
Note
:   The UARTs 1 and 2 may be configured to share an interrupt.  Refer to the Configuration section for more 
information. 
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REGISTER DESCRIPTION 
Addressing of the accessible registers of the Serial Port is shown below.  The base addresses of the serial ports are 
defined by the configuration registers (see “Configuration” section).  The Serial Port registers are located at 
sequentially increasing addresses above these base addresses.  The LPC47M192 contains two serial ports, each of 
which contain a register set as described below.  
Table 28  –  Addressing the Serial Port 
DLAB*
0 
0 
0 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
X 
1 
1 
A2
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
A1
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
A0
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
REGISTER NAME
Receive Buffer (read) 
Transmit Buffer (write) 
Interrupt Enable (read/write) 
Interrupt Identification (read) 
FIFO Control (write) 
Line Control (read/write) 
Modem Control (read/write) 
Line Status (read/write) 
Modem Status (read/write) 
Scratchpad (read/write) 
Divisor LSB (read/write) 
Divisor MSB (read/write 
*Note
:  DLAB is Bit 7 of the Line Control Register 
The following section describes the operation of the registers. 
RECEIVE BUFFER REGISTER (RB) 
Address Offset = 0H, DLAB = 0, READ ONLY 
This register holds the received incoming data byte.  Bit 0 is the least significant bit, which is transmitted and received 
first.  Received data is double buffered; this uses an additional shift register to receive the serial data stream and 
convert it to a parallel 8 bit word which is transferred to the Receive Buffer register.  The shift register is not 
accessible. 
TRANSMIT BUFFER REGISTER (TB) 
Address Offset = 0H, DLAB = 0, WRITE ONLY 
This register contains the data byte to be transmitted.   The transmit buffer is double buffered, utilizing an additional 
shift register (not accessible) to convert the 8 bit data word to a serial format.  This shift register is loaded from the 
Transmit Buffer when the transmission of the previous byte is complete. 
INTERRUPT ENABLE REGISTER (IER)  
Address Offset = 1H, DLAB = 0, READ/WRITE 
The lower four bits of this register control the enables of the five interrupt sources of the Serial Port interrupt.  It is 
possible to totally disable the interrupt system by resetting bits 0 through 3 of this register.  Similarly, setting the 
appropriate bits of this register to a high, selected interrupts can be enabled.  Disabling the interrupt system inhibits 
the Interrupt Identification Register and disables any Serial Port interrupt out of the LPC47M192.  All other system 
functions operate in their normal manner, including the Line Status and MODEM Status Registers.  The contents of 
the Interrupt Enable Register are described below.  
Bit 0  
This bit enables the Received Data Available Interrupt (and timeout interrupts in the FIFO mode) when set to logic 
“1”.