XR16M2551
HIGH PERFORMANCE LOW VOLTAGE DUART WITH 16-BYTE FIFO AND POWERSAVE FEATURE
MAY 2007
REV. 1.0.2
FEATURES
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
• 1.62 to 3.63 Volt Operation
1
The XR16M2551 (M2551) is a high performance
dual universal asynchronous receiver and transmitter
(UART) with 16 byte TX and RX FIFOs. The device
operates from 1.62 to 3.63 volts and is pin-to-pin
compatible to the XR16L2551 and XR16V2551. The
M2551 includes 2 additional capabilities over the
XR16M2550: Intel and Motorola data bus selection
and a “PowerSave” mode to minimize the sleep
current. It supports Exar’s enhanced features of
selectable FIFO trigger level, automatic hardware
(RTS/CTS) and software flow control, and a complete
modem interface. An internal loopback capability
• Pin-to-pin compatible to Exar’s XR16V2551 and the
XR16L2551
• Two independent UART channels
■ Register set is 16550 compatible
■ Data rate of up to 16 Mbps at 3.3 V
■ Data rate of up to 12.5 Mbps at 2.5 V
■ Data rate of up to 8 Mbps at 1.8V
■ Fractional Baud Rate Generator
■ Transmit and Receive FIFOs of 16 bytes
■ Selectable TX and RX FIFO Trigger Levels
■ Automatic Hardware (RTS/CTS) Flow Control
■ Automatic Software (Xon/Xoff) Flow Control
■ Wireless Infrared (IrDA 1.0) Encoder/Decoder
■ Automatic sleep mode with wake-up interrupt
■ Full modem interface
allows
system
diagnostics.
Independent
programmable fractional baud rate generators are
provided in each channel to select data rates up to 16
Mbps at 3.3 Volt and 4X sampling clock. The M2551
is available in 48-pin TQFP and 32-pin QFN
packages.
NOTE: 1 Covered by U.S. Patent #5,649,122
APPLICATIONS
• PowerSave Feature reduces sleep current to 15 µA
• Device Identification and Revision
• Portable Appliances
• Telecommunication Network Routers
• Ethernet Network Routers
• Crystal oscillator (up to 24MHz) or external clock
(up to 64MHz) input
• 48-TQFP and 32-QFN packages
• Cellular Data Devices
• Factory Automation and Process Controls
FIGURE 1. XR16M2551 BLOCK DIAGRAM
1.62 to 3.63V VCC
GND
PwrSave
A2:A0
D7:D0
UART Channel A
IOR# (VCC)
IOW# (R/W#)
CSA# (CS#)
TXA, RXA, DTRA#,
16 Byte TX FIFO
UART
Regs
DSRA#, RTSA#,
DTSA#, CDA#, RIA#,
OP2A#
IR
TX & RX
ENDEC
CSB# (A3)
BRG
INTA (IRQ#)
16 Byte RX FIFO
INTB (logic 0)
TXB, RXB, DTRB#,
DSRB#, RTSB#,
CTSB#, CDB#, RIB#,
OP2B#
TXRDYA#
TXRDYB#
RXRDYA#
RXRDYB#
UART Channel B
(same as Channel A)
Intel or
Motorola
Data Bus
Interface
XTAL1
XTAL2
Reset (Reset#)
16/68#
Crystal Osc/Buffer
CLKSEL
Exar Corporation 48720 Kato Road, Fremont CA, 94538 • (510) 668-7000 • FAX (510) 668-7017 • www.exar.com