Serial Uart Communication in 8051 Microcontroller

Aim:

In this tutorial, we are going to discuss the serial/UART communication of 8051. After understating the basics of 8051 UART module, We will see how to use the ExploreEmbedded libraries to communicate with any of the UART devices.

Description:

UART Registers

The below table shows the registers associated with 8051 UART.

REGISTER	DESCRIPTION
SCON	Serial Control Register
TCON	Timer Control Register for Baud Rate Generator
TMOD	Timer Mode Control for Baud Rate Generator
SBUFF	Serial Buffer holds the data to be transmitted and the data received

UART Register Configuration

Now lets see how to configure the individual registers for UART communication.

SCON
7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
SM0	SM1	SM2	REN	TB8	RB8	TI	RI

SM0	SM1	OPERATION	DESCRIPTION	BAUD RATE SOURCE
0	0	Mode 0	8-bit UART	1/12 the quartz frequency
0	1	Mode 1	8-bit UART	Determined by the timer 1
1	0	Mode 2	9-bit UART	1/32 the quartz frequency
1	1	Mode 0	9-bit UART	Determined by the timer 1

• SM2 – Serial port mode 2 bit, also known as multiprocessor communication enable bit. When set, it enables multiprocessor communication in mode 2 and 3, and eventually mode 1. It should be cleared in mode 0.
• REN – Reception Enable bit enables serial reception when set. When cleared, serial reception is disabled.
• TB8 – Transmitter bit 8. Since all registers are 8-bit wide, this bit solves the problem of transmitting the 9th bit in modes 2 and 3. It is set to transmit a logic 1 in the 9th bit.
• RB8 – Receiver bit 8 or the 9th bit received in modes 2 and 3. Cleared by hardware if 9th bit received is a logic 0. Set by hardware if 9th bit received is a logic 1.
• TI – Transmit Interrupt flag is automatically set at the moment the last bit of one byte is sent. It’s a signal to the processor that the line is available for a new byte to transmit. It must be cleared from within the software.
• RI – Receive Interrupt flag is automatically set upon one-byte receive. It signals that byte is received and should be read quickly prior to being replaced by a new data. This bit is also cleared from within the software.

TMOD
TIMER1				TIMER 0
7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
Gate	C/T	M1	M0	Gate	C/T	M1	M0

• Gate Control

0 = Timer enabled
1 = Timer enabled if INTx\ is high

• C/T:Counter or Timer Selector

0 = Internal count source (clock/12)
1 = External count source (Tx pin)

• M1-M0:Mode Control

00-Mode 0, 13 bit count mode
01-Mode 1, 16 bit count mode
10-Mode 2, Auto reload mode
11-Mode 3, Multiple mode

TCON
7	6	5	4	3	2	1	0
TF1	TR1	TF0	TR0

• TRx: Timer x run control

0 = Timer not running
1 = Timer running

• TFx: Timer x OverFlow flag

0 = Timer has not overflowed/rolled over
1 = Timer has overflowed/rolled over

Baud Rate Calculation

The main criteria for UART communication is its baud rate. Both the devices Rx/Tx should be set to same baud rate for successful communication.
For the 8051 the Timer 1′ is used to generate the baud rate in Auto reload mode.

Fig: Baud rate at 11.0592Mhz Crystal

The crystal frequency Fclk is divided by 12 internally which is used to execute instructions also known as Machine Clock. Mclk. The timer again divides the Mclk by 32 and uses it as the timer frequency, say Tclk.

Usually, an 11.0592 Mhz crystal oscillator is used to provide the clock to 8051. The value seems to be odd but we see how it makes sense. From above discussion

Mclk = Fclk / 12 = 11.0592MHz/12 = 921.6KHz

Tclk = Mclk/32= 921.6KHz/32 = 28.8KHz

If we look at the standard baud rates used for serial communication shown in the table below, we can observe that all the baud rates are factors or multiples of the Tclk (28.8K)! This results in low error rates and hence is a commonly used crystal with 8051.

BAUD RATE	FACTOR)
2400	Tclk/12
4800	Tclk/6
9600	Tclk/3
14400	Tclk/2

The above factors should be loaded to Timer1(TH1) in Mode2 in order to generate the required baud rate. The final formula for baud rate is as below. Baudrate = Fosc/(32 * 12 * (256-TH1)) $$TH1 = 256 – (Fosc/(32 * 12 * Baudrate))$$ //If( SMOD==0 in PCON register) $$TH1 = 256 – (Fosc/(32 * 6 * Baudrate))$$ //If( SMOD==1 in PCON register)

Now with Fosc = 11.0592Mhz, TH1 value for 9600 baudrate will be: TH1 = 256-(11.0592*10^6)/(32 * 12 * 9600) = 253 = 0xFD = -3

Block Diagram

Schematic

Code

// *****************************************************
// Project: Serial UART communication using 8051
// Author: Code Bloges
// Module description: Operate max232
// *****************************************************
#include <reg52.h>
#define Baud_rate 0xFD  // BAUD RATE 9600                     
void USART_Init(void);
void USART_Transmit(unsigned char);
unsigned char USART_Receave();      
void cct_init(void);
void delay(unsigned int t);

char x;

void main()
{
        cct_init();
        USART_Init();       
        while(1) 
        {
                x=USART_Receave();
                USART_Transmit(x);
        }
}
void cct_init(void)   //initialize cct
{
        P0 = 0x00; //not used
        P1 = 0x00; //Used for Appliances
        P2 = 0x00; //not used
        P3 = 0x03; //used for serial
}
void USART_Init(void)                    // INITIALIZE SERIAL PORT
{
        TMOD = 0x20;                            // Timer 1 IN MODE 2 -AUTO RELOAD TO GENERATE BAUD RATE
        SCON = 0x50;                                      // SERIAL MODE 1, 8-DATA BIT 1-START BIT, 1-STOP BIT, REN ENABLED
        TH1 = Baud_rate;                        // LOAD BAUDRATE TO TIMER REGISTER
        TR1 = 1;                                    // START TIMER
}
void USART_Transmit(unsigned char serialdata)
{
        SBUF = serialdata;                                   // LOAD DATA TO SERIAL BUFFER REGISTER
        while(TI == 0);                                      // WAIT UNTIL TRANSMISSION TO COMPLETE
        TI = 0;                                                    // CLEAR TRANSMISSION INTERRUPT FLAG
}
unsigned char USART_Receave()
{
         while(RI==0);
         RI=0;    
         return SBUF;       
}

Downloads:

The code was compiled in Keil uvision4 and simulation was made in Proteus v7.7.
To download code and proteus simulation click here.

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