MC-ACT-UARTF

February 25, 2003

Fast UART

Datasheet v1.3

February 25, 2003

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Product Summary

Intended Use

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Industry Standard Serial Interfaces

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System Peripherals

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Debug/Maintenance Interfaces

Key Features

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Baudrate Synthesizer for any baudrate up to 1/10 of clock speed

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No dedicated clock frequency

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7 or 8 Bits Data

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No/Odd/Even Parity

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Error Detection

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1 or 2 Stop Bits

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Format Check

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3-Point Input Sampling

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Parallel Interface with Event Control

Targeted Devices

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SX-A Family

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Axcelerator Family

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ProASIC

General Description

The MC-ACT-UARTF core is generally used as a data link layer with parallel interfaces and event communication.

Microprocessor specific interfaces are built around the MC-ACT-UARTF, as well queues, interrupt controllers and

status reporting circuits