Tews Technologies TPMC462 User manual

The Embedded I/O Company
TPMC462
4 Channel Serial Interface RS232/RS422
Version 1.0
User Manual
Issue 1.0.5
March 2010
TEWS TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
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TPMC462-10
4 Channel Serial RS232 (1x full modem), front
panel and P14 I/O
TPMC462-11
4 Channel Serial RS422 (1x plus RTS+/-,
CTS+/-), front panel and P14 I/O
TPMC462-12
2 Channel Serial RS232 (1x full modem), 2
Channel Serial RS422, front panel and P14 I/O
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reserves the right to change the product described
in this document at any time without notice.
TEWS TECHNOLOGIES GmbH is not liable for any
damage arising out of the application or use of the
device described herein.
Style Conventions
Hexadecimal characters are specified with prefix 0x,
i.e. 0x029E (that means hexadecimal value 029E).
For signals on hardware products, an ‚Active Low’ is
represented by the signal name with # following, i.e.
IP_RESET#.
Access terms are described as:
W Write Only
R Read Only
R/W Read/Write
R/C Read/Clear
R/S Read/Set
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All trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners.

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Issue Description Date
1.0 First Issue October 2004
1.1 Expanded Configuration EEPROM data November 2004
1.2 Configuration EEPROM data & Pinout clarification October 2005
1.3 Channel numbering clarification August 2006
1.4 New address TEWS LLC September 2006
1.0.5 New notation for HW Engineering Documentation Releases March 2010

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Table of Contents
1PRODUCT DESCRIPTION......................................................................................... 6
2TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION................................................................................... 7
3LOCAL SPACE ADDRESSING.................................................................................. 9
3.1 XR17D154 Local Space Configuration..........................................................................................9
3.2 Device Configuration Space ..........................................................................................................9
3.2.1 UART Register Sets ...........................................................................................................10
3.2.2 Device Configuration Registers..........................................................................................11
3.2.3 UART Channel Configuration Registers.............................................................................12
4XR17D154 TARGET CHIP ....................................................................................... 14
4.1 PCI Configuration Registers (PCR) .............................................................................................14
4.2 Configuration EEPROM................................................................................................................15
5CONFIGURATION HINTS ........................................................................................ 17
6PROGRAMMING HINTS .......................................................................................... 18
6.1 UART Baud Rate Programming...................................................................................................18
6.2 RS422 Flow Control ......................................................................................................................19
7PIN ASSIGNMENT – I/O CONNECTOR .................................................................. 20
7.1 Front Panel I/O Connector ...........................................................................................................21
7.1.1 TPMC462-10 ......................................................................................................................21
7.1.2 TPMC462-11 ......................................................................................................................22
7.1.3 TPMC462-12 ......................................................................................................................23
7.2 Back I/O PMC Connector (P14)....................................................................................................24
7.2.1 TPMC462-10 ......................................................................................................................24
7.2.2 TPMC462-11 ......................................................................................................................25
7.2.3 TPMC462-12 ......................................................................................................................26

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List of Figures
FIGURE 1-1 : BLOCK DIAGRAM......................................................................................................................6
List of Tables
TABLE 2-1 : TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION.....................................................................................................8
TABLE 3-1 : XR17D154 LOCAL SPACE CONFIGURATION...........................................................................9
TABLE 3-2 : DEVICE CONFIGURATION SPACE............................................................................................9
TABLE 3-3 : UART REGISTER SET OFFSET ...............................................................................................10
TABLE 3-4 : UART REGISTER SET...............................................................................................................10
TABLE 3-5 : DEVICE CONFIGURATION REGISTERS .................................................................................11
TABLE 3-6 : UART CHANNEL CONFIGURATION REGISTERS...................................................................12
TABLE 4-1 : PCI HEADER ..............................................................................................................................14
TABLE 4-2 : CONFIGURATION EEPROM TPMC462-XX..............................................................................15
TABLE 4-3 : PHYSICAL CONFIGURATION EEPROM DATA .......................................................................16
TABLE 5-1 : UART INTERFACE MAPPING ...................................................................................................17
TABLE 6-1 : UART BAUD RATE PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................18
TABLE 7-1 : TPMC462-10 PIN ASSIGNMENT FRONT PANEL I/O CONNECTOR ......................................21
TABLE 7-2 : TPMC462-11 PIN ASSIGNMENT FRONT PANEL I/O CONNECTOR ......................................22
TABLE 7-3 : TPMC462-12 PIN ASSIGNMENT FRONT PANEL I/O CONNECTOR ......................................23
TABLE 7-4 : TPMC462-10 PIN ASSIGNMENT BACK I/O PMC CONNECTOR (P14)...................................24
TABLE 7-5 : TPMC462-11 PIN ASSIGNMENT BACK I/O PMC CONNECTOR (P14)...................................25
TABLE 7-6 : TPMC462-12 PIN ASSIGNMENT BACK I/O PMC CONNECTOR (P14)...................................26

