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A. Serial RapidIO Protocol Overview > Physical Layer
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Tsi574 User Manual
June 6, 2016
Integrated Device Technology
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illustrates the Special Characters and their function as it applies to the serial protocol.
Table 51: Special Characters and Encoding
Code Group
Use
Number of
Groups
Encoding
8-bit Value
/PD/
packet delimiter
1
/K28.3/
0x7C
/SC/
start of Control
Symbol
1
/K28.0/
0x1C
/I/
1x Idle
/K/ or /R/
or /A/
see below
0xBC or 0xFD
or 0xFB
/K/
1x Sync
1
/K28.5/
0xBC
/R/
1x Skip
1
/K29.7/
0xFD
/A/
1x Align
1
/K27.7/
0xFB
//I//
Idle Column
//K// or //R//
or //A//
see below
0xBC or 0xFD
or 0xFB
//K//
4x Idle
4
/K28.5/K28.5/K2
8.5/K28.5/
0xBC on each
lane
//R//
4x Sync
4
/K29.7/K29.7/K2
9.7/K29.7/
0xFD on each
lane
//A//
4x Skip
4
/K27.7/K27.7/K2
7.7/K27.7/
0xFB on each
lane