVR, Interrupt Type and Channel number
11
Disable generation of vector during IACK cycle.
Returns hex’FF during an IACKN cycle.
The GIBC is not an actual register but simply outputs the interrupting
UART’s transmit or receive byte counter value. The count, accurate
at the time IACKN asserts, is captured in the CIR. The high order 5
bits are read as ‘0’. The GIBC is read only at address 2AH.
The IVC field reset to 00. The ICR is read/write at address 2CH.
Bidding Control Registers (BCRs)
Global RxFIFO (GRxFIFO)
Received Data
8
Received Break
State Change
C/T
3
3
2
This register is a transparent latch. It must be set to ensure the
expected operation of the arbitration system. The 3 MSBs
determine the priority of Received Break Interrupts; they are reset to
000.
If a receiver is not the cause of the current interrupt, a read of the
Global RxFIFO will yield a byte containing all ones and NONE of the
UART channels’ receive FIFOs will be popped. (IMPORTANT)
The GRxFIFO is Read only at address 2BH.
Bits 4:2 determine the priority of Change of Input State interrupts,
and are reset to 00.
BCR Counter/Timer bits reset to 00.
There is one BCR per UART channel; they can be read or written at
addresses 20-23H.
Global TxFIFO (GTxFIFO)
Data to be Sent
8
Interrupt Vector (IVR)
If a transmitter is not the cause of the current interrupt, a write to the
Global TxFIFO has no effect.
The 8 bits of the interrupt vector
The GTxFIFO is Write only at address 2BH.
Interrupt Vector (IVR-Modified)
Global Interrupting Channel (GICR)
000000
Chan #
6
2
Interrupt Control (ICR)
Threshold
IVC
6
2
Always Used
with IVC = 0x
w/IVC = 01 or 10
3
3
2
Holds the constant bits of the interrupt acknowledge vector. As
shown, the three MSBs are always used, while the less significant
bits can be replaced by the interrupt type code and/or Channel code
bits contained in the CIR. The IVR is write only at address 29H.
Like the other Global pseudo-registers no hardware register exists.
The Channel number field of the Current Interrupt Register padded
with leading zeros is output as the GICR. The GICR is Read only at
address 29H.
C/Tab indicated by Channel code B 01
C/Tcd indicated by Channel code D 11
The Threshold Field is used by the interrupt comparator to
determine if a winning interrupt “bid” should result in interrupting the
host MPU. The threshold field resets to 00.
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DC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS5, 6, 7
SYMBOL
VIL
PARAMETER
TEST CONDITIONS
Input low voltage
2.0
–40 to +85°C
2.2
Input high voltage (except X1/CLK)
VIH
Input high voltage (X1/CLK)
VOL
VOH
Output Low voltage
Output High voltage (except OD outputs)
IIL
IIH
Input current Low, I/O ports
Input current High, I/O ports
II
Input leakage current
IILX1
IIHX1
X1/CLK input Low current
X1/CLK input High current
IOZH
IOZL
Output off current High, 3–state data bus
Output off current Low, 3–state data bus
VIN = VCC
VIN = 0
IODL
IODH
Open–drain output Low current in off state: IRQN
Open–drain output Low current in off state: IRQN
VIN = 0
VIN = VCC
Power supply current
Operating mode
Max
IOL = 4.0mA
IOH = –400µA
IOH = –100µA
0.8VCC
0.9VCC
VIN = 0
VIN = VCC
–10
VIN = 0 to VCC
–1
VIN = GND, X2 = open
VIN = VCC, X2 = open
–100
TTL input levels 25°C
with X1 = 4MHz
–1
–1
22
V
V
0.4
V
V
V
10
µA
µA
1
µA
100
µA
µA
10
1
µA
1
µA
50
5
* See UART application note for power down currents less than 5µA.