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1 Product Description
The TPMC462 is a standard single-width 32 bit PMC module and offers 4 channels of high
performance serial interface.
Three different standard modules are available: The TPMC462-10 provides 4 RS232 interfaces. The
TPMC462-11 provides 4 RS422 interfaces. The TPMC462-12 provides 2 RS232 and 2 RS422
interfaces.
Other configurations are available as factory build option on a per channel base.
All modules offer front panel I/O with a HD50 SCSI-2 type connector and P14 I/O. Each RS232
channel supports RxD, TxD, RTS, CTS and GND. Each RS422 channel supports RxD+/-, TxD+/- and
GND. One channel of the TPMC462-10/-12 offers full modem support (TxD, RxD, CTS, RTS, DSR,
DTR, CD, RI and GND) for RS232. One channel of the TPMC462-11 supports RxD+/-, TxD+/-,
RTS+/-, CTS+/- and GND for RS422.
Each channel has 64 byte transmit and receive FIFOs to significantly reduce the overhead required to
provide data to and get data from the transmitters and receivers. The FIFO trigger levels are
programmable and the baud rate is individually programmable up to 921.6 kbps for RS232 channels
and 5.5296 Mbps for RS422 channels. The UART offers readable FIFO levels.
All channels generate interrupts on PCI interrupt INTA. For fast interrupt source detection the UART
provides a special Global Interrupt Source Register.
All serial channels use ESD protected transceivers. ESD protection is up to ±15KV.
The TPMC462 can operate with 3.3V and 5.0V PCI I/O signaling voltage.
Figure 1-1 : Block Diagram

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2 Technical Specification
PMC Interface
Mechanical Interface PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) Interface
Single Size
Electrical Interface PCI Rev. 2.3 compliant
33 MHz / 32 bit PCI
3.3V and 5V PCI Signaling Voltage
On Board Devices
PCI Target Chip XR17D154 (Exar)
Quad UART XR17D154 (Exar)
Transceiver RS232: MAX3225E (or equivalent)
RS232 Full Modem: MAX3245E (or equivalent)
RS422: MAX3087E (or equivalent)
I/O Interface
Interface Type Asynchronous serial interface
Number of Channels 4
Physical Interface TPMC462-10: 4 RS232 (1 Full Modem)
TPMC462-11: 4 RS422 (1 with RTS & CTS)
TPMC462-12: 2 RS232 (1 Full Modem), 2 RS422
Serial Channel I/O Signals RS232: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, GND
RS232 Full Modem: TxD, RxD, RTS, CTS, DTR, DSR, CD, RI,
GND
RS422: TxD+/-, RxD+/-, GND (TPMC462-11: RTS+/-, CTS+/-)
Termination RS422: 120Ωbetween RxD+ and RxD- of each channel
(TPMC462-11: also between CTS+, CTS-)
Programmable Baud Rates RS232: up to 921.6 kbps
RS422: up to 5.5296 Mbps
ESD Protection RS232:
±15kV—Human Body Model
±8kV—IEC 1000-4-2, Contact Discharge
±15kV—IEC 1000-4-2, Air-Gap Discharge
RS422:
±15kV—Human Body Model
I/O Connector HD50 SCSI-2 type connector (e.g. AMP# 787395-5)
PMC P14 I/O (64 pin Mezzanine Connector)
Physical Data
Power Requirements TPMC462-10: 30 mA typical @ +5V DC (no load)
TPMC462-11: 40 mA typical @ +5V DC (no load)
TPMC462-12: 35 mA typical @ +5V DC (no load)
Temperature Range Operating
Storage
-40°C to +85°C
-55°C to +125°C

