FIFO
MODE
ONLY
BIT 3
0
INTERRUPT
IDENTIFICATION
REGISTER
BIT 2 BIT 1 BIT 0
0
0
0
INTERRUPT SET AND RESET FUNCTIONS
PRIORITY INTERRUPT
INTERRUPT
INTERRUPT
LEVEL
TYPE
SOURCE
RESET CONTROL
Fourth
MODEM
Clear to Send or Reading the
Status
Data Set Ready or MODEM Status
Ring Indicator or Register
Data Carrier
Detect
Line Control Register (LCR)
Address Offset = 3H, DLAB = 0, READ/WRITE
Start
LSB Data 5-8 bits MSB
Parity
Stop
FIGURE 1 - SERIAL DATA
This register contains the format information of the serial line. The bit definitions are:
Bits 0 and 1
These two bits specify the number of bits in each transmitted or received serial character. The encoding of
bits 0 and 1 is as follows:
The Start, Stop and Parity bits are not included in the word length.
BIT 1
0
0
1
1
BIT 0
0
1
0
1
WORD LENGTH
5 Bits
6 Bits
7 Bits
8 Bits
75