Serial Communictation Setting the baud rate the value placed in the SERPER register is (3546895/baud)-1 Setting the format bit 15 of the SERPER register allows you to set data transfer at either 8 or 9 bits 0 - 8 bits 1 - 9 bits Sending: First, you must wait for any previous serial comunication to be completed. This is done by checking the Transmit Shift Register Empty bit (bit 12) of SERDATR (set when it is okay to write) Data is sent by placing it in the SERDAT register The lower 8 bits hold the byte to be sent, the 9th bit holds a 1 (the stop bit) and the remaining bits must be set to zero.