3. TECHNICAL BRIEF
19.1.1 UART Features
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The device contains three universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) devices controlled by the
microprocessor unit (MPU) (see Figure 19-1):
• Three UART-only modules, UART1, UART2 and UART4 are pinned out for use as UART devices only.
UART1 and UART2 must be programmed by setting the UARTi.MDR1_REG[2:0] MODE_SELECT field
to one of the three UART operating modes.
• UART3, which adds infrared communication support, is pinned out for use as a UART, infrared data
association (IrDA), or consumer infrared (CIR) device, and can be programmed to any available
operating mode.
Figure 19-1. UART Module
The UARTs (UART1, UART2, UART3, UART4 when in UART mode) include the following key features:
• 16C750 compatibility
• 64-byte FIFO for receiver and 64-byte FIFO for transmitter
• Programmable interrupt trigger levels for FIFOs
• Baud generation based on programmable divisors N (N = 1 ... 16,384) operating from a fixed functional
UART/IrDA/CIR2938 SWPU176A– October 2009
3.12.2.7 UART