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MTBF TPMC462-10: 750 000 h
TPMC462-11: 650 000 h
TPMC462-12: 710 000 h
Humidity 5 – 95 % non-condensing
Weight 61 g
Table 2-1 : Technical Specification

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3 Local Space Addressing
3.1 XR17D154 Local Space Configuration
The local on board addressable regions are accessed from the PCI side by using the XR17D154 local
space.
XR17D154 PCI Base
Address
(Offset in PCI
Configuration
Space)
PCI
Space
Mapping
Size
(Byte)
Port
Width
(Bit)
Endian
Mode
Description
0 (0x10) MEM 4096 32 BIG Device Configuration
Space
Table 3-1 : XR17D154 Local Space Configuration
3.2 Device Configuration Space
PCI Base Address: XR17D154 PCI Base Address 0 (Offset 0x10 in PCI Configuration
Space).
The TPMC462 uses the Exar XR17D154 Quad UART to provide and control the 4 channels.
Device Configuration Space
Content
PCI Address Size
(Bit)
UART 0 Register Set PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0000 to 0x007F) 32
Device Configuration Registers PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0080 to 0x009F) 32
UART 0 Register Set PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0100 to 0x01FF) 32
UART 1 Register Set PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0200 to 0x03FF) 32
UART 2 Register Set PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0400 to 0x05FF) 32
UART 3 Register Set PCI Base Address 0 + (0x0600 to 0x07FF) 32
Table 3-2 : Device Configuration Space
All registers can be accessed in 8, 16 or 32 bit width with exception to one special case: When reading
the receive data together with its LSR register content, the host must read them in 16 or 32 bits format
in order to maintain integrity of the data byte with its associated error flags.

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3.2.1 UART Register Sets
The Device Configuration Space provides a register set for each of the 4 UARTs.
UART Register Set Register Set Offset
Serial Channel 0 0x0000
Serial Channel 1 0x0200
Serial Channel 2 0x0400
Serial Channel 3 0x0600
Table 3-3 : UART Register Set Offset
Offset Address Description Access Data Width
0x000 – 0x00F UART Channel Configuration Registers
First 8 registers are 16550 compatible
R/W 8, 16, 32
0x010 – 0x07F Reserved - -
0x080 – 0x093 Channel 0: Device Configuration Registers
All other channels: Reserved
R/W 8, 16, 32
0x094 – 0x0FF Reserved - -
Read FIFO – 64 bytes of RX FIFO data R 8, 16, 320x100
Write FIFO – 64 bytes of TX FIFO data W 8, 16, 32
0x140 – 0x17F Reserved - -
0x180 – 0x1FF Read FIFO with errors –
64 bytes of RX FIFO data + LSR
R 16, 32
Table 3-4 : UART Register Set

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3.2.2 Device Configuration Registers
The Device Configuration Registers control general operating conditions and monitor the status of
various functions. This includes a 16 bit general purpose counter, multipurpose input/outputs (not
supported by the TPMC462), sleep mode, soft-reset, and device identification, and revision. They are
embedded inside the UART 0 Register Set.
Address Register Description Access Reset
Value
0x080 INT0 [7:0] Channel Interrupt Indicator R 0x00
0x081 INT1 [15:8] R 0x00
0x082 INT2 [23:16] R 0x00
0x083 INT3 [31:24]
Interrupt Source Details
R 0x00
0x084 TIMERCNTL Timer Control Register R/W 0x00
0x085 TIMER Reserved - 0x00
0x086 TIMERLSB R/W 0x00
0x087 TIMERMSB
Programmable Timer Value
R/W 0x00
0x088 8XMODE Sampling Rate Select R/W 0x00
0x089 REGA Reserved - 0x00
0x08A RESET UART Reset W 0x00
0x08B SLEEP UART Sleep Mode Enable R/W 0x00
0x08C DREV Device Revision R 0x01
0x08D DVID Device Identification R 0x28
0x08E REGB Simultaneous UART Write & EEPROM Interface W 0x00
0x08F MPIOINT MPIO Interrupt Mask R/W 0x00
0x090 MPIOLVL MPIO Level Control R/W 0x00
0x091 MPIO3T MPIO Output Pin Tri-state Control R/W 0x00
0x092 MPIOINV MPIO Input Polarity Select R/W 0x00
0x093 MPIOSEL MPIO Input/Output Select R/W 0xFF
Table 3-5 : Device Configuration Registers
For a detailed description of the Device Configuration Registers please refer to the XR17D154 data
sheet which is available on the Exar website (www.exar.com). The XR17D154 data sheet is also part
of the TPMC462-ED Engineering Documentation.