UNIT
V
0.8VCC
Power down mode
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0.8
0 to +70°C
VIH
ICC
LIMITS
Min
mA
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AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS5, 6, 7, 8
SYMBOL
FIGURE
LIMITS
PARAMETER
Min
Typ
Max
UNIT
Reset timing
tRES
7
Reset pulse width
200
ns
tPS
8
tPH
8
I/O input setup time before RDN Low
0
ns
I/O input hold time after RDN High
0
8
I/O output valid from
WRN High
RDN Low
ns
9
IRQN negated or I/O output High from:
Read RHR (RxRDY/FFULL interrupt)
Write THR (TxRDY interrupt)
Reset command (break change interrupt)
Reset command (I/O change interrupt)
Stop C/T command (counter interrupt)
Write IMR (clear of interrupt mask bit)
tCLK
10
X1/CLK low/high time
tCLK
10
X1/CLK low/high time (above 4MHz; X1/CLK ÷ 2 active)
tCLK
10
X1/CLK frequency
09
tCTC
10
Counter/timer clock high or low time
60
fCTC
10
Counter/timer clock frequency
09
tRX
10
RxC high or low time
30
fRX
10
RxC frequency (16X)
RxC frequency (1X)
09
09
tTX
10
TxC high or low time
30
10
TxC frequency (16X)
TxC frequency (1X)
I/O Port timing
tPD
110
110
ns
ns
100
100
100
100
100
100
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
ns
Interrupt timing
tIR
With respect to a
3.6864MHz clock
on pin X1/CLK
Clock timing
fTX
125/100
ns
56/56
ns
3.6864
8.0
MHz
8
MHz
16
1.0
MHz
MHz
09
09
16
1.0
MHz
MHz
120
ns
+20
ns
ns
ns
ns
Transmitter timing
tTXD
11
TxD output delay from TxC low
tTCS
11
TxC output delay from TxD output data
–20
RxD data setup time to RxC high
100
Receiver timing
tRXS
12
ns
tRXH
12
RxD data hold time from RxC high
100
ns
NOTES:
1. Stress above these listed under Absolute Maximum Ratings may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only.
Functional operation of the device at these or any other condition above those indicated in the operation section of the specification is not
implied.
2. For operating at elevated temperatures, the device must be derated based on +150oC maximum junction temperature.
3. This product includes circuitry specifically designed for the protection of its internal devices from damaging effects of excessive static
charge. Nonetheless, it is suggested that conventional precautions be taken to avoid applying any voltages larger than the rated maxima.
4. Parameters are valid over specified temperature range. See ordering information table for applicable temperature range and operating
supply range.
5. All voltage measurements are referenced to ground (GND). For testing, all inputs swing between 0.4V and 2.4V with a transition time of 20ns
maximum. For X1/CLK this swing is between 0.4V and 4.4V. All time measurements are referenced at input voltages of VIL and VIH, as
appropriate.
6. Typical values are at +25oC, typical supply voltages, and typical processing parameters.
7. Test condition for interrupt and I/O outputs: CL = 50pF, RL = 2.7kΩ to VCC. Test conditions for rest of outputs: CL = 150pF.
8. Timing is illustrated and referenced to the WRN and RDN inputs. The device may also be operated with CEN as the ‘strobing’ input. CEN
and RDN (also CEN and WRN) are ANDed internally. As a consequence, the signal asserted last initiates the cycle and the signal negated
first terminates the cycle.
9. This value is not tested, but is guaranteed by design. For tCLK minimum test rate is 2.0MHz.
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SC26C94
AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS1
TA = 25°C; VCC = 5V ± 10%, unless otherwise specified. Limits shown as nn/nn refer to Commercial/Industrial temperature range. Single
numbers apply to both ranges.
LIMITS
NO.
FIGURE
CHARACTERISTIC
1
2
A[5:0] Setup time to RDN WRN Low
10
ns
2
2
A[5:0] Hold time from RDN WRN Low
45
ns
0
ns
0
ns
Min
Low2
Typ
Max
UNIT
3
2
CEN Setup time to RDN WRN
4
2
CEN Hold time from RDN WRN High2
5
2
RDN WRN Pulse Width Low
6
2
D[7:0] Data Valid after CEN and RDN Low
7
2
D[7:0] Data Bus floating after RDN or CEN High
8
2
D[7:0] Data Bus Setup time before WRN or CEN High
40
ns
9
2
D[7:0] Hold time after WRN or CEN High
8
ns
10
2
Time between Reads and/or Writes3
50
ns
110/115
ns
110/115
ns
30
ns
NOTES:
1. Parameters are valid over specified temperature range. See ordering information table for applicable temperature range and operating
supply range.
