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17.5.1

Parity Bit Calculation

The parity bit is calculated by doing an exclusive-or of all the data bits. If odd parity is used, the

result of the exclusive or is inverted. The relation between the parity bit and data bits is as

follows::

even

Parity bit using even parity

odd

Parity bit using odd parity

Data bit n of the character

If used, the parity bit is located between the last data bit and first stop bit of a serial frame.

17.6

USART Initialization

The USART has to be initialized before any communication can take place. The initialization pro-

cess normally consists of setting the baud rate, setting frame format and enabling the

Transmitter or the Receiver depending on the usage. For interrupt driven USART operation, the

Global Interrupt Flag should be cleared (and interrupts globally disabled) when doing the

initialization.

Before doing a re-initialization with changed baud rate or frame format, be sure that there are no

ongoing transmissions during the period the registers are changed. The TXCn Flag can be used

to check that the Transmitter has completed all transfers, and the RXC Flag can be used to

check that there are no unread data in the receive buffer. Note that the TXCn Flag must be

cleared before each transmission (before UDRn is written) if it is used for this purpose.

The following simple USART initialization code examples show one assembly and one C func-

tion that are equal in functionality. The examples assume asynchronous operation using polling

(no interrupts enabled) and a fixed frame format. The baud rate is given as a function parameter.

Peven

dn 1

–

… d

Podd

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dn 1

–

… d

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