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19. USART0

19.1 Features

• Full Duplex Operation (Independent Serial Receive and Transmit Registers)

• Asynchronous or Synchronous Operation

• Master or Slave Clocked Synchronous Operation

• High Resolution Baud Rate Generator

• Supports Serial Frames with 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9 Data Bits and 1 or 2 Stop Bits

• Odd or Even Parity Generation and Parity Check Supported by Hardware

• Data OverRun Detection

• Framing Error Detection

• Noise Filtering Includes False Start Bit Detection and Digital Low Pass Filter

• Three Separate Interrupts on TX Complete, TX Data Register Empty and RX Complete

• Multi-processor Communication Mode

• Double Speed Asynchronous Communication Mode

The USART can also be used in Master SPI mode, see “USART in SPI Mode” on page 200. The

Power Reduction USART bit, PRUSART0, in “Minimizing Power Consumption” on page 42 must

be disabled by writing a logical zero to it.

19.2 Overview

The Universal Synchronous and Asynchronous serial Receiver and Transmitter (USART) is a

highly flexible serial communication device.

A simplified block diagram of the USART Transmitter is shown in Table 19-1 on page 173. CPU

accessible I/O Registers and I/O pins are shown in bold.

The dashed boxes in the block diagram separate the three main parts of the USART (listed from

the top): Clock Generator, Transmitter and Receiver. Control Registers are shared by all units.

The Clock Generation logic consists of synchronization logic for external clock input used by

synchronous slave operation, and the baud rate generator. The XCKn (Transfer Clock) pin is

only used by synchronous transfer mode. The Transmitter consists of a single write buffer, a

serial Shift Register, Parity Generator and Control logic for handling different serial frame for-

mats. The write buffer allows a continuous transfer of data without any delay between frames.

The Receiver is the most complex part of the USART module due to its clock and data recovery

units. The recovery units are used for asynchronous data reception. In addition to the recovery

units, the Receiver includes a Parity Checker, Control logic, a Shift Register and a two level

receive buffer (UDRn). The Receiver supports the same frame formats as the Transmitter, and

can detect Frame Error, Data OverRun and Parity Errors.

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Figure 19-1. USART Block Diagram

(1)

Note: 1. Refer to Figure 1-1 on page 2 and Table 13-9 on page 85 for USART0 pin placement.

19.3 Clock Generation

The Clock Generation logic generates the base clock for the Transmitter and Receiver. The

USART supports four modes of clock operation: Normal asynchronous, Double Speed asyn-

chronous, Master synchronous and Slave synchronous mode. The UMSELn bit in USART

Control and Status Register C (UCSRnC) selects between asynchronous and synchronous

operation. Double Speed (asynchronous mode only) is controlled by the U2Xn found in the

UCSRnA Register. When using synchronous mode (UMSELn = 1), the Data Direction Register

for the XCKn pin (DDR_XCKn) controls whether the clock source is internal (Master mode) or

external (Slave mode). The XCKn pin is only active when using synchronous mode.

Figure 19-2 shows a block diagram of the clock generation logic.

PARITY

GENERATOR

UBRRn [H:L]

UDRn(Transmit)

UCSRnA UCSRnB UCSRnC

BAUD RATE GENERATOR

TRANSMIT SHIFT REGISTER

RECEIVE SHIFT REGISTER RxDn

TxDn

CONTROL

UDRn (Receive)

CONTROL

XCKn

DATA

RECOVERY

CLOCK

RECOVERY

CONTROL

PARITY

CHECKER

DATA BUS

OSC

SYNC LOGIC

Clock Generator

Transmitter

Receiver

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Figure 19-2. Clock Generation Logic, Block Diagram

Signal description:

txclk Transmitter clock (Internal Signal).

rxclk Receiver base clock (Internal Signal).

xcki Input from XCK pin (internal Signal). Used for synchronous slave

operation.

xcko Clock output to XCK pin (Internal Signal). Used for synchronous master

operation.

fosc XTAL pin frequency (System Clock).

19.3.1 Internal Clock Generation – The Baud Rate Generator

Internal clock generation is used for the asynchronous and the synchronous master modes of

operation. The description in this section refers to Figure 19-2.

The USART Baud Rate Register (UBRRn) and the down-counter connected to it function as a

programmable prescaler or baud rate generator. The down-counter, running at system clock

osc

), is loaded with the UBRRn value each time the counter has counted down to zero or when

the UBRRnL Register is written. A clock is generated each time the counter reaches zero. This

clock is the baud rate generator clock output (= f

osc

/(UBRRn+1)). The Transmitter divides the

baud rate generator clock output by 2, 8 or 16 depending on mode. The baud rate generator out-

put is used directly by the Receiver’s clock and data recovery units. However, the recovery units

use a state machine that uses 2, 8 or 16 states depending on mode set by the state of the

UMSELn, U2Xn and DDR_XCKn bits.

Prescaling

Down-Counter

UBRRn

/4 /2

foscn

UBRRn+1

Sync

OSC

XCKn

txclk

U2Xn

UMSELn

DDR_XCKn

xcki

xcko

DDR_XCKn

rxclk

Edge

Detector

UCPOLn

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