Control B

Name:
CTRLB
Offset:
0x04 [ID-00000fa7]
Reset:
0x00000000
Access:
PAC Write-Protection, Enable-Protected, Write-Synchronized
Bit3130292827262524
Access
Reset
Bit2322212019181716
RXENTXEN
AccessR/WR/W
Reset00
Bit15141312111098
PMODEENCSFDECOLDEN
AccessR/WR/WR/WR/W
Reset0000
Bit76543210
SBMODECHSIZE[2:0]
AccessR/WR/WR/WR/W
Reset0000

Bit 17 – RXEN: Receiver Enable

Receiver Enable

Writing '0' to this bit will disable the USART receiver. Disabling the receiver will flush the receive buffer and clear the FERR, PERR and BUFOVF bits in the STATUS register.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the USART is disabled will set CTRLB.RXEN immediately. When the USART is enabled, CTRLB.RXEN will be cleared, and SYNCBUSY.CTRLB will be set and remain set until the receiver is enabled. When the receiver is enabled, CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.RXEN when the USART is enabled will set SYNCBUSY.CTRLB, which will remain set until the receiver is enabled, and CTRLB.RXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0 The receiver is disabled or being enabled.
1 The receiver is enabled or will be enabled when the USART is enabled.

Bit 16 – TXEN: Transmitter Enable

Transmitter Enable

Writing '0' to this bit will disable the USART transmitter. Disabling the transmitter will not become effective until ongoing and pending transmissions are completed.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.TXEN when the USART is disabled will set CTRLB.TXEN immediately. When the USART is enabled, CTRLB.TXEN will be cleared, and SYNCBUSY.CTRLB will be set and remain set until the transmitter is enabled. When the transmitter is enabled, CTRLB.TXEN will read back as '1'.

Writing '1' to CTRLB.TXEN when the USART is enabled will set SYNCBUSY.CTRLB, which will remain set until the receiver is enabled, and CTRLB.TXEN will read back as '1'.

This bit is not enable-protected.

ValueDescription
0 The transmitter is disabled or being enabled.
1 The transmitter is enabled or will be enabled when the USART is enabled.

Bit 13 – PMODE: Parity Mode

Parity Mode

This bit selects the type of parity used when parity is enabled (CTRLA.FORM is '1'). The transmitter will automatically generate and send the parity of the transmitted data bits within each frame. The receiver will generate a parity value for the incoming data and parity bit, compare it to the parity mode and, if a mismatch is detected, STATUS.PERR will be set.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Even parity.
1 Odd parity.

Bit 10 – ENC: Encoding Format

Encoding Format

This bit selects the data encoding format.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Data is not encoded.
1 Data is IrDA encoded.

Bit 9 – SFDE: Start of Frame Detection Enable

Start of Frame Detection Enable

This bit controls whether the start-of-frame detector will wake up the device when a start bit is detected on the RxD line.

This bit is not synchronized.

SFDE INTEN­SET.RXS INTENSET.RXC Description
0 X X Start-of-frame detection disabled.
1 0 0 Reserved
1 0 1 Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXC wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
1 1 0 Start-of-frame detection enabled. RXS wakes up the device from all sleep modes.
1 1 1 Start-of-frame detection enabled. Both RXC and RXS wake up the device from all sleep modes.

Bit 8 – COLDEN: Collision Detection Enable

Collision Detection Enable

This bit enables collision detection.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 Collision detection is not enabled.
1 Collision detection is enabled.

Bit 6 – SBMODE: Stop Bit Mode

Stop Bit Mode

This bit selects the number of stop bits transmitted.

This bit is not synchronized.

ValueDescription
0 One stop bit.
1 Two stop bits.

Bits 2:0 – CHSIZE[2:0]: Character Size

Character Size

These bits select the number of bits in a character.

These bits are not synchronized.


CHSIZE[2:0] Description
0x0 8 bits
0x1 9 bits
0x2-0x4 Reserved
0x5 5 bits
0x6 6 bits
0x7 7 bits