Enhanced Serial Communication Interface (eSCI)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor 21-31
The transmitting device can address messages to selected receivers by including addressing information 
(address bits) in the initial frame or frames of each message. Refer to section Section 21.4.2, “Data 
Format,” for an example of address bits.
The WAKE bit in eSCI control register 1 (ESCIx_CR1) determines how the eSCI is brought out of the 
standby state to process an incoming message. The WAKE bit enables either idle line wake-up or address 
mark wake-up.
21.4.5.6.1 Idle Input Line Wake-up (WAKE = 0)
Using the receiver idle input line wake-up method allows an idle condition on the RXD signal clears the 
ESCIx_CR1[RWU] bit and wakes up the eSCI. The initial frame or frames of every message contain 
addressing information. All receivers evaluate the addressing information, and receivers for which the 
message is addressed process the frames that follow. Any receiver for which a message is not addressed 
can set its RWU bit and return to the standby state. The RWU bit remains set and the receiver remains on 
standby until another idle character appears on the RXD signal.
Idle line wake-up requires that messages be separated by at least one idle character and that no message 
contains idle characters.
The idle character that wakes a receiver does not set the receiver idle bit, ESCIx_SR[IDLE], or the receive 
data register full flag, RDRF.
The idle line type bit, ESCIx_CR1[ILT], determines whether the receiver begins counting logic 1s as idle 
character bits after the start bit or after the stop bit.
21.4.5.6.2 Address Mark Wake-up (WAKE = 1)
Using the address mark wake-up method allows a logic 1 in the most significant bit (MSB) position of a 
frame to clear the RWU bit and wake-up the eSCI. The logic 1 in the msb position marks a frame as an 
address frame that contains addressing information. All receivers evaluate the addressing information, and 
the receivers for which the message is addressed process the frames that follow. Any receiver for which a 
message is not addressed can set its RWU bit and return to the standby state. The RWU bit remains set and 
the receiver remains on standby until another address frame appears on the RXD signal.
The logic 1 msb of an address frame clears the receiver’s RWU bit before the stop bit is received and sets 
the RDRF flag.
Address mark wake-up allows messages to contain idle characters but requires that the msb be reserved 
for use in address frames.
NOTE
With the WAKE bit clear, setting the RWU bit after the RXD signal has been 
idle can cause the receiver to wake-up immediately.
21.4.6 Single-Wire Operation
Normally, the eSCI uses two pins for transmitting and receiving. In single-wire operation, the RXD pin is 
disconnected from the eSCI. The eSCI uses the TXD pin for both receiving and transmitting.