- 2 channel UART
- 5 V, 3.3 V and 2.5 V operation
- Industrial temperature range
- Pin and functionally compatible to 16C2450 and software compatible with INS8250, SC16C550
- Up to 5 Mbits/s data rate at 5 V and 3.3 V, and 3 Mbits/s at 2.5 V
- 16 byte transmit FIFO to reduce the bandwidth requirement of the external CPU
- 16 byte receive FIFO with error flags to reduce the bandwidth requirement of the external CPU
- Independent transmit and receive UART control
- Four selectable Receive FIFO interrupt trigger levels
- Automatic software/hardware flow control
- Programmable Xon/Xoff characters
- Software selectable Baud Rate Generator
- Sleep mode
- Standard asynchronous error and framing bits (Start, Stop, and Parity Overrun Break)
- Transmit, Receive, Line Status, and Data Set interrupts independently controlled
- Fully programmable character formatting:
- 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-bit characters
- Even-, Odd-, or No-Parity formats
- 1-, 1 1/2 -, or 2-stop bit
- Baud generation (DC to 1.5 Mbit/s)
- False start-bit detection
- Complete status reporting capabilities
- 3-State output TTL drive capabilities for bi-directional data bus and control bus
- Line Break generation and detection
- Internal diagnostic capabilities:
- Loop-back controls for communications link fault isolation
- Prioritized interrupt system controls
- Modem control functions (CTS, RTS, DSR, DTR, RI, DCD).
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