Universal synchronous asynchronous receiver transmitter (USART)
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Block mode (T=1)
In T=1 (block) mode, the parity error transmission is deactivated, by clearing the NACK bit in
the UART_CR3 register.
When requesting a read from the smartcard, in block mode, the software must enable the
receiver Timeout feature by setting the RTOEN bit in the USART_CR2 register and program
the RTO bits field in the RTOR register to the BWT (block wait time) - 11 value. If no answer
is received from the card before the expiration of this period, the RTOF flag will be set and a
timeout interrupt will be generated (if RTOIE bit in the USART_CR1 register is set). If the
first character is received before the expiration of the period, it is signaled by the RXNE
interrupt.
Note:
The RXNE interrupt must be enabled even when using the USART in DMA mode to read
from the smartcard in block mode. In parallel, the DMA must be enabled only after the first
received byte.
After the reception of the first character (RXNE interrupt), the RTO bit fields in the RTOR
register must be programmed to the CWT (character wait time) - 11 value, in order to allow
the automatic check of the maximum wait time between two consecutive characters. This
time is expressed in baudtime units. If the smartcard does not send a new character in less
than the CWT period after the end of the previous character, the USART signals this to the
software through the RTOF flag and interrupt (when RTOIE bit is set).
Note:
The RTO counter starts counting:
- From the end of the stop bit in case STOP = 00.
- From the end of the second stop bit in case of STOP = 10.
- 1 bit duration after the beginning of the STOP bit in case STOP = 11.
- From the beginning of the STOP bit in case STOP = 01.
As in the Smartcard protocol definition, the BWT/CWT values are defined from the
beginning (start bit) of the last character. The RTO register must be programmed to BWT -
11 or CWT -11, respectively, taking into account the length of the last character itself.
A block length counter is used to count all the characters received by the USART. This
counter is reset when the USART is transmitting (TXE=0). The length of the block is
communicated by the smartcard in the third byte of the block (prologue field). This value
must be programmed to the BLEN field in the USART_RTOR register. when using DMA
mode, before the start of the block, this register field must be programmed to the minimum
value (0x0). with this value, an interrupt is generated after the 4th received character. The
software must read the LEN field (third byte), its value must be read from the receive buffer.
In interrupt driven receive mode, the length of the block may be checked by software or by
programming the BLEN value. However, before the start of the block, the maximum value of
BLEN (0xFF) may be programmed. The real value will be programmed after the reception of
the third character.
If the block is using the LRC longitudinal redundancy check (1 epilogue byte), the
BLEN=LEN. If the block is using the CRC mechanism (2 epilogue bytes), BLEN=LEN+1
must be programmed. The total block length (including prologue, epilogue and information
fields) equals BLEN+4. The end of the block is signaled to the software through the EOBF
flag and interrupt (when EOBIE bit is set).
In case of an error in the block length, the end of the block is signaled by the RTO interrupt
(Character wait Time overflow).