Technical Specifications:

• Single full-duplex UART interface
• Configurable I2C-bus or SPI communication
• Operates at 3.3 V or 2.5 V
• Suitable for industrial temperature ranges: -40 ºC to +95 ºC
• 64 bytes FIFO memory for both transmission and reception
• Fully compatible with the industrial standard 16C450 and similar devices
• Supports baud rates up to 5 Mbit/s in 16x clock mode
• Automatic hardware flow control using RTS/CTS signals
• Automatic software flow control with programmable Xon/Xoff characters
• Configurable for single or double Xon/Xoff characters
• Automatic RS-485 support with automatic follower address detection
• Up to eight programmable I/O pins (specific to SC16IS750 and SC16IS760 models)
• Control over RS-485 driver direction using the RTS signal
• Inversion control for RS-485 driver direction
• Integrated IrDA encoder and decoder interface
• SC16IS750 supports IrDA SIR communication at speeds up to 115.2 kbit/s
• SC16IS760 supports IrDA SIR communication at speeds up to 1.152 Mbit/s
• Capability for software reset
• Independent enable/disable options for transmitter and receiver
• Configurable receive and transmit FIFO levels
• Programmable detection for special characters
• Fully customizable character formatting options
• Supports 5-bit, 6-bit, 7-bit, or 8-bit character sizes
• Configurable parity: even, odd, or none
• Stop bits options: 1, 1½, or 2
• Capable of line break generation and detection
• Internal loopback mode for testing
• Sleep current consumption of less than 30 µA at 3.3 V
• Designed for both industrial and commercial temperature ranges