Microchip Technology AC244045 Data Sheet

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16.4
AUSART Operation During Sleep
The AUSART will remain active during Sleep only in the
Synchronous Slave mode. All other modes require the
system clock and therefore cannot generate the
necessary signals to run the Transmit or Receive Shift
registers during Sleep.
Synchronous Slave mode uses an externally generated
clock to run the Transmit and Receive Shift registers.
16.4.1
SYNCHRONOUS RECEIVE DURING 
SLEEP
To receive during Sleep, all the following conditions
must be met before entering Sleep mode:
• RCSTA and TXSTA Control registers must be 
configured for Synchronous Slave Reception 
(refer to Section 16.3.2.4 “Synchronous Slave 
Reception Set-up:”
).
• If interrupts are desired, set the RCIE bit of the 
PIE1 register and the PEIE bit of the INTCON 
register.
• The RCIF interrupt flag must be cleared by read-
ing RCREG to unload any pending characters in 
the receive buffer.
Upon entering Sleep mode, the device will be ready to
accept data and clocks on the RX/DT and TX/CK pins,
respectively. When the data word has been completely
clocked in by the external device, the RCIF interrupt
flag bit of the PIR1 register will be set. Thereby, waking
the processor from Sleep.
Upon waking from Sleep, the instruction following the
SLEEP
 instruction will be executed. If the GIE global
interrupt enable bit of the INTCON register is also set,
then the Interrupt Service Routine at address 0004h
will be called.
16.4.2
SYNCHRONOUS TRANSMIT 
DURING SLEEP
To transmit during Sleep, all the following conditions
must be met before entering Sleep mode:
• RCSTA and TXSTA Control registers must be 
configured for Synchronous Slave Transmission 
(refer to Section 16.3.2.2 “Synchronous Slave 
Transmission Set-up:”
).
• The TXIF interrupt flag must be cleared by writing 
the output data to the TXREG, thereby filling the 
TSR and transmit buffer.
• If interrupts are desired, set the TXIE bit of the 
PIE1 register and the PEIE bit of the INTCON 
register.
Upon entering Sleep mode, the device will be ready to
accept clocks on TX/CK pin and transmit data on the
RX/DT pin. When the data word in the TSR has been
completely clocked out by the external device, the
pending byte in the TXREG will transfer to the TSR and
the TXIF flag will be set. Thereby, waking the processor
from Sleep. At this point, the TXREG is available to
accept another character for transmission, which will
clear the TXIF flag.
Upon waking from Sleep, the instruction following the
SLEEP
 instruction will be executed. If the GIE global
interrupt enable bit is also set then the Interrupt Service
Routine at address 0004h will be called.