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17 Universal synchronous asynchronous receiver
transmitter (USART)
17.1 Introduction
The Universal Synchronous Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (USART) offers a flexible
means of full-duplex data exchange with external equipment requiring an industry standard
NRZ asynchronous serial data format. The USART offers a very wide range of baud rates
using a fractional baud rate generator.
It supports synchronous one-way communication and half-duplex single wire
communication. It also supports the LIN (Local Interconnection Network), Smartcard
Protocol and IrDA (Infrared Data Association) SIR ENDEC specifications, and modem
operations (CTS/RTS). It allows multi-processor communication.