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3.2.3 UART Channel Configuration Registers
Each UART channel has its own set of internal UART configuration registers for its own operation
control and status reporting. The following table provides the register offsets within a register set,
access types and access control:
Register
Offset
Comment Register Access Reset
Value
16550 Compatible
RLCR[7] = 0 RHR – Receive Holding Register
THR – Transmit Holding Register W
0xXX0x00
LCR[7] = 1 DLL – Baud Rate Generator Divisor Latch Low R/W 0xXX
LCR[7] = 0 IER – Interrupt Enable Register R/W 0x000x01
LCR[7] = 1 DLM – Baud Rate Generator Divisor Latch High R/W 0xXX
R 0x010x02 ISR – Interrupt Status Register
FCR – FIFO Control Register W0x00
0x03 LCR – Line Control Register R/W 0x00
0x04 MCR – Modem Control Register R/W 0x00
R0x05 LSR – Line Status Register
Reserved W
0x60
R0x06 MSR – Modem Status Register
MSR – Auto RS485 Delay (not supported by the
TPMC462)
W
0xX0
0x07 User Data SPR – Scratch Pad Register R/W 0xFF
Enhanced Registers
0x08 FCTR – Feature Control Register R/W 0x00
0x09 EFR – Enhanced Function Register R/W 0x00
R0x0A TXCNT – Transmit FIFO Level Counter
TXTRG – Transmit FIFO Trigger Level W
0x00
R0x0B RXCNT – Receiver FIFO Level Counter
RXTRG – Receiver FIFO Trigger Level W
0x00
R0x0C Xchar – Xon, Xoff Received Flags
Xoff-1 – Xoff Character 1 W
0x00
R0x0D
Reserved
Xoff-2 – Xoff Character 2 W
0x00
R0x0E
Reserved
Xon-1 – Xon Character 1 W
0x00
R0x0F
Reserved
Xon-2 – Xon Character 2 W
0x00
Table 3-6 : UART Channel Configuration Registers

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The address for a UART Channel Configuration Register x in a UART Register Set for channel y
is:
PCI Base Address 0 (PCI Base Address for the UART Register Space)
+ UART Register Set Offset for channel y
+ Register Offset for register x
Addressing example:
The address for the LCR register of UART channel 2 is:
PCI Base Address (PCI Base Address for the Device Configuration Space)
+ 0x0400 (Offset of the UART register set for serial channel 2)
+ 0x0003 (Offset of the LCR register within a UART register set)
For a detailed description of the serial channel registers please refer to the XR17D154 data sheet
which is available on the Exar website (www.exar.com). The XR17D154 data sheet is also part of the
TPMC462-ED Engineering Documentation.

