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Figure 33-14. Asynchronous Start Bit Detection
The receiver is activated and starts Preamble and Frame Delimiter detection, sampling the data
at one quarter and then three quarters. If a valid preamble pattern or start frame delimiter is
detected, the receiver continues decoding with the same synchronization. If the stream does not
match a valid pattern or a valid start frame delimiter, the receiver re-synchronizes on the next
valid edge.The minimum time threshold to estimate the bit value is three quarters of a bit time.
If a valid preamble (if used) followed with a valid start frame delimiter is detected, the incoming
stream is decoded into NRZ data and passed to USART for processing.
Figure 33-15 illustrates
Manchester pattern mismatch. When incoming data stream is passed to the USART, the
receiver is also able to detect Manchester code violation. A code violation is a lack of transition
in the middle of a bit cell. In this case, MANE flag in US_CSR register is raised. It is cleared by
writing the Control Register (US_CR) with the RSTSTA bit at 1. See
Figure 33-16 for an exam-
ple of Manchester error detection during data phase.
Figure 33-15. Preamble Pattern Mismatch
Figure 33-16. Manchester Error Flag
When the start frame delimiter is a sync pattern (ONEBIT field at 0), both command and data
delimiter are supported. If a valid sync is detected, the received character is written as RXCHR
Manchester
encoded
data
Txd
1234
Sampling
Clock
(16 x)
Start
Detection
Manchester
encoded
data
Txd
SFD
DATA
Preamble Length is set to 8
Preamble Mismatch
invalid pattern
Preamble Mismatch
Manchester coding error
Manchester
encoded
data
Txd
SFD
Preamble Length
is set to 4
Elementary character bit time
Manchester
Coding Error
detected
sampling points
Preamble subpacket
and Start Frame Delimiter
were successfully
decoded
Entering USART character area