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Figure 30-16. Break Transmission
30.7.3.11 Receive Break
The receiver detects a break condition when all data, parity and stop bits are low. This corresponds to detecting a
framing error with data to 0x00, but FRAME remains low.
When the low stop bit is detected, the receiver asserts the RXBRK bit in US_CSR. This bit may be cleared by writing
US_CR with the bit RSTSTA to 1.
An end of receive break is detected by a high level for at least 2/16 of a bit period in asynchronous operating mode or one
sample at high level in synchronous operating mode. The end of break detection also asserts the RXBRK bit.
30.7.3.12 Hardware Handshaking
The USART features a hardware handshaking out-of-band flow control. The RTS and CTS pins are used to connect with
Figure 30-17. Connection with a Remote Device for Hardware Handshaking
Setting the USART to operate with hardware handshaking is performed by writing the USART_MODE field in US_MR to
the value 0x2.
The USART behavior when hardware handshaking is enabled is the same as the behavior in standard synchronous or
asynchronous mode, except that the receiver drives the RTS pin as described below and the level on the CTS pin
modifies the behavior of the transmitter as described below. Using this mode requires using the PDC channel for
reception. The transmitter can handle hardware handshaking in any case.
Figure 30-18 shows how the receiver operates if hardware handshaking is enabled. The RTS pin is driven high if the
receiver is disabled and if the status RXBUFF (Receive Buffer Full) coming from the PDC channel is high. Normally, the
remote device does not start transmitting while its CTS pin (driven by RTS) is high. As soon as the receiver is enabled,
the RTS falls, indicating to the remote device that it can start transmitting. Defining a new buffer to the PDC clears the
status bit RXBUFF and, as a result, asserts the pin RTS low.
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D1
D2
D3
D4
D5
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TXD
Start
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Parity
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Stop
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US_CR
TXRDY
TXEMPTY
STPBRK = 1
STTBRK = 1
Break Transmission
End of Break
USART
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CTS
Remote
Device
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TXD
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RTS
CTS