24.8.2 Control B

Name: CTRLB
Offset: 0x04
Reset: 0x00000000
Property: PAC Write-Protection, Enable-Protected, Write-Synchronized

Bit 3130292827262524 
          
Access  
Reset  
Bit 2322212019181716 
       RXENTXEN 
Access R/WR/W 
Reset 00 
Bit 15141312111098 
   PMODE   SFDE  
Access R/WR/W 
Reset 00 
Bit 76543210 
  SBMODE   CHSIZE[2:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 

Bit 17 – RXEN Receiver Enable

Writing '0' to this bit will disable the USART receiver. Disabling the receiver will flush the receive buffer and clear the FERR, PERR and BUFOVF bits in the STATUS register.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the USART is disabled will set CTRLB.RXEN immediately. When the USART is enabled, CTRLB.RXEN will be cleared, and SYNCBUSY.CTRLB will be set and remain set until the receiver is enabled. When the receiver is enabled, CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the USART is enabled will set SYNCBUSY.CTRLB, which will remain set until the receiver is enabled, and CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0The receiver is disabled or being enabled.
1The receiver is enabled or will be enabled when the USART is enabled.

Bit 16 – TXEN Transmitter Enable

Writing '0' to this bit will disable the USART transmitter. Disabling the transmitter will not become effective until ongoing and pending transmissions are completed.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.TXEN when the USART is disabled will set CTRLB.TXEN immediately. When the USART is enabled, CTRLB.TXEN will be cleared, and SYNCBUSY.CTRLB will be set and remain set until the transmitter is enabled. When the transmitter is enabled, CTRLB.TXEN will read back as '1'.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.TXEN when the USART is enabled will set SYNCBUSY.CTRLB, which will remain set until the receiver is enabled, and CTRLB.TXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0The transmitter is disabled or being enabled.
1The transmitter is enabled or will be enabled when the USART is enabled.

Bit 13 – PMODE Parity Mode

This bit selects the type of parity used when parity is enabled (CTRLA.FORM is '1'). The transmitter will automatically generate and send the parity of the transmitted data bits within each frame. The receiver will generate a parity value for the incoming data and parity bit, compare it to the parity mode and, if a mismatch is detected, STATUS.PERR will be set.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0Even parity.
1Odd parity.

Bit 9 – SFDE Start of Frame Detection Enable

This bit controls whether the start-of-frame detector will wake up the device when a start bit is detected on the RxD line.

This bit is not synchronized.

SFDEINTEN­SET.RXSINTENSET.RXCDescription
0XXStart-of-frame detection disabled.
100Reserved
101Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXC wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
110Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXS wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
111Start-of-frame detection enabled. Both RXC and RXS wake up the device from all sleep modes.

Bit 6 – SBMODE Stop Bit Mode

This bit selects the number of stop bits transmitted.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0One stop bit.
1Two stop bits.

Bits 2:0 – CHSIZE[2:0] Character Size

These bits select the number of bits in a character.

These bits are not synchronized.


CHSIZE[2:0]Description
0x08 bits
0x19 bits
0x2-0x4Reserved
0x55 bits
0x66 bits
0x77 bits