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SCIO in Synchronous Transmission Mode
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The SCI encoder can be switched into synchronous
transmission mode by setting the SCI_Sync bit in the Mode
Control Register (MCR)
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The micro-controller has to clock out the data bytes by
sending 8 clock signals to the TXCT input
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A high state on the SCIO indicates that a new byte is ready to
be transmitted.
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The advantage of synchronous transmission:
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Higher speed of the byte transmission
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Minimum clock period of 4µs x 8.5 = 34 µs per byte