Microchip Technology MA330016 Data Sheet

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DS70290J-page 169
dsPIC33FJ32GP202/204 and dsPIC33FJ16GP304
17.0 UNIVERSAL ASYNCHRONOUS 
RECEIVER TRANSMITTER 
(UART)
The Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter
(UART) module is one of the serial I/O modules
available in the dsPIC33FJ32GP202/204 and
dsPIC33FJ16GP304 device family. The UART is a
full-duplex asynchronous system that can
communicate with peripheral devices, such as
personal computers, LIN/J2602, RS-232 and RS-485
interfaces. The module also supports a hardware flow
control option with the UxCTS and UxRTS pins and
also includes an IrDA
®
 encoder and decoder.
The primary features of the UART module are:
• Full-Duplex, 8-bit or 9-bit Data Transmission 
through the UxTX and UxRX pins
• Even, odd or no parity options (for 8-bit data)
• One or two stop bits
• Hardware Flow Control Option with UxCTS and 
UxRTS pins
• Fully Integrated Baud Rate Generator with 16-bit 
prescaler
• Baud rates ranging from 10 Mbps to 38 bps at 40 
MIPS
• 4-deep first-in-first-out (FIFO) Transmit Data 
Buffer
• 4-Deep FIFO Receive Data Buffer
• Parity, framing and buffer overrun error detection
• Support for 9-bit mode with Address Detect 
(9th bit = 1)
• Transmit and Receive interrupts
• A separate interrupt for all UART error conditions
• Loopback mode for diagnostic support
• Support for Sync and Break characters
• Support for automatic baud rate detection
• IrDA
®
 encoder and decoder logic
• 16x baud clock output for IrDA
®
 support
A simplified block diagram of the UART module is
shown in 
. The UART module consists of
these key hardware elements:
• Baud Rate Generator
• Asynchronous Transmitter
• Asynchronous Receiver
FIGURE 17-1:
UART SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM
 
Note 1: This data sheet summarizes the features
of the dsPIC33FJ32GP202/204 and
dsPIC33FJ16GP304 family of devices. It
is not intended to be a comprehensive
reference source. To complement the
information in this data sheet, refer to
Section 17. “UART” (DS70188) of the
“dsPIC33F/PIC24H Family Reference
Manual”
, which is available on the
Microchip web site
(
www.microchip.com
).
2: Some registers and associated bits
described in this section may not be
available on all devices. Refer to
 in
this data sheet for device-specific register
and bit information.
UxRX
Hardware Flow Control
UART Receiver
UART Transmitter
UxTX
BCLK
Baud Rate Generator
UxRTS
IrDA
®
UxCTS