49.5 Functional Description

The UART operates in Asynchronous mode only and supports only 8-bit character handling (with parity). It has no clock pin.

The UART is made up of a receiver and a transmitter that operate independently, and a common baud rate generator.

The UART receiver can be bypassed to access the analog comparator directly. When the UART receiver is bypassed, the UART transmitter can be used to transmit characters.