2. Timing is illustrated and referenced to the WRN and RDN inputs. The device may also be operated with CEN as a ‘strobing’ input. CEN and
RDN (also CEN and WRN) are ANDed internally. As a consequence the signal asserted last initiates the cycle; the signal negated first
terminates the cycle. Address is latched at leading edge of a read or write cycle.
3. The RDN signal must be negated for this time to guarantee that internal registers update before the next read.
READ CYCLE
A[5:0]
1
WRITE CYCLE
2
1
2
10
CEN
3
4
RDN
5
9
WRN
5
7
6
8
D[7:0]
SD00164
Figure 2. A Read Cycle Followed by a Write Cycle without DACKN
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AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
SC26C94
TA = 25°C; VCC = 5V ± 10%, unless otherwise specified. Limits shown as nn/nn refer to
Commercial/Industrial temperature range. Single numbers apply to both ranges.
NO.
FIGURE
1
3
LIMITS
CHARACTERISTIC
Min
Typ
D[7:0] Valid after IACKN Low
Max
UNIT
110/115
ns
10 + 2
X1 edges1
90/122 + 3
X1 edges1
ns
2
3
DACKN Low after IACKN Low
3
3
D[7:0] floating after IACKN High
0
30
ns
4
3
DACKN High after IACKN High
0
30
ns
5
3
IACKN High after IACKN Low
110/115
ns
NOTE:
1. Consecutive write operations to the upper four bits of the Command Register (CR) require at least three X1/CLK edges; four X1/CLK edges
in the ‘X1/CLK divide by 2 edges’ according to register 2E or 2F setting.
IRQN
5
IACKN
1
3
D[7:0]
2
4
DACKN
SD00165
NOTE: Rise time of IRQN is dependent on external circuit.
Figure 3. Interrupt Knowledge (IACKN) Timing
OSC/N
EVAL/HOLD
IACKN
CIR
VALUE FOR THIS INTERRUPT
SD00166
Figure 4. Interrupt Bid Arbitration Timing
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SC26C94
INTBUSN7:0
HOLD
EN
INVERTING LATCHES
BYTE COUNTER TRANSMITTER OFFSET CORRECTION LOGIC
IACK
UPDCIR
BYTE COUNT
•
•
INTERRUPT TYPE
CURRENT
INTERRUPT
REGISTER
CHANNEL
•
READ GIBC
READ CIR
READ CICR
•
D7
D6
D5
D4
D3
D2
•
D1
•
D0
SD00167
Figure 5. Current Interrupt Register Logic
2.7K
INTRAN–INTRDN,
I/O0a–I/O3d
+5V
60pF
+5V
1.6K
D0–D7,
TxDa–TxDh,
I/O0a–I/O3d
6K
150pF
SD00168
Figure 6. Test Conditions on Outputs
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RESET
tRES
SD00169
Figure 7. Reset Timing
RDN
tPS
tPH
I/O as Input
I/O PINS MUST BE STABLE FOR NON-CHANGING BUS DATA DURING THE READ.
CEN
tPD
WRN
tPD
I/O as Output
OLD DATA
NEW DATA
NOTE: I/O PIN DATA IS NOT LATCHED
SD00170
Figure 8. I/O Port Timing
WRN
INTERRUPT 1
OUTPUT
VM
tIR
VOL +0.5V
VOL
RDN
INTERRUPT 1
OUTPUT
tIR
VOL +0.5V
VOL
NOTES:
1. INCLUDES I/O WHEN USED AS TxRDY or RxDY/FFULL OUTPUTS AS WELL AS IRQN.
2. THE TEST FOR OPEN DRAIN OUTPUTS IS INTENDED TO GUARANTEE SWITCHING OF THE OUTPUT TRANSISTOR. MEASUREMENT OF THIS RESPONSE IS
REFERENCED FROM THE MIDPOINT OF THE SWITCHING SIGNAL, VM, TO A POINT 0.5V ABOVE VOL. THIS POINT REPRESENTS NOISE MARGIN THAT ASSURES TRUE SWITCHING HAS OCCURRED. BEYOND THIS LEVEL, THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL CIRCUITRY AND TEST ENVIRONMENT ARE PRONOUNCED
AND CAN GREATLY AFFECT THE RESULTANT MEASUREMENT.
