Enhanced Serial Communication Interface (eSCI)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
21-28 Freescale Semiconductor
In Figure 21-18 the verification samples RT3 and RT5 determine that the first low detected was noise and 
not the beginning of a start bit. The RT clock is reset and the start bit search begins again. The noise flag 
is not set because the noise occurred before the start bit was found.
Figure 21-18. Start Bit Search Example 1
21.4.5.4 Framing Errors
If the data recovery logic sets the framing error flag, ESCIx_SR[FE], it does not detect a logic 1 where the 
stop bit should be in an incoming frame. A break character also sets the FE flag because a break character 
has no stop bit. The FE flag is set at the same time that the RDRF flag is set.
21.4.5.5 Baud Rate Tolerance
When a transmitting device operates at a baud rate below or above the receiver baud rate, accumulated 
bit-time misalignment can cause one of the three stop bit data samples (RT8, RT9, and RT10) to fall outside 
the stop bit. A noise error occurs if the RT8, RT9, and RT10 samples are not all the same logical values. A 
framing error occurs if the receiver clock is misaligned such that the majority of the RT8, RT9, and RT10 
stop bit samples are a logic zero.
The receiver samples an incoming frame and re-synchronizes the RT clock on any valid falling edge within 
the frame. Re-synchronization within frames corrects a misalignment between transmitter bit times and 
receiver bit times.
110 0 1
111 0 0
Table 21-20. Stop Bit Recovery (continued)
RT8, RT9, and RT10 Samples Framing Error Flag Noise Flag
RT clock
1110 1 11 000
RT1
RT1
RT1 RT2
RT1
RT4
RT3 RT5
RT1 RT2 RT4 RT6 RT8 RT10 RT12 RT14 RT16 RT2
RT1 RT3 RT5 RT7 RT9 RT11 RT13 RT15 RT1 RT3
Reset
RT clock
RT clock
count
RXD input
signal
samples
Start bit LSB
0
0 0 0