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Product data sheet Rev. 05 — 16 November 2006 11 of 62
NXP Semiconductors
SC16IS740/750/760
Single UART with I
2
C-bus/SPI interface, 64-byte FIFOs, IrDA SIR
7.2.2 Auto CTS
Figure 10 shows CTS functional timing. The transmitter circuitry checks CTS before
sending the next data byte. When CTS is active, the transmitter sends the next byte. To
stop the transmitter from sending the following byte, CTS must be deasserted before the
middle of the last stop bit that is currently being sent. The auto CTS function reduces
interrupts to the host system. When flow control is enabled, CTS level changes do not
trigger host interrupts because the device automatically controls its own transmitter.
Without auto CTS, the transmitter sends any data present in the transmit FIFO and a
receiver overrun error may result.
7.3 Software flow control
Software flow control is enabled through the enhanced feature register and the Modem
Control Register. Different combinations of software flow control can be enabled by setting
different combinations of EFR[3:0]. Table 3 shows software flow control options.
(1) When CTS is LOW, the transmitter keeps sending serial data out.
(2) When CTS goes HIGH before the middle of the last stop bit of the current character, the transmitter finishes sending the
current character, but it does not send the next character.
(3) When CTS goes from HIGH to LOW, the transmitter begins sending data again.
Fig 10. CTS functional timing
start bit 0 to bit 7 stopTX
CTS
002aab041
start stop
bit 0 to bit 7
Table 3. Software flow control options (EFR[3:0])
EFR[3] EFR[2] EFR[1] EFR[0] TX, RX software flow control
0 0 X X no transmit flow control
1 0 X X transmit Xon1, Xoff1
0 1 X X transmit Xon2, Xoff2
1 1 X X transmit Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
X X 0 0 no receive flow control
X X 1 0 receiver compares Xon1, Xoff1
X X 0 1 receiver compares Xon2, Xoff2
1011transmit Xon1, Xoff1
receiver compares Xon1 or Xon2, Xoff1 or Xoff2
0111transmit Xon2, Xoff2
receiver compares Xon1 or Xon2, Xoff1 or Xoff2
1111transmit Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
receiver compares Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2
0011no transmit flow control
receiver compares Xon1 and Xon2, Xoff1 and Xoff2