Serial Communications Interface Module (SCI)

SCR2–SCR0 — SCI Baud Rate Select Bits

These read/write bits select the SCI baud rate divisor as shown in Table 13-6. Reset clears SCR2–SCR0.

Table 13-6. SCI Baud Rate Selection

SCR2:SCR1:SCR0

Baud Rate Divisor (BD)

 

 

000

1

 

 

001

2

 

 

010

4

 

 

011

8

 

 

100

16

 

 

101

32

 

 

110

64

 

 

111

128

 

 

Use this formula to calculate the SCI baud rate:

fOP

Baud rate = ------------------------------------

64 PD BD

where:

fOP = internal operating frequency PD = prescaler divisor

BD = baud rate divisor

Table 13-7shows the SCI baud rates that can be generated with a 4.9152-MHz crystal with the CGM set for an fOP of 7.3728 MHz and the CGM set for an fOP of 4.9152 MHz.

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