ZHCSKJ6 December 2019 TL16C750E
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Hardware flow control is composed of auto-CTS and auto-RTS. Auto-CTS and auto-RTS can be enabled or disabled independently by programming EFR[7:6].
With auto-CTS, CTS must be active before the UART can transmit data. Auto-RTS only activates the RTS output when there is enough room in the FIFO to receive data and deactivates the RTS output when the RX FIFO is sufficiently full. The HALT and RESTORE trigger levels in the TCR determine the levels at which RTS is activated or deactivated. If both auto-CTS and auto-RTS are enabled, when RTS is connected to CTS, data transmission does not occur unless the receiver FIFO has empty space. Thus, overrun errors are eliminated during hardware flow control. If not enabled, overrun errors occur if the transmit data rate exceeds the receive FIFO servicing latency.