XR16C850
xr
2.97V TO 5.5V UART WITH 128-BYTE FIFO
REV. 2.3.1
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Datasheet August 2005.
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REVISION HISTORY
DATE
REVISION
DESCRIPTION
February 2000
Rev 1.0.0
Initial datasheet.
April 2002
Rev 2.0.0
Changed to standard style format. Internal Registers are described in the order they
are listed in the Internal Register Table. Clarified timing diagrams. Corrected Auto
RTS Hysteresis table. Renamed Rclk (Receive Clock) to Bclk (Baud Clock) and tim-
ing symbols. Added TAH, TCS and OSC.
January 2003
Rev 2.1.0
Changed to single column format. Added Factory Test Mode description and work-
around.
May 2003
Rev 2.1.1
Corrected patent number on first page.
June 2003
Rev 2.2.0
Added and Updated Device Status in Ordering Information: 40-pin PDIP and 52-pin
QFP are discontinued.
March 2004
Rev 2.3.0
Devices with top mark date code of "F2 YYWW" and newer have 5V tolerant inputs
(except for XTAL1) and have 0 ns address hold time (TAH). Factory test mode entry
updated to 0x06. In addition, the packages are now in Green Molding Compound.
August 2005
Rev 2.3.1
Removed discontinued packages (40-pin PDIP and 52-pin QFP) from Ordering Infor-
mation.