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