31.8.2 Control B

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

Bit 3130292827262524 
       LINCMD[1:0] 
Access R/WR/W 
Reset 00 
Bit 2322212019181716 
       RXENTXEN 
Access R/WR/W 
Reset 00 
Bit 15141312111098 
   PMODE  ENCSFDECOLDEN 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 
Bit 76543210 
  SBMODE   CHSIZE[2:0] 
Access R/WR/WR/WR/W 
Reset 0000 

Bits 25:24 – LINCMD[1:0] LIN Command

These bits define the LIN header transmission control. This field is only valid in LIN Host mode (CTRLA.FORM= LIN Host).

These are strobe bits and will always read back as zero.

These bits are not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0x0 Normal USART transmission.
0x1 Break field is transmitted when DATA is written.
0x2 Break, sync and identifier are automatically transmitted when DATA is written with the identifier.
0x3 Reserved

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
0 The receiver is disabled or being enabled.
1 The 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 transmitter is enabled, and CTRLB.TXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0 The transmitter is disabled or being enabled.
1 The 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
0 Even parity.
1 Odd parity.

Bit 10 – ENC Encoding Format

This bit selects the data encoding format.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Data is not encoded.
1 Data is IrDA encoded.

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.

SFDE INTEN­SET.RXS INTENSET.RXC Description
0 X X Start-of-frame detection disabled.
1 0 0 Reserved
1 0 1 Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXC wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
1 1 0 Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXS wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
1 1 1 Start-of-frame detection enabled. Both RXC and RXS wake up the device from all sleep modes.

Bit 8 – COLDEN Collision Detection Enable

This bit enables collision detection.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Collision detection is not enabled.
1 Collision detection is enabled.

Bit 6 – SBMODE Stop Bit Mode

This bit selects the number of stop bits transmitted.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 One stop bit.
1 Two 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
0x0 8 bits
0x1 9 bits
0x2-0x4 Reserved
0x5 5 bits
0x6 6 bits
0x7 7 bits