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ATmega162/V
The Transmit Complete (TXC) Flag bit is set one when the entire frame in the Transmit Shift
Register has been shifted out and there are no new data currently present in the transmit buffer.
The TXC Flag bit is automatically cleared when a transmit complete interrupt is executed, or it
can be cleared by writing a one to its bit location. The TXC Flag is useful in half-duplex commu-
nication interfaces (like the RS-485 standard), where a transmitting application must enter
Receive mode and free the communication bus immediately after completing the transmission.
When the Transmit Compete Interrupt Enable (TXCIE) bit in UCSRB is set, the USART Transmit
Complete Interrupt will be executed when the TXC Flag becomes set (provided that global inter-
rupts are enabled). When the transmit complete interrupt is used, the interrupt handling routine
does not have to clear the TXC Flag, this is done automatically when the interrupt is executed.
Parity Generator
The Parity Generator calculates the parity bit for the serial frame data. When parity bit is enabled
(UPM1 = 1), the transmitter control logic inserts the parity bit between the last data bit and the
first stop bit of the frame that is sent.
Disabling the
Transmitter
The disabling of the Transmitter (setting the TXEN to zero) will not become effective until ongo-
ing and pending transmissions are completed, i.e., when the Transmit Shift Register and
Transmit Buffer Register do not contain data to be transmitted. When disabled, the Transmitter
will no longer override the TxD pin.
Data Reception –
The USART
Receiver
The USART Receiver is enabled by writing the Receive Enable (RXEN) bit in the UCSRB Regis-
ter to one. When the receiver is enabled, the normal pin operation of the RxD pin is overridden
by the USART and given the function as the receiver’s serial input. The baud rate, mode of oper-
ation and frame format must be set up once before any serial reception can be done. If
synchronous operation is used, the clock on the XCK pin will be used as transfer clock.