21.4.4 Parity Bit Calculation

The parity bit is always calculated using even parity. The value of the bit is calculated by doing an exclusive-or of all the data bits, as follows:

P = D 0 ⊗ D 1 ⊗ D 2 ⊗ D 3 ⊗ D 4 ⊗ D 5 ⊗ D 6 ⊗ D 7 ⊗ 0
where:
  • P: Parity bit using even parity
  • D0-D7: Data bits of the character