
SMSC DS – LPC47M14X 
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Rev. 03/19/2001 
50% duty cycle.  If a 3 or greater is loaded the output is low for 2 bits and high for the remainder of the count.  The input 
clock to the BRG is a 1.8462 MHz clock. 
Table 31 shows the baud rates possible. 
Effect Of The Reset on Register File 
The Reset Function (details the effect of the Reset input on each of the registers of the Serial Port. 
FIFO INTERRUPT MODE OPERATION
When the RCVR FIFO and receiver interrupts are enabled (FCR bit 0 = "1", IER bit 0 = "1"), RCVR interrupts occur as 
follows: 
 
The receive data available interrupt will be issued when the FIFO has reached its programmed trigger level; it is 
cleared as soon as the FIFO drops below its programmed trigger level. 
 
The IIR receive data available indication also occurs when the FIFO trigger level is reached.  It is cleared when 
the FIFO drops below the trigger level. 
 
The receiver line status interrupt (IIR=06H), has higher priority than the received data available (IIR=04H) 
interrupt. 
 
The data ready bit (LSR bit 0) is set as soon as a character is transferred from the shift register to the RCVR 
FIFO.  It is reset when the FIFO is empty. 
When RCVR FIFO and receiver interrupts are enabled, RCVR FIFO timeout interrupts occur as follows: 
1) 
A FIFO timeout interrupt occurs if all the following conditions exist: 
 
At least one character is in the FIFO. 
 
The most recent serial character received was longer than 4 continuous character times ago. (If 2 stop bits  
are programmed, the second one is included in this time delay). 
 
The most recent CPU read of the FIFO was longer than 4 continuous character times ago. 
This will cause a maximum character received to interrupt issued delay of 160 msec at 300 BAUD with a 12 bit 
character. 
 
Character times are calculated by using the RCLK input for a clock signal (this makes the delay proportional 
to the baudrate). 
 
When a timeout interrupt has occurred it is cleared and the timer reset when the CPU reads one character 
from the RCVR FIFO. 
 
When a timeout interrupt has not occurred the timeout timer is reset after a new character is received or after 
the CPU reads the RCVR FIFO. 
When the XMIT FIFO and transmitter interrupts are enabled (FCR bit 0 = "1", IER bit 1 = "1"), XMIT interrupts occur as 
follows: 
 
The transmitter holding register interrupt (02H) occurs when the XMIT FIFO is empty; it is cleared as soon as 
the transmitter holding register is written to (1 of 16 characters may be written to the XMIT FIFO while 
servicing this interrupt) or the IIR is read. 
 
The transmitter FIFO empty indications will be delayed 1 character time minus the last stop bit time whenever 
the following occurs:  THRE=1 and there have not been at least two bytes at the same time in the transmitter 
FIFO since the last THRE=1. The transmitter interrupt after changing FCR0 will be immediate, if it is enabled. 
Character timeout and RCVR FIFO trigger level interrupts have the same priority as the current received data available 
interrupt; XMIT FIFO empty has the same priority as the current transmitter holding register empty interrupt.