Structure
A UART usually contains the following components:
- a clock generator, usually a multiple of the bit rate to allow sampling in the middle of a bit period.
- input and output shift registers
- transmit/receive control
- read/write control logic
- transmit/receive buffers (optional)
- parallel data bus buffer (optional)
- First-in, first-out (FIFO) buffer memory (optional)
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