SCC2698B: Enhanced octal universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (Octal UART)

The SCC2698B Enhanced Octal Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (Octal UART) is a single chip MOS-LSI communications device that provides eight full-duplex asynchronous receiver/transmitter channels in a single package. It is fabricated with CMOS technology which combines the benefits of high density and low power consumption.

The operating speed of each receiver and transmitter can be selected independently as one of 26 fixed baud rates, a 16X clock derived from a programmable counter/timer, or an external 1X or 16X clock. The baud rate generator and counter/timer can operate directly from a crystal or from external clock inputs. The ability to independently program the operating speed of the receiver and transmitter make the Octal UART particularly attractive for dual-speed channel applications such as clustered terminal systems.

The receiver is quadruple buffered to minimize the potential of receiver overrun or to reduce interrupt overhead in interrupt driven systems. In addition, a handshaking (RTS/CTS) capability is provided to disable a remote UART transmitter when the receiver buffer is full.

The UART provides a power-down mode in which the oscillator is frozen but the register contents are stored. This results in reduced power consumption on the order of several magnitudes. The Octal UART is fully TTL compatible and operates from a single +5V power supply.

The SCC2698B is an upwardly compatible version of the 2698A Octal UART. In PLCC packaging, it is enhanced by the addition of receiver ready or FIFO full status outputs, and transmitter empty status outputs for each channel on 16 multipurpose I/O pins. The multipurpose pins of the 2698B RIO pins, thus DMA and modem control is provided.

SCC2698B: Product Block Diagram
sot189-2_3d

26 fixed rates: 50 to 38.4K baud

Non-standard rates to 115.2K baud

User-defined rates from the programmable counter/timer

associated with each of four blocks

Data Sheets (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Enhanced octal universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (Octal UART) (REV 4.0) PDF (198.0 kB) SCC2698B07 Aug 2006
Application Notes (5)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Application of UART in GPS navigation system (REV 1.0) PDF (84.0 kB) AN1035301 Mar 2005
UART to Bluetooth interfacing (REV 2.0) PDF (205.0 kB) AN1030711 Aug 2004
AN10251 (REV 2.0) PDF (38.0 kB) AN1025127 Oct 2003
SCC2698B Octal Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (OC) (REV 1.0) PDF (59.0 kB) AN410B27 Apr 1994
SCC2698A Differences From The SCC2698B (REV 1.0) PDF (19.0 kB) AN42127 Apr 1994
Brochures (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
NXP® High-speed UARTs and Bridge ICs (REV 1.0) PDF (5.7 MB) 7501755203 Apr 2014
Package Information (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
plastic leaded chip carrier; 84 leads (REV 1.0) PDF (605.0 kB) SOT189-208 Feb 2016
Supporting Information (1)
Name/DescriptionModified Date
Footprint for wave soldering (REV 1.0) PDF (10.0 kB) PLCC-WAVE08 Oct 2009
Ordering Information
ProductStatusPackage versionApplicationOperating Temperature (Cel)Number of pinsReceiver/Transmitter typeFunction
SCC2698BE1A84ActiveSOT189-2Data Communication-40~8584Octal UARTsReceivers/Transmitters
SCC2698BC1A84ActiveSOT189-2Data Communication0~7084Octal UARTsReceivers/Transmitters
Package Information
Product IDPackage DescriptionOutline VersionReflow/Wave SolderingPackingProduct StatusPart NumberOrdering code(12NC)MarkingChemical ContentRoHS / Pb Free / RHFLeadFree Conversion DateEFRIFR(FIT)MTBF(hour)MSLMSL LF
SCC2698BE1A84SOT189-2PLCC-WAVEReel 13" Q1/T1 in DrypackActiveSCC2698BE1A84,518 (9350 563 80518)SCC2698BE1A84SCC2698BE1A84week 12, 20050.03.03.33E833
Tube in DrypackActiveSCC2698BE1A84,512 (9350 563 80512)SCC2698BE1A84SCC2698BE1A84week 12, 20050.03.03.33E833
SCC2698BC1A84SOT189-2PLCC-WAVEReel 13" Q1/T1 in DrypackActiveSCC2698BC1A84,518 (9339 762 50518)SCC2698BC1A84SCC2698BC1A84week 12, 20050.03.03.33E833
Tube in DrypackActiveSCC2698BC1A84,512 (9339 762 50512)SCC2698BC1A84SCC2698BC1A84week 12, 20050.03.03.33E833
Enhanced octal universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (Octal UART) SCC2698B
Application of UART in GPS navigation system SC28L92
UART to Bluetooth interfacing SC28L92
AN10251 SC28L92
SCC2698B Octal Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (OC) SCC2698B
SCC2698A Differences From The SCC2698B SCC2698B
NXP® High-speed UARTs and Bridge ICs SC28L92
plastic leaded chip carrier; 84 leads SCC2698B
Footprint for wave soldering SC28L92
SCC2698B
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