SD00171
Figure 9. Interrupt Timing
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tCLK
tCTC
tRx
tTx
SC26C94
+5V
1K required for
TTL gate.
X1/CLK
CTCLK
RxC
TxC
X1
tCLK
tCTC
tRx
tTx
X2
NC
C1 = C2 = 24pF FOR CL = 20PF
C1 and C2 should be chosen according to the
crystal manufacturer’s specification.
C1 and C2 values will include any parasitic
capacitance of the wiring.
26C94
X1
22
BRG
3pF
C1
50 KOHMs
TO
150 KOHMs
C2
STANDARD
BAUD
RATES
38.4kHz CLOCK
TO I/O CHANGE-OF-STATE DETECTORS
X2
3.6864MHz
4pF
MUX
÷2
NOTES:
C1 and C2 should be based on manufacturer’s specification.
X1 and X2 parasitic capacitance IS 1-2pF AND 3-5pF, respectively.
GAIN: at 4MHz 8 to 14db; at 8MHz 2 to 6db
PHASE: at 4MHz 272° to 276°; at 8MHz 272° to 276°
To
remainder
of circuit
TYPICAL CRYSTAL SPECIFICATION
FREQUENCY:
2 – 4MHZ
12 – 32pF
LOAD CAPACITANCE (CL):
TYPE OF OPERATION:
PARALLEL RESONANT, FUNDAMENTAL MODE
SD00172
Figure 10. Clock Timing
1 BIT TIME
(1 OR 16 CLOCKS
TxC
(INPUT)
tTXD
TxD
tTCS
TxC
(1X OUTPUT)
SD00173
Figure 11. Transmit Clock Timing
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RxC
(1X INPUT)
tRXS
tRXH
RxD
SD00174
Figure 12. Receive Clock Timing
TxD
D1
D2
D2
D3
D3
BREAK
D4
D6
TRANSMITTER
ENABLED
TxRDY
(SR2)
MR0(5:4) = 00
WRN
D1
START
BREAK
D4
STOP
BREAK
D5 WILL
NOT BE
TRANSMITTED
D6
CTSN1
(I/O0)
RTSN2
(I/O1)
CR[7:4] = 1010
CR[7:4] = 1010
NOTES:
1. TIMING SHOWN FOR MR2[4] = 1.
2. TIMING SHOWN FOR MR2[5] = 1.
SD00175
Figure 13. Transmitter Data Timing
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RxD
D1
D2
D3
D9
D10
SC26C94
D11
D12
D13
RECEIVER
ENABLED
RxRDY
(SR0)
D2
FFULL
(SR1)
RxRDY/
FFULL
ISR(1)
RDN
S
S = STATUS
D = DATA
D
OVERRUN
(SR4)
S D
S D
S D
D2
D3
D10
D10 WILL
BE LOST
D1
RESET BY
COMMAND
D10 WILL BE
OVERWRITTEN
BY D11, 12, ETC
RTS1
I/O1
I/O1 = 1 or (CR[7:4] = 1010)
NOTES;
