Motorola MC68VZ328 - Manual (Page 267)

Programming Model
Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter 1 and 2 14-15
FIFO
HALF
Bit 14 FIFO Half (FIFO Status)—This read-only bit indicates that the
transmitter FIFO is less than half full. This bit generates a
maskable interrupt. 0 = Transmitter FIFO is more than
half full
1 = Transmitter FIFO is less than
half full
TX
AVAIL
Bit 13 Transmit FIFO Available (FIFO Status)—This read-only bit
indicates that the transmitter FIFO has at least one slot avail-
able for data. This bit generates a maskable interrupt. 0 = Transmitter does not need data
1 = Transmitter needs data
SEND
BREAK
Bit 12 Send Break (Tx Control)—This bit forces the transmitter to
immediately send continuous zeros, which creates a break
character. See Section 14.3.1.2, “CTS Signal Operation,” for a
description of how to generate a break. 0 = Normal transmission
1 = Send break (continuous zeros)
NOCTS1
Bit 11 Ignore CTS1 (Tx Control)—When this bit is high, it forces the
CTS1 signal that is presented to the transmitter to always be
asserted, which effectively ignores the external pin. 0 = Transmit only while the CTS1
signal is asserted
1 = Ignore the CTS1 signal
BUSY
Bit 10 Busy (Tx Status)—When this bit is high, it indicates that the
transmitter is busy sending a character. This bit is asserted
while the transmitter state machine is not idle or the FIFO has
data in it. 0 = Transmitter is not sending a
character
1 = Transmitter is sending a
character
CTS1
STAT
Bit 9 CTS1 Status (CTS1 Bit)—This bit indicates the current status
of the CTS1 signal. A “snapshot” of the pin is taken immedi-
ately before this bit is presented to the data bus. While the
NOCTS1 bit is high, this bit can serve as a general-purpose
input. 0 = CTS1 signal is low
1 = CTS1 signal is high
CTS1
DELTA
Bit 8 CTS1 Delta (CTS1 Bit)—When this bit is high, it indicates that
the CTS1 signal changed state and generates a maskable
interrupt. The current state of the CTS1 signal is available on
the CTS1 STAT bit. An immediate interrupt may be generated
by setting this bit high. The CTS1 interrupt is cleared by writing
0 to this bit. 0 = CTS1 signal did not change
state since it was last cleared
1 = CTS1 signal has changed state
TX
DATA
Bits 7–0 Tx Data (Character) (Write-Only)—This write-only field is the
parallel transmit-data input. In 7-bit mode, bit 7 is ignored, and
in 8-bit mode, all of the bits are used. Data is transmitted with
the least significant bit first. A new character is transmitted
when this field is written and has passed through the FIFO. See description
Table 14-7. UART 1 Transmitter Register Description (Continued)
Name Description Setting