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ATmega164A/PA/324A/PA/644A/PA/1284/P
Notes:
1. These transmit functions are written to be general functions. They can be optimized if the con-
tents of the UCSRnB is static. For example, only the TXB8 bit of the UCSRnB Register is used
after initialization.
The ninth bit can be used for indicating an address frame when using multi processor communi-
cation mode or for other protocol handling as for example synchronization.
19.7.3
Transmitter Flags and Interrupts
The USART Transmitter has two flags that indicate its state: USART Data Register Empty
(UDREn) and Transmit Complete (TXCn). Both flags can be used for generating interrupts.
The Data Register Empty (UDREn) Flag indicates whether the transmit buffer is ready to receive
new data. This bit is set when the transmit buffer is empty, and cleared when the transmit buffer
contains data to be transmitted that has not yet been moved into the Shift Register. For compat-
ibility with future devices, always write this bit to zero when writing the UCSRnA Register.
When the Data Register Empty Interrupt Enable (UDRIEn) bit in UCSRnB is written to one, the
USART Data Register Empty Interrupt will be executed as long as UDREn is set (provided that
global interrupts are enabled). UDREn is cleared by writing UDRn. When interrupt-driven data
transmission is used, the Data Register Empty interrupt routine must either write new data to
Assembly Code Example
USART_Transmit:
; Wait for empty transmit buffer
sbis
UCSRnA,UDREn
rjmp
USART_Transmit
; Copy 9th bit from r17 to TXB8
cbi
UCSRnB,TXB8
sbrc
r17,0
sbi
UCSRnB,TXB8
; Put LSB data (r16) into buffer, sends the data
out
UDRn,r16
ret
void
USART_Transmit( unsigned int data )
{
/* Wait for empty transmit buffer */
while
( !( UCSRnA & (1<<UDREn))) )
;
/* Copy 9th bit to TXB8 */
UCSRnB &= ~(1<<TXB8);
if ( data & 0x0100 )
UCSRnB |= (1<<TXB8);
/* Put data into buffer, sends the data */
UDRn = data;
}