PIC16F877A-I/PT Microchip Technology Inc., PIC16F877A-I/PT Datasheet - Page 101

• Manufacturer Part Number: PIC16F877A-I/PT
• Description: 44 PIN, 7 KB FLASH, 368 RAM, 33 I/O
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology Inc.

Specifications of PIC16F877A-I/PT

• A/d Inputs: 8-Channel, 10-Bit
• Comparators: 2
• Cpu Speed: 5 MIPS
• Eeprom Memory: 256 Bytes
• Input Output: 33
• Interface: I2C/SPI/USART
• Memory Type: Flash
• Number Of Bits: 8
• Package Type: 44-pin TQFP
• Programmable Memory: 14K Bytes
• Ram Size: 368 Bytes
• Speed: 20 MHz
• Timers: 2-8-bit, 1-16-bit
• Voltage, Range: 2-5.5 V
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: RoHS Compliant part Electrostatic Device

10.2
In this mode, the USART uses standard non-return-to-
zero (NRZ) format (one START bit, eight or nine data
bits, and one STOP bit). The most common data format
is 8-bits. An on-chip, dedicated, 8-bit baud rate gener-
ator can be used to derive standard baud rate frequen-
cies from the oscillator. The USART transmits and
receives the LSb first. The transmitter and receiver are
functionally independent, but use the same data format
and baud rate. The baud rate generator produces a
clock, either x16 or x64 of the bit shift rate, depending
on bit BRGH (TXSTA<2>). Parity is not supported by
the hardware, but can be implemented in software (and
stored as the ninth data bit). Asynchronous mode is
stopped during SLEEP.
Asynchronous mode is selected by clearing bit SYNC
(TXSTA<4>).
The USART Asynchronous module consists of the fol-
lowing important elements:
• Baud Rate Generator
• Sampling Circuit
• Asynchronous Transmitter
• Asynchronous Receiver
10.2.1
The USART transmitter block diagram is shown in
Figure 10-1. The heart of the transmitter is the transmit
(serial) shift register (TSR). The shift register obtains its
data from the read/write transmit buffer, TXREG. The
TXREG register is loaded with data in software. The
TSR register is not loaded until the STOP bit has been
transmitted from the previous load. As soon as the
STOP bit is transmitted, the TSR is loaded with new
data from the TXREG register (if available). Once the
TXREG register transfers the data to the TSR register
(occurs in one T
flag bit TXIF (PIR1<4>) is set. This interrupt can be
FIGURE 10-1:
2001 Microchip Technology Inc.
USART Asynchronous Mode
USART ASYNCHRONOUS
TRANSMITTER
TXIE
CY
Interrupt
), the TXREG register is empty and
USART TRANSMIT BLOCK DIAGRAM
TXIF
TXEN
Baud Rate Generator
SPBRG
Baud Rate CLK
MSb
(8)
TX9D
TXREG Register
TSR Register
TX9
8
Data Bus
enabled/disabled by setting/clearing enable bit TXIE
( PIE1<4>). Flag bit TXIF will be set, regardless of the
state of enable bit TXIE and cannot be cleared in soft-
ware. It will reset only when new data is loaded into the
TXREG register. While flag bit TXIF indicates the status
of the TXREG register, another bit TRMT (TXSTA<1>)
shows the status of the TSR register. Status bit TRMT
is a read only bit, which is set when the TSR register is
empty. No interrupt logic is tied to this bit, so the user
has to poll this bit in order to determine if the TSR reg-
ister is empty.
Transmission is enabled by setting enable bit TXEN
(TXSTA<5>). The actual transmission will not occur
until the TXREG register has been loaded with data
and the baud rate generator (BRG) has produced a
shift clock (Figure 10-2). The transmission can also be
started by first loading the TXREG register and then
setting enable bit TXEN. Normally, when transmission
is first started, the TSR register is empty. At that point,
transfer to the TXREG register will result in an immedi-
ate transfer to TSR, resulting in an empty TXREG. A
back-to-back transfer is thus possible (Figure 10-3).
Clearing enable bit TXEN during a transmission will
cause the transmission to be aborted and will reset the
transmitter. As a result, the RC6/TX/CK pin will revert
to hi-impedance.
In order to select 9-bit transmission, transmit bit TX9
(TXSTA<6>) should be set and the ninth bit should be
written to TX9D (TXSTA<0>). The ninth bit must be
written before writing the 8-bit data to the TXREG reg-
ister. This is because a data write to the TXREG regis-
ter can result in an immediate transfer of the data to the
TSR register (if the TSR is empty). In such a case, an
incorrect ninth data bit may be loaded in the TSR
register.
Note 1: The TSR register is not mapped in data
LSb
0
2: Flag bit TXIF is set when enable bit TXEN
memory, so it is not available to the user.
TRMT
is set. TXIF is cleared by loading TXREG.
Pin Buffer
and Control
SPEN
PIC16F87X
RC6/TX/CK pin
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