A NEW UART CONTROLLER

Nonel Thirer, Radu Florescu

2007

Abstract

The paper presents a new UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter) controller which differs from traditional UARTs by providing a user defined data path width of 8 ,16, or 32 bits; by using a one bit error detection and correction algorithm (Hamming); and by permitting a large range of baud rates without the need of adding chips. By using the Hamming code, the communication throughput is increased, especially when a large data path width is defined. This new UART better responds to modern microprocessors’ requirements, and was successfully implemented in an FPGA circuit.

References

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Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Thirer N. and Florescu R. (2007). A NEW UART CONTROLLER . In Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO, ISBN 978-972-8865-84-9, pages 354-356. DOI: 10.5220/0001623703540356

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco07,
author={Nonel Thirer and Radu Florescu},
title={A NEW UART CONTROLLER},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,},
year={2007},
pages={354-356},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001623703540356},
isbn={978-972-8865-84-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 3: ICINCO,
TI - A NEW UART CONTROLLER
SN - 978-972-8865-84-9
AU - Thirer N.
AU - Florescu R.
PY - 2007
SP - 354
EP - 356
DO - 10.5220/0001623703540356