UART Registers Reference
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SNIU028A – February 2016 – Revised April 2016
Copyright © 2016, Texas Instruments Incorporated
UART Overview
12.7.3 UART Transmit Status Register (UARTTXST)
Address FFF7D808 – UART 0 Transmit Status Register
Address FFF7D908 – UART 1 Transmit Status Register
Figure 12-5. UART Transmit Status Register (UARTTXST)
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
CONTINUE
LOOPBACK
Reserved
TX_EMPTY
TX_RDY
TX_WAKE
TX_ENA
R/W-0
R/W-0
R-00
R-0
R-0
R/W-0
R/W-0
LEGEND: R/W = Read/Write; R = Read only; -
n
= value after reset
Table 12-4. UART Transmit Status Register (UARTTXST) Register Field Descriptions
Bit
Field
Type
Reset
Description
7
CONTINUE
R/W
0
Configure operation in suspend mode
0 = Stop transmitting on suspend (Default)
1 = Continue transmitting after initiation of suspend
6
LOOPBACK
R/W
0
Loopback Mode Configuration
0 = Normal mode (Default)
1 = Loopback Mode
5-4
Reserved
R
00
3
TX_EMPTY
R
0
Transmit buffer status
0 = Transmit buffer is not empty
1 = Transmit buffer is empty
2
TX_RDY
R
0
Transmitter Ready
0 = UART Transmitter is not ready
1 = UART Transmitter is ready to transmit data
1
TX_WAKE
R/W
0
TX wake control bit
0 = UART Transmitter Wakeup disabled (Default)
1 = UART Transmitter Wakeup enabled
0
TX_ENA
R/W
0
Turns on TX module
0 = UART Transmitter Disabled (Default)
1 = UART Transmitter Enabled