Peripheral Simulation

For NXP (founded by Philips) 83/87C554 — Serial UART (Enhanced Interface without T2 as BRG)

Simulation support for this peripheral or feature is comprised of:

• Dialog boxes which display and allow you to change peripheral configuration.
• VTREGs (Virtual Target Registers) which support I/O with the peripheral.

These simulation capabilities are described below.

Serial Channel 0 Dialog

S0IN VTREG
Data Type: unsigned int

The S0IN VTREG represents the serial input of the simulated microcontroller. Values you assign to S0IN are input to the serial channel. You may assign input using the command window. For example,

S0IN='A'

causes the simulated microcontroller serial input to receive the ASCII character A. If you want to use the S0IN VRTEG to simulate reception of multiple characters, you must be sure to delay for atleast one character time between successive assignments to S0IN. This may be done using a signal function. For example:

signal void send_cat (void) {
swatch(0.01);  /* Wait 1/100 seconds */
S0IN='C';       /* Send a C */
swatch(0.01);
S0IN='A';
swatch(0.01);
S0IN='T';
}

You may use the S0IN VTREG to input more than 8 bits of data. For example,

S0IN=0x0123

inputs a 9-bit value. This is useful if you use 9-bit serial I/O. In addition to the S0IN VRTEG, the serial window allows you to input serial characters by simply typing. Serial characters that are transmitted byt the simulated microcontroller appear in the serial window.

S0OUT VTREG
Data Type: unsigned int

The S0OUT VTREG represents the serial output from the simulated microcontroller. Whenever the simulated serial port transmits a character, the value transmitted is automatically assigned to S0OUT (which is read-only). You may read the value of S0OUT to determine the character transmitted by your simulated program. For example,

S0OUT

outputs the value of the last character transmitted. You may use the S0OUT VTREG in a script to process transmitted data. For example,

signal void s0out_sig (void) {
while (1)
  {
  wwatch(S0OUT);     /* wait for something in S0OUT */
  printf ("Transmitted a %2.2X\n", (unsigned) S0OUT);
  }
}

S0TIME VTREG
Data Type: unsigned char

The S0TIME VTREG allows you to control the timing of the simulated serial port.

• A value of 1 (which is the default) indicates that the serial port timing is identical to the target hardware. Use this value when you want to see the effects of baud rate on the serial port I/O.
• A value of 0 indicates that all serial input and output occur instantaneously. Use this value when you don't care about any baud rate effects or when you want serial output to be fast.

For example:

S0TIME = 0   /* Set Serial Port for FAST timing */
S0TIME = 1   /* Set Serial Port for accurate timing */