Michael Rigby-Jones wrote:
> I have probably missed something here, but the USART will also
> generate an interrupt when it receives a character in asynchronous
> mode.

Yes, but that requires the clock running, so can not be used to wake the
processor from sleep.  Some of the newer UARTS do have a wakeup capability.


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