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4 XR17D154 Target Chip
4.1 PCI Configuration Registers (PCR)
Write ‘0’ to all unused (Reserved) bitsPCI CFG
Register
Address 31 24 23 16 15 8 7 0
PCI
writeable
Initial Values
(Hex Values)
0x00 Device ID Vendor ID N 01CE 1498
0x04 Status Command Y 0080 0000
0x08 Class Code Revision ID N 070002 ??
0x0C BIST Header Type
PCI Latency
Timer
Cache Line
Size
N 00 00 00 00
0x10 Memory Base Address Register (BAR) Y FFFFF000
0x14 I/O Base Address Register (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x18 Base Address Register 0 (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x1C Base Address Register 1 (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x20 Base Address Register 2 (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x24 Base Address Register 3 (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x28 Reserved N 00000000
0x2C Subsystem ID Subsystem Vendor ID N s.b. 1498
0x30 Expansion ROM Base Address (Unimplemented) N 00000000
0x34 Reserved N 00000000
0x38 Reserved N 00000000
0x3C Max_Lat Min_Gnt Interrupt Pin Interrupt Line Y[7:0] 00 00 01 00
Table 4-1 : PCI Header
Device-ID: 0x01CE TPMC462
Vendor-ID: 0x1498 TEWS TECHNOLOGIES
Revision ID: XR17D154 silicon revision
Subsystem-ID: 0x000A
0x000B
0x000C
-10
-11
-12
Subsystem
Vendor-ID: 0x1498 TEWS TECHNOLOGIES

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4.2 Configuration EEPROM
After power-on or PCI reset, the XR17D154 loads initial configuration register data from the on board
configuration EEPROM.
The configuration EEPROM contains the following configuration data:
•Vendor ID
•Vendor Device ID
•SubSystem Vendor ID
•SubSystem Device ID
See the XR17D154 Manual for more information.
Address Configuration Register
Configuration
Register Offset Value
0x00 Vendor ID 0x02 0x1498
0x01 Device ID 0x00 0x01CE
0x02 Subsystem Vendor ID 0x2E 0x1498
0x03 Subsystem ID 0x2C s.b.
Table 4-2 : Configuration EEPROM TPMC462-xx
Subsystem-ID Value (Offset 0x0C): TPMC462-10 0x000A
TPMC462-11 0x000B
TPMC462-12 0x000C
The words following the configuration data contain:
•The module version and revision
•The UART clock frequency in Hz
•The physical interface attached to the serial channels
•The maximal baud rate of the transceivers in bps
•The supported control signals of the serial channels
For the physical interfaces and the control signals applies: Bit 3 represents UART channel 3 and bit 0
represents UART channel 0. The appropriate bit is set to ‘1’ for each UART channel attached to the
physical interface represented by the word. Bit 15 to bit 4 are always ‘0’.

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Address Configuration Register TPMC462-10 TPMC462-11 TPMC462-12
0x04 Module Version 0x0100 0x0100 0x0100
0x05 Module Revision 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x06 EEPROM Revision 0x0002 0x0002 0x0002
0x07 Oscillator Frequency (high) 0x02A3 0x02A3 0x02A3
0x08 Oscillator Frequency (low) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x09-0x0F Reserved - - -
0x10 RS232 Channels 0x000F 0x0000 0x0003
0x11 RS422 Channels 0x0000 0x000F 0x000C
0x12 TTL Channels 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x13 RS485 Full Duplex Channels 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x14 RS485 Half Duplex Channels 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x15-0x1E Reserved - - -
0x1F Programmable Interfaces 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x20 Max Data Rate RS232 (high) 0x000F 0x000F 0x000F
0x21 Max Data Rate RS232 (low) 0x4240 0x4240 0x4240
0x22 Max Data Rate RS422 (high) 0x0098 0x0098 0x0098
0x23 Max Data Rate RS422 (low) 0x9680 0x9680 0x9680
0x24 Max Data Rate TTL (high) 0x0098 0x0098 0x0098
0x25 Max Data Rate TTL (low) 0x9680 0x9680 0x9680
0x26 Max Data Rate RS485 Full Duplex (high) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x27 Max Data Rate RS485 Full Duplex (low) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x28 Max Data Rate RS485 Half Duplex (high) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x29 Max Data Rate RS485 Half Duplex (low) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x2A-0x2F Reserved - - -
0x30 RxD & TxD 0x000F 0x000F 0x000F
0x31 RTS & CTS 0x000F 0x0001 0x0003
0x32 Full modem 0x0001 0x0000 0x0001
0x33-0x37 Reserved -
0x38 Enhanced RTS & CTS
(Front or Back I/O only) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x39 Enhanced Full modem
(Front or Back I/O only) 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x3A Channels with enhanced RTS & CTS
Support for RS232 only 0x0000 0x0000 0x0000
0x3B-0x3F Reserved -
Table 4-3 : Physical Configuration EEPROM Data

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5 Configuration Hints
The following chart shows the UART interface mapping of the different variants of the TPMC462.
TPMC462-10 TPMC462-11 TPMC462-12
RS232 RS422 RS232 RS422 RS232 RS422
UART0 X X X
UART1 X X X
UART2 X X X
UART3 X X X
Table 5-1 : UART interface mapping
Other configurations are available as factory build option on a per channel base.
RS422 channels provide on board 120Ωtermination resistors. Do not apply additional external
termination resistors here.

