    <td align="center">1</td>
        <td>The parity bit of the parallel data to be transmitted.</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>mux_out</td>
        <td>output</td>
        <td align="center">1</td>
        <td>The output of the mux that selects between start, serial data, parity, or stop bits according to the state of the transmission.</td>
    </tr>
</table>
<h4 id="functional-verification">Functional Verification</h4>
<p>This module is verified through self-checking testbench in Modelsim. The testbe