AT89C51AC2_08 Datasheet, PDF (19/121 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – Enhanced 8-bit Microcontroller with 32 KB Flash Memory

A/T89C51AC2
Warm Reset
Watchdog Reset
To achieve a valid reset, the reset signal must be maintained for at least 2 machine
cycles (24 oscillator clock periods) while the oscillator is running. The number of clock
periods is mode independent (X2 or X1).
As detailed in Section “PCA Watchdog Timer”, page 80, the WDT generates a 96-clock
period pulse on the RST pin. In order to properly propagate this pulse to the rest of the
application in case of external capacitor or power-supply supervisor circuit, a 1KΩ resis-
tor must be added as shown Figure 8.
Figure 8. Reset Circuitry for WDT reset out usage
VDD
+
RST
VDD
1K
To CPU core
and peripherals
RST
VSS
VSS
To other
on-board
circuitry
Reset Recommendation
to Prevent Flash
Corruption
An example of bad initialization situation may occur in an instance where the bit
ENBOOT in AUXR1 register is initialized from the hardware bit BLJB upon reset. Since
this bit allows mapping of the bootloader in the code area, a reset failure can be critical.
If one wants the ENBOOT cleared in order to unmap the boot from the code area (yet
due to a bad reset) the bit ENBOOT in SFRs may be set. If the value of Program
Counter is accidently in the range of the boot memory addresses then a flash access
(write or erase) may corrupt the Flash on-chip memory.
It is recommended to use an external reset circuitry featuring power supply monitoring to
prevent system malfunction during periods of insufficient power supply voltage (power
supply failure, power supply switched off).
Idle Mode
Idle mode is a power reduction mode that reduces the power consumption. In this mode,
program execution halts. Idle mode freezes the clock to the CPU at known states while
the peripherals continue to be clocked. The CPU status before entering Idle mode is
preserved, i.e., the program counter and program status word register retain their data
for the duration of Idle mode. The contents of the SFRs and RAM are also retained. The
status of the Port pins during Idle mode is detailed in Table 14.
Entering Idle Mode
Exiting Idle Mode
To enter Idle mode, you must set the IDL bit in PCON register (see Table 15). The
T89C51CC02 enters Idle mode upon execution of the instruction that sets IDL bit. The
instruction that sets IDL bit is the last instruction executed.
Note: If IDL bit and PD bit are set simultaneously, the T89C51CC02 enters Power-down mode.
Then it does not go in Idle mode when exiting Power-down mode.
There are two ways to exit Idle mode:
1. Generate an enabled interrupt.
– Hardware clears IDL bit in PCON register which restores the clock to the
CPU. Execution resumes with the interrupt service routine. Upon completion
of the interrupt service routine, program execution resumes with the
instruction immediately following the instruction that activated Idle mode.
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