1. TIMING SHOWN FOR MR1[7] = 1.
2. DEFAULT: I/O1 IS RTS AND IOPCR(5:4) ≠ 01
SD00176
Figure 14. Receiver Data Timing
MASTER STATION
BIT 9
ADD#1
TxD
BIT 9
1
D0
BIT 9
0
ADD#2
1
TRANSMITTER
ENABLED
TxRDY
(SR2)
CEN
(WRITE]
MR1 [4:3] = 11 ADD#1
MR1 [2] = 1
MR1 [2] = 0
D0
MR1 [2] = 1
ADD#2
PERIPHERAL STATION
BIT 9
RxD
0
BIT 9
ADD#1
BIT 9
1
D0
0
ADD#2
BIT 9
BIT 9
1
0
RECEIVER
ENABLED
RxRDY
(SR0)
RDN/WRN
MR1 [4:3] = 11
S
ADD#1
D
D0
NOTE: TIMING SHOWN FOR FIFO POWER-UP DEFAULT
S
D
ADD#2
SD00177
Figure 15. Wake-Up Mode
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D = DATA
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the interrupt is generated. It is the source’s value which is captured
in the CIR.
INTERRUPT NOTES
The following is a brief description of the new QUART “Bidding”
interrupt system, interrupt vector and the use of the Global registers.
The heart of the interrupt speed enhancement is attained by
allowing the interrupting source to encode its channel, interrupt type
and, if appropriate, the number of FIFO bytes requiring service. This
information is coded and transferred the CIR (Current Interrupt
Register) at the time IACKN is asserted or the command ’Update
CIR’ is executed. Upon an interrupt the processor may read this
register and in one access determine the ”who, what and how
much”. This CIR value is used to drive the interrupt vector
modification (when used) and the new ”Global” registers.
The new features of the QUARTs have been developed to greatly
reduce the microprocessor time required to service uart interrupts.
Bus cycle times have also been enhanced. By use of the new
Current Interrupt Register (CIR) the speed of a polled system is
also improved. For example programming the SCC2692 to interrupt
on TxRDY and RxFUL would generate four interrupts for every six
characters processed along with at least two additional accesses to
the chip for each interrupt. This amounts to two non–data chip
accesses per character. In the 26C94 this has been reduced to 0.25
non data accesses per character; an eight fold improvement. In
certain conditions use of the global registers will yield a greater
improvement.
“Global” Registers
The ”Global Registers” are effectively pointers which use the
contents of the CIR to direct a read or write operation to Rx or Tx or
other source which is currently interrupting. There are four global
registers defined in the register map:
1. Global Interrupting Byte Count
2. Global Interrupting Channel
3. Global Receive FIFO Register
4. Global Transmit FIFO Register
The QUART has 18 possible sources which can be programmed to
generate an interrupt:
• 4 Receiver channels
• 4 Transmitter Channels
• 4 Received ”Break” conditions
• 4 Change of State Detectors (a total of 8 ports)
• 2 Counter/Timers
The global receive and transmit registers operate as an indirect
address. The data read from the global receive register will be that
of the currently interrupting receiver; the data written to the global
transmit register will go to the currently interrupting transmitter. The
interesting point here is that under certain circumstances an
interrupt can be serviced without an interrogation of the chip.
These sources are encoded in such a way that they generate a
unique value. This value is defined by chip hardwire programming,
user programming, and the source’s present condition. The values
the sources generate are compared (at the X1 clock rate) to a user
defined Interrupt Threshold value contained in the ICR (Interrupt
Control Register). When the source’s value exceeds the threshold
Table 9.
SC26C94
For completeness it should be noted that the global registers are not
physical devices. Reads of the Global Byte and Channel registers
give the Byte count or Channel number, respectively, (right justified)
of the interrupting channel. The CIR data is mapped to these
”registers”.
Bidding Format
BIT 7
BIT 6
BIT 4
BIT 3
BIT 2
Rx Byte count
Error
1
1
1
Channel No.
Receiver bid With error
Rx Byte count
no Error
0
1
1
Channel No.
Receiver bid No error
1
0
Channel No.
Transmit bid
0
BIT 5
Tx Byte Count
BIT 1
BIT 0
FUNCTION
Programmable
1
0
0
Channel No.
Receive Break
Programmable
0
0
1
Channel No.
Change of State
1
0
1
Channel No.
