Intel PXA26X - Manual (Page 586)

17-2 Intel® PXA26x Processor Family Developer’s Manual
Hardware UART
17.2 Features
The HWUART has the following features:
• Functionally compatible with the 16550A and 16750 UART specifications. The UART
supports not only the 16550A and 16750 industry standards but these additional functions as
well:
— DMA requests for transmit and receive data services
— Slow infrared asynchronous interface
— Non-Return-to-Zero (NRZ) encoding/decoding function
— 64 byte transmit/receive FIFO buffers
— Programmable receive FIFO trigger threshold
— Auto baud-rate detection
— Auto flow
• Ability to add or delete standard asynchronous communications bits (start, stop, and parity) in
the serial data
• Independently controlled transmit, receive, line status, and data set interrupts
• Programmable baud rate generator that allows the internal clock to be divided by 1 to 2
16
–1 to
generate an internal 16X clock
• Modem control functions (nCTS, nRTS)
• Autoflow capability controls data I/O without generating Interrupts:
— nRTS (output) controlled by UART Receiver FIFO
— nCTS (input) from modem controls UART transmitter
• Fully programmable serial-interface:
— 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-bit characters
— Even, odd, and no parity detection
— 1, 1.5, or 2 stop bit generation
— Baud rate generation up to 921.6 Kbps
— False start bit detection.
• 64-byte transmit FIFO
• 64-byte receive FIFO
• Complete status reporting capability
• Ability to generate and detect line breaks
• Internal diagnostic capabilities that include:
— Loopback controls for communications link fault isolation
— Break, parity, and framing error simulation
• Fully prioritized interrupt system controls
• Separate DMA requests for transmit and receive data services