ST16C580 - Exar Corporation

ST16C580 UART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO AND INFRARED (IrDA) ENCODER/DECODER

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. Onboard status registers provide the user with error indications and operational status. Modem interface control is inc.

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
• Standard modem interface or Infrared IrDA encode/ decoder interface
• Sleep mode ( 200µA stand-by )
• Low operating curren.