Counter/Timer
Programmable
0
NOTES:
1. The ones and zeros above represent the hardwired positions.
2. Note the format of bits 4:2. They represent the identity of the interrupting source.
3. Bids with the highest number of contiguous MSBs win the bid.
111
011
x10
100
001
101
000
It would seem that a 11 programmed in the upper counter/timer bits,
for example, would cause it to interrupt nearly all the time. This is
not true . A counter/timer that has not timed out will not bid. In a
similar fashion a receiver FIFO that is empty or a transmitter FIFO
that is full will not bid
Receiver with error
Receiver without error
Transmitter
Receiver Break detect
Change of State
Counter/Timer
No interrupt
In general terms the threshold value programmed in the ICR
(Interrupt Control Register) will reflect some fill level of the eight
character transmit and receive FIFOs that allow processor service
without underrun or overrun occurring.
In these identifiers the receivers are biased to have highest priority.
The identifier bits and the channel number bits are hardwired on the
chip. Normally the non–data interrupts would be programmed to a
low value. The programmable fields can, in some cases, make
these sources higher than a full receiver.
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Note that interrupt threshold value in the ICR is 6 bits long. This
value is aligned with the bid arbitration logic such that it bids only
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See the “Interrupt Note on 26C94” which refers to the use of the MR
registers in controlling the Rx and Tx bidding.
through the most significant 6 bits. The result of this is that the
channel value does not ’bid’. However the logic is such that other
parts of the bid being equal the condition of the highest channel will
be captured in CIR. The increasing order of the channels is A, B, C,
D. Thus channel D is the ”strongest” of the four.
In normal operation the character of an interrupt will be controlled by
the above registers in conjunction with the IMR (Interrupt Mask
Register (one for each DUART)) . The function of the IMR will be to
enable bidding of any particular source. Recall that the QUART has
18 functions which may generate an interrupt.
It could be that the giving the highest strength to channel D may,
from time to time, not be what would be most desired. Further it
may be desired to alter the authority of a channel’s bid. This may
be done by setting the Rx and/or Tx interrupt bits in MR0 and MR1
to values different than zero. This will have the effect of not allowing
the associated receiver or transmitter to bid until its FIFO reaches a
particular fill level. Although this compromises the idea of the
bidding interrupt scheme, it is entirely safe to use. In fact it is setting
of MR0 and MR1 interrupt bits to zero that causes the receiver to
stop bidding when it is empty and causes the transmitter to stop
bidding when it is full. Altering the MR0 and MR1 interrupt bits only
changes the level at which the Rx & Tx bidding is stopped.
Table 10.
SC26C94
The format of the interrupt vector is controlled by the ICR[1:0] bits.
The formats are shown in Table 7. The purpose of the vector
modification is to allow the interrupting source (either channel or
type and channel) to direct the processor to appropriate service
routine. We have found that some users wish to use extremely tight
loops for the service routines and find the addition of several tests of
status bytes to be very ’expensive’ in processor time.
Configuration of Interrupt Vector for the QUART
BIT 7
BIT 6
Interrupt vector for →
ICR[1:0]=00
BIT 5
BIT 4
BIT 3
BIT 2
BIT 1
BIT 0
INTERRUPT VECTOR FORMATS (Controlled by ICR[1:0])
IVR[7:0]
Full interrupt vector
Interrupt vector for →
ICR[1:0]=01
Interrupt vector for →
ICR[1:0]=10
IVR[7:2]
ICR[1:0]
Interrupt vector 6 MSBs
Channel number
IVR[7:5]
ICR[4:2]
ICR[1:0]
Interrupt vector 3 MSBs
Interrupt type
Channel number
Interrupt vector for →
ICR[1:0]=11 (Inhibit)
Inhibit vector output. (Set bus to FFh)
CURRENT INTERRUPT REGISTER FORMAT CIR[7:0]
Rx or Tx byte count
Interrupt type: R/Tx CT COS BRK
Channel number
INTERRUPT CONTROL REGISTER FORMAT ICR[0:7]
Interrupt threshold ICR[7:2]
Interrupt vector format
ICR[1:0]
(Write Enable). The pins used in the interrupt service are IRQN
(Interrupt Request), IACKN (Interrupt Acknowledge). The pin used
for data transfer is DACKN (Data Acknowledge). IRQN and DACKN
are open drain outputs.
