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Z80 CPU Peripherals

User Manual

UM008101-0601

Serial Input/Output

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In this phase, there are several combinations of data transfers using inter-

rupts and Wait/Ready status.

Data Transfer Using Interrupts

If the Transmit Interrupt Enable bit (WR1, D1) is Set, an interrupt is gener-

ated each time the transmit buffer becomes empty. The interrupt can be

satisfied either by writing another character to the transmitter or by reset-

ting the Transmitter Interrupt Pending latch with a Reset Transmitter

Pending command (WR0, CMD5). If the interrupt is satisfied with this

command and nothing more is written to the transmitter, there can be no

further Transmit Buffer Empty interrupts, because it is the process of the

buffer becoming empty that causes the interrupts and the buffer cannot

become empty when it is already empty. This situation does cause a

Transmit Underrun condition, which is explained in the ““Bisync Transmit

Underrun” on page 245” section.

Data Transfer Using WAIT/READY

To the CPU, the activation of WAIT indicates that the Z80 SIO is not ready

to accept data and that the CPU must extend the output cycle. To a DMA

controller, READY indicates that the transmit buffer is empty and that the

Z80 SIO is ready to accept the next data character. If the data character is

not loaded to the Z80 SIO by the time the transmit shift register is empty,

the Z80 SIO enters the Transmit Underrun condition.

Bisync Transmit Underrun

In Bisync protocol, filler characters are inserted to maintain synchroniza-

tion when the transmitter has no data to send (Transmit Underrun condi-

tion). The Z80 SIO has two programmable options for resolving this

situation: it can insert sync characters, or it can send the CRC characters

generated so far, followed by sync characters.

These options are under the control of tile Reset Transmit Underrun/EOM

Command in WR0. Following a chip or channel reset, the Transmit

Underrun/EOM status bit (RR0, D6) is in a set condition and allows the

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