34.2.4 Physical Layer

The PHY layer is the communication interface between a connected programmer/debugger and the device. The main features of the PHY layer can be summarized as follows:
  • Support for UPDI One-Wire Asynchronous mode, using half-duplex UART communication on the UPDI pin
  • Internal baud detection, clock and data recovery on the UART frame
  • Error detection (parity, clock recovery, frame, system errors)
  • Transmission response generation (ACK)
  • Generation of error signatures during operation
  • Guard time control