NOTE ON QUART INTERFACE TO ITS
CONTROLLING PROCESSOR
The QUART, has been designed to interface in either the
synchronous interrupt environment (without DACKN) or the
asynchronous interrupt environment (with DACKN). The 80xxx
devices of Intel design are usually operated in a synchronous
interrupt mode while those of Motorola design, 68xxx devices,
operate in an asynchronous interrupt mode.
DACKN signaling can be enabled or disabled via writing to address
27h or 26h respectively. Note that if DACKN is enabled that writing
to the QUART will occur on the falling edge of DACKN. The use of
hardware reset (required at power up) enables DACKN.
Note: Synchronous and asynchronous interrupt modes are not
in any way associated with synchronous or asynchronous data
transmission.
The Asynchronous Interface
The QUART has been designed with the pins required to service
either interface. In general then it is probable that in any application
some of the interface pins will not be used. This note discusses
what is required for the ”text book” connections of the two methods.
It should be noted that features of either method are not mutually
exclusive.
Those familiar with 68xxx I/O will note the use of the two pins RDN
and WRN to be in conflict with 68xxx devices use of the one R/WN
pin. The R/WN must be inverted such that the R/WN may drive the
WRN input while the inversion of R/WN drives the RDN input. It is
good practice to condition the inversion of R/WN such that RDN will
not become active on the termination of a write to the QUART while
CEN is still asserted. These short periods of read could upset FIFO
pointers in the chip.
The interface pins are all active low. (at VSS or ground) The pins
used for normal reading and writing to the QUART (the generation of
a bus cycle) are CEN (Chip Enable), RDN (Read Enable), WRN
During a read of the QUART DACKN signals that valid data is on the
data bus. During a write to the QUART DACKN signals that data
placed on the bus by the control processor has been written to the
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When IACKN is not used or is not available the command at 2Ah
should be used to update the CIR (Current Interrupt Register). This
register is normally updated by IACKN in response to the IRQN.
Note that the CIR is not updated by IRQN since there could be a
long time between the assertion of IRQN and the start of the
interrupt service routine. During this time it is quite possible that
another interrupt with a higher priority occurs. It is the CIR that
contains the information that describes the interrupt source and its
priority. It is therefor recommended that the first operation upon
entering the interrupt service routine is the updating of the CIR.
(Recall that the contents of the GLOBAL registers reflect the content
of the CIR)
addressed register. The generation of DACKN begins with the start
of a bus cycle (Read, Write or Interrupt Acknowledge) and then
requires two edges of the X1 clock plus typically 70ns for its
assertion.
In this mode the writing of data to the QUART registers occurs on
the falling edge of DACKN or the rising edge of the combination of
CEN and WRN which ever occurs first. This requires that the data
to be written to the QUART registers be valid with respect to the
leading edge of the combination of CEN and WRN. (In the
synchronous mode it is the trailing edge)
IACKN updates the CIR (Current Interrupt Register) and places the
Interrupt Vector or Modified Interrupt Vector on the bus if the
Interrupt Vector is used.
Summary
In the asynchronous mode all of the interface pins are usually used.
The synchronous mode usually will not use the IACKN and DACKN.
However there is no conflict in the quart if both modes are used in
the same application. (i.e. More than one device may control the
QUART) The principles to keep in mind are:
1. When IACKN is not used the CIR should be updated via
command.
2. If DACKN is not used it should be disabled.
3. When in the asynchronous mode be sure DACKN is enabled.
4. With 68xxx type controllers the RDN signal must be generated.
The Synchronous Interface
In this mode the DACKN and IACKN are usually not used. Here
data is written to the QUART on the trailing edge of the
combination of CEN and WRN. The placing of data on the bus
during a read cycle begins with the leading edge of the combination
of CEN and RDN.
The read cycle will terminate with the rise of CEN or RDN which
ever one occurs first. In this mode bus cycles are usually setup to be
the minimum time required by the QUART and hence will be faster
than bus cycles that are defined by the DACKN signal. DACKN
should be turned off in this mode.
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