ST16C580 Overview
Description
The ST16C5801 is a universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter (UART) and is pin compatible with the ST16C550 UART. The 580 is an enhanced UART with 16 byte FIFO’s, automatic hardware/software flow control, and data rates up to 1.5Mbps.
Key Features
- Pin to pin and functionally compatible to the Industry Standard 16550
- 2.97 to 5.5 volt operation
- 1.5 Mbps transmit/receive operation (24MHz)
- 16 byte transmit FIFO
- 16 byte receive FIFO with error flags
- Automatic hardware/software flow control
- Programmable Xon/Xoff characters
- Independent transmit and receive control
- Software selectable Baud Rate Generator prescaleable clock rates of 1X or 4X
- Four selectable transmit/receive FIFO interrupt trigger levels
