
PIC16(L)F722A/723A
DS41417B-page 144
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16.2
AUSART Baud Rate Generator
(BRG)
The Baud Rate Generator (BRG) is an 8-bit timer that
is dedicated to the support of both the asynchronous
and synchronous AUSART operation.
The SPBRG register determines the period of the free
running baud rate timer. In Asynchronous mode the
multiplier of the baud rate period is determined by the
BRGH bit of the TXSTA register. In Synchronous mode,
the BRGH bit is ignored.
Table 16-3 contains the formulas for determining the
for determining the baud rate and baud rate error.
Typical baud rates and error values for various
asynchronous modes have been computed for your
advantageous to use the high baud rate (BRGH = 1), to
reduce the baud rate error.
Writing a new value to the SPBRG register causes the
BRG timer to be reset (or cleared). This ensures that
the BRG does not wait for a timer overflow before
outputting the new baud rate.
EXAMPLE 16-1:
CALCULATING BAUD
RATE ERROR
TABLE 16-3:
BAUD RATE FORMULAS
TABLE 16-4:
REGISTERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BAUD RATE GENERATOR
For a device with FOSC of 16 MHz, desired baud rate of
9600, and Asynchronous mode with SYNC = 0 and BRGH
Solving for SPBRG:
SPBRG
FOSC
64 Desired Baud Rate
---------------------------------------------------------
1
–
=
Desired Baud Rate
FOSC
64 SPBRG
1
+
---------------------------------------
=
16000000
64 9600
------------------------
1
–
=
25.042
25
==
Actual Baud Rate
16000000
64 25
1
+
---------------------------
=
9615
=
Error
Actual Baud Rate Desired Baud Rate
–
Desired Baud Rate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
100
=
9615 9600
–
9600
------------------------------
100 0.16%
==
%
Configuration Bits
AUSART Mode
Baud Rate Formula
SYNC
BRGH
00
Asynchronous
FOSC/[64 (n+1)]
01
Asynchronous
FOSC/[16 (n+1)]
1x
Synchronous
FOSC/[4 (n+1)]
Legend:
x = Don’t care, n = value of SPBRG register
Name
Bit 7Bit 6Bit 5Bit 4Bit 3Bit 2Bit 1Bit 0
Value on
POR, BOR
Value on
all other
Resets
RCSTA
SPEN
RX9
SREN
CREN
ADDEN
FERR
OERR
RX9D
0000 000x
SPBRG
BRG7
BRG6
BRG5
BRG4
BRG3
BRG2
BRG1
BRG0
0000 0000
TXSTA
CSRC
TX9
TXEN
SYNC
—BRGH
TRMT
TX9D
0000 -010
Legend:
x = unknown, - = unimplemented read as ‘0’. Shaded cells are not used for the Baud Rate Generator.