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6 Programming Hints
6.1 UART Baud Rate Programming
Each of the 4 UART channels of the TPMC462 provides a programmable Baud Rate Generator. The
clock of the XR17D154 UART can be divided by any divisor from 1 to 216 – 1. The divisor can be
programmed by the UART channel DLM (Divisor MSB) and DLL (Divisor LSB) registers. After a reset
bit 7 of the UART channels MCR register defaults to ‘0’ and the divisor value is 0xFFFF.
The basic formula of baud rate programming is:
Baud Rate =
[]
()
73116 2368.44 MCRDivisor MHz ⋅+⋅⋅
Examples for standard baud rates are given in following chart:
Baud Rate
MCR[7] = 0
Baud Rate
MCR[7] = 1
Divisor DLM
Value
DLL
Value
400 100 0x1B00 0x1B 0x00
600 150 0x1200 0x12 0x00
1200 300 0x0900 0x09 0x00
2400 600 0x0480 0x04 0x80
4800 1200 0x0240 0x02 0x40
9600 2400 0x0120 0x01 0x20
19.2k 4800 0x0090 0x00 0x90
38.4k 9600 0x0048 0x00 0x48
57.6k 14.4k 0x0030 0x00 0x30
115.2k 28.8k 0x0018 0x00 0x18
230.4k 57.6k 0x000C 0x00 0x0C
460.8k 115.2k 0x0006 0x00 0x06
921.6k 230.4k 0x0003 0x00 0x03
1382.4k 345.6k 0x0002 0x00 0x02
2764.8k 691.2k 0x0001 0x00 0x01
Table 6-1 : UART Baud Rate Programming
To calculate a divisor value for a given baud rate, use following formula:
Divisor =
[]
()
73116 2368.44 MCRRateBaud MHz ⋅+⋅⋅
The sampling rate for a UART channel can be set to 8x (normal operation is 16x) in the 8XMODE
register. Transmit and receive data rates will double by selecting 8x sample rate.
The maximum achievable baud rate is 5.5296 Mbps (Divisor = 0x0001 & 8x sampling rate).

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These steps should be used to modify the DLM, DLL registers of an UART channel:
1. Write 0x80 to the LCR register of the UART channel (enable access to the DLM, DLL registers).
2. Program the DLM, DLL registers of the UART channel.
3. Write normal operation byte value to the LCR register of the UART channel.
These steps should be used to modify MCR register bit 7 of an UART channel (set baud rate
generator prescaler):
1. Set UART channel EFR register bit 4 to '1' (enable modification of MCR register bits 5-7).
2. Modify UART channel MCR register bit 7.
3. Set UART channel EFR register bit 4 to '0' (latch modified MCR register setting).
Note that the maximum baud rate for RS232 channel is 921.6 kps. Thus the minimum divisor
value for RS232 channels is 0x0003 with MCR[7] = 0.
6.2 RS422 Flow Control
Only UART channel 0 allows using RS422 with RTS/CTS flow control. On channels 1 – 3 the CTS#
input is hardwired to ’1’, so that no RTS/CTS flow control is possible.

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7 Pin Assignment – I/O Connector
Connect channel I/O either to front I/O or P14 back I/O at a time. Do not connect an I/O channel
to both front I/O connector and P14 back I/O connector at the same time.
RS422 channels provide on board termination resistors. Do not apply additional external
termination resistors here.
Please note that on the TPMC462, the P14 back I/O connector is always populated and
connected to on board logic. Do not use these modules on carrier boards where P14/J14 is
reserved for other system signals but PMC I/O. In this case ask support for special board
options with front I/O only.