Z550 UART
0.5碌m Technology Mega Macrocell for Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter
DESCRIPTION
The Z550 UART Mega Macrocell is a featured library element in all of OKI鈥檚 0.5碌m Sea of Gates and 0.5碌m
Customer Structured Array families. The OKI implementation of the mega macrocell is fully compatible
with industry standard 16550 functions.
The Z550 UART Mega Macrocell is an Asynchronous Communication Element (ACE), functionally equiv-
alent to the industry standard 16550 with 16 byte FIFOs available on both the transmitter and receiver. It
serves as a serial I/O interface in microcomputer systems performing serial to parallel conversions on data
characters received from peripheral devices or modems and parallel to serial conversions on data charac-
ters transmitted by the CPU. In FIFO mode, the FIFOs are enabled allowing 16 bytes of data to be stored
during both transmit and receive operations. The receive FIFO also provides three bits per byte of error
data. The status of the ACE can be read at any time by the CPU. Available information includes the type
and condition of transfer operations being performed and error conditions involving parity, overrun,
framing or break interrupt. The ACE includes a built in baud rate generator with 18 programmable baud
rates.
FEATURES
鈥?Full double buffering
鈥?Full status reporting
鈥?16 byte receive and transmit FIFOs reduce CPU
interrupts
鈥?Independent control of transmit, receive, line
status data set interrupts and FIFOs
鈥?Modem control signals include: CTS, DCD,
DSR, DTR, RI, RTS
鈥?Programmable serial interface characteristics:
- 5, 6, 7, or 8 bit characters
- odd, even, or no parity generation and detection
- 1, 1.5, or 2 stop bits
鈥?Programmable Baud Rate Generator
(dc to 56k baud)
鈥?Unique OKI methodology for input timing
analysis
鈥?Tailored design flow and test procedure
alleviates user from test vector generation to
verify Z550 functionality
鈥?Specially developed software merges OKI test
vectors with the user鈥檚 circuit
This Mega Macrocell Data Sheet contains all necessary information to enable the user to design a circuit
using the Z550 functions for OKI鈥檚 0.5碌m Sea of Gates and 0.5碌m Customer Structured Array families.
Supported ASIC Families
Family Name
MSM13R0000
MSM98R000
Family Type
Sea of Gates
Customer Structured Array
Oki Semiconductor
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