ATmega8515 Atmel Corporation, ATmega8515 Datasheet - Page 137

• Manufacturer Part Number: ATmega8515
• Manufacturer: Atmel Corporation

Specifications of ATmega8515

• Flash (kbytes): 8 Kbytes
• Pin Count: 44
• Max. Operating Frequency: 16 MHz
• Cpu: 8-bit AVR
• # Of Touch Channels: 16
• Hardware Qtouch Acquisition: No
• Max I/o Pins: 35
• Ext Interrupts: 3
• Usb Speed: No
• Usb Interface: No
• Spi: 1
• Uart: 1
• Graphic Lcd: No
• Video Decoder: No
• Camera Interface: No
• Resistive Touch Screen: No
• Temp. Sensor: No
• Crypto Engine: No
• Sram (kbytes): 0.5
• Eeprom (bytes): 512
• Self Program Memory: YES
• Dram Memory: No
• Nand Interface: No
• Picopower: No
• Temp. Range (deg C): -40 to 85
• I/o Supply Class: 2.7 to 5.5
• Operating Voltage (vcc): 2.7 to 5.5
• Fpu: No
• Mpu / Mmu: no / no
• Timers: 2
• Output Compare Channels: 3
• Input Capture Channels: 1
• Pwm Channels: 3
• 32khz Rtc: No
• Calibrated Rc Oscillator: Yes

AVR USART vs. AVR UART –
Compatibility
Clock Generation
2512K–AVR–01/10
The USART is fully compatible with the AVR UART regarding:
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However, the receive buffering has two improvements that will affect the compatibility in
some special cases:
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The following control bits have changed name, but have same functionality and register
location:
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The clock generation logic generates the base clock for the Transmitter and Receiver.
The USART supports four modes of clock operation: Normal asynchronous, Double
Speed asynchronous, Master synchronous and Slave synchronous mode. The UMSEL
bit in USART Control and Status Register C (UCSRC) selects between asynchronous
and synchronous operation. Double Speed (asynchronous mode only) is controlled by
the U2X found in the UCSRA Register. When using Synchronous mode (UMSEL = 1),
the Data Direction Register for the XCK pin (DDR_XCK) controls whether the clock
source is internal (Master mode) or external (Slave mode). The XCK pin is only active
when using Synchronous mode.
Figure 65 shows a block diagram of the clock generation logic.
Figure 65. Clock Generation Logic, Block Diagram
DDR_XCK
XCK
Bit locations inside all USART Registers
Baud Rate Generation
Transmitter Operation
Transmit Buffer Functionality
Receiver Operation
A second Buffer Register has been added. The two Buffer Registers operate as a
circular FIFO buffer. Therefore the UDR must only be read once for each incoming
data. More important is the fact that the Error Flags (FE and DOR) and the ninth
data bit (RXB8) are buffered with the data in the receive buffer. Therefore the status
bits must always be read before the UDR Register is read. Otherwise the error
status will be lost since the buffer state is lost.
The Receiver Shift Register can now act as a third buffer level. This is done by
allowing the received data to remain in the serial Shift Register (see Figure 64) if the
Buffer Registers are full, until a new start bit is detected. The USART is therefore
more resistant to Data OverRun (DOR) error conditions.
CHR9 is changed to UCSZ2
OR is changed to DOR
Pin
xcko
xcki
OSC
Down-counter
Prescaling
Register
UBRR
Sync
UBRR+1
fosc
Detector
UCPOL
Edge
/2
/4
ATmega8515(L)
/2
DDR_XCK
U2X
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
UMSEL
txclk
rxclk
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