Philips Semiconductors Preliminary data
P89C51RA2/RB2/RC2/RD2xx80C51 8-bit Flash microcontroller family
8KB/16KB/32KB/64KB ISP/IAP Flash with 512B/512B/512B/1KB RAM
2002 Jul 18
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FULL-DUPLEX ENHANCED UART
Standard UART operation
The serial port is full duplex, meaning it can transmit and receive
simultaneously. It is also receive-buffered, meaning it can
commence reception of a second byte before a previously received
byte has been read from the register. (However, if the first byte still
hasn’t been read by the time reception of the second byte is
complete, one of the bytes will be lost.) The serial port receive and
transmit registers are both accessed at Special Function Register
SBUF. Writing to SBUF loads the transmit register, and reading
SBUF accesses a physically separate receive register.
The serial port can operate in 4 modes:
Mode 0: Serial data enters and exits through RxD. TxD outputs
the shift clock. 8 bits are transmitted/received (LSB first).
The baud rate is fixed at 1/12 the oscillator frequency in
12-clock mode or 1/6 the oscillator frequency in 6-clock
mode.
Mode 1: 10 bits are transmitted (through TxD) or received
(through RxD): a start bit (0), 8 data bits (LSB first), and
a stop bit (1). On receive, the stop bit goes into RB8 in
Special Function Register SCON. The baud rate is
variable.
Mode 2: 11 bits are transmitted (through TxD) or received
(through RxD): start bit (0), 8 data bits (LSB first), a
programmable 9th data bit, and a stop bit (1). On
Transmit, the 9th data bit (TB8 in SCON) can be
assigned the value of 0 or 1. Or, for example, the parity
bit (P, in the PSW) could be moved into TB8. On receive,
the 9th data bit goes into RB8 in Special Function
Register SCON, while the stop bit is ignored. The baud
rate is programmable to either 1/32 or 1/64 the oscillator
frequency in 12-clock mode or 1/16 or 1/32 the oscillator
frequency in 6-clock mode.
Mode 3: 11 bits are transmitted (through TxD) or received
(through RxD): a start bit (0), 8 data bits (LSB first), a
programmable 9th data bit, and a stop bit (1). In fact,
Mode 3 is the same as Mode 2 in all respects except
baud rate. The baud rate in Mode 3 is variable.
In all four modes, transmission is initiated by any instruction that
uses SBUF as a destination register. Reception is initiated in Mode 0
by the condition RI = 0 and REN = 1. Reception is initiated in the
other modes by the incoming start bit if REN = 1.
Multiprocessor Communications
Modes 2 and 3 have a special provision for multiprocessor
communications. In these modes, 9 data bits are received. The 9th
one goes into RB8. Then comes a stop bit. The port can be
programmed such that when the stop bit is received, the serial port
interrupt will be activated only if RB8 = 1. This feature is enabled by
setting bit SM2 in SCON. A way to use this feature in multiprocessor
systems is as follows:
When the master processor wants to transmit a block of data to one
of several slaves, it first sends out an address byte which identifies
the target slave. An address byte differs from a data byte in that the
9th bit is 1 in an address byte and 0 in a data byte. With SM2 = 1, no
slave will be interrupted by a data byte. An address byte, however,
will interrupt all slaves, so that each slave can examine the received
byte and see if it is being addressed. The addressed slave will clear
its SM2 bit and prepare to receive the data bytes that will be coming.
The slaves that weren’t being addressed leave their SM2s set and
go on about their business, ignoring the coming data bytes.
SM2 has no effect in Mode 0, and in Mode 1 can be used to check
the validity of the stop bit. In a Mode 1 reception, if SM2 = 1, the
receive interrupt will not be activated unless a valid stop bit is
received.
Serial Port Control Register
The serial port control and status register is the Special Function
Register SCON, shown in Figure 12. This register contains not only
the mode selection bits, but also the 9th data bit for transmit and
receive (TB8 and RB8), and the serial port interrupt bits (TI and RI).
Baud Rates
The baud rate in Mode 0 is fixed: Mode 0 Baud Rate = Oscillator
Frequency / 12 (12-clock mode) or / 6 (6-clock mode). The baud
rate in Mode 2 depends on the value of bit SMOD in Special
Function Register PCON. If SMOD = 0 (which is the value on reset),
and the port pins in 12-clock mode, the baud rate is 1/64 the
oscillator frequency. If SMOD = 1, the baud rate is 1/32 the oscillator
frequency. In 6-clock mode, the baud rate is 1/32 or 1/16 the
oscillator frequency, respectively.
Mode 2 Baud Rate =
2
SMOD
n
(Oscillator Frequency)
Where:
n = 64 in 12-clock mode, 32 in 6-clock mode
The baud rates in Modes 1 and 3 are determined by the Timer 1 or
Timer 2 overflow rate.
Using Timer 1 to Generate Baud Rates
When Timer 1 is used as the baud rate generator (T2CON.RCLK
= 0, T2CON.TCLK = 0), the baud rates in Modes 1 and 3 are
determined by the Timer 1 overflow rate and the value of SMOD as
follows:
Mode 1, 3 Baud Rate =
2
SMOD
n
(Timer 1 Overflow Rate)
Where:
n = 32 in 12-clock mode, 16 in 6-clock mode
The Timer 1 interrupt should be disabled in this application. The
Timer itself can be configured for either “timer” or “counter”
operation, and in any of its 3 running modes. In the most typical
applications, it is configured for “timer” operation, in the auto-reload
mode (high nibble of TMOD = 0010B). In that case the baud rate is
given by the formula:
Mode 1, 3 Baud Rate =
2
SMOD
n
Oscillator Frequency
12 [256–(TH1)]
Where:
n = 32 in 12-clock mode, 16 in 6-clock mode
One can achieve very low baud rates with Timer 1 by leaving the
Timer 1 interrupt enabled, and configuring the Timer to run as a
16-bit timer (high nibble of TMOD = 0001B), and using the Timer 1
interrupt to do a 16-bit software reload. Figure 13 lists various
commonly used baud rates and how they can be obtained from
Timer 1.
