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AT91CAP9S500A_1 Datasheet, PDF (429/1137 Pages) ATMEL Corporation – Customizable Microcontroller Processor
AT91CAP9S500A/AT91CAP9S250A
31.5 I/O Line Description
Table 31-1. I/O Line Description
Pin Name
FIQ
IRQ0 - IRQn
Pin Description
Fast Interrupt
Interrupt 0 - Interrupt n
Type
Input
Input
31.6 Product Dependencies
31.6.1 I/O Lines
The interrupt signals FIQ and IRQ0 to IRQn are normally multiplexed through the PIO control-
lers. Depending on the features of the PIO controller used in the product, the pins must be
programmed in accordance with their assigned interrupt function. This is not applicable when
the PIO controller used in the product is transparent on the input path.
Table 31-2. I/O Lines
Instance
AIC
AIC
AIC
Signal
FIQ
IRQ0
IRQ1
I/O Line
PD4
PA10
PA14
Peripheral
A
A
B
31.6.2
Power Management
The Advanced Interrupt Controller is continuously clocked. The Power Management Controller
has no effect on the Advanced Interrupt Controller behavior.
The assertion of the Advanced Interrupt Controller outputs, either nIRQ or nFIQ, wakes up the
ARM processor while it is in Idle Mode. The General Interrupt Mask feature enables the AIC to
wake up the processor without asserting the interrupt line of the processor, thus providing syn-
chronization of the processor on an event.
31.6.3
Interrupt Sources
The Interrupt Source 0 is always located at FIQ. If the product does not feature an FIQ pin, the
Interrupt Source 0 cannot be used.
The Interrupt Source 1 is always located at System Interrupt. This is the result of the OR-wiring
of the system peripheral interrupt lines. When a system interrupt occurs, the service routine
must first distinguish the cause of the interrupt. This is performed by reading successively the
status registers of the above mentioned system peripherals.
The interrupt sources 2 to 31 can either be connected to the interrupt outputs of an embedded
user peripheral or to external interrupt lines. The external interrupt lines can be connected
directly, or through the PIO Controller.
The PIO Controllers are considered as user peripherals in the scope of interrupt handling.
Accordingly, the PIO Controller interrupt lines are connected to the Interrupt Sources 2 to 31.
The peripheral identification defined at the product level corresponds to the interrupt source
number (as well as the bit number controlling the clock of the peripheral). Consequently, to sim-
plify the description of the functional operations and the user interface, the interrupt sources are
named FIQ, SYS, and PID2 to PID31.
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