MC68HC908EY16 Datasheet, PDF (102/278 Pages) Motorola, Inc – Microcontrollers

External Interrupt (IRQ)
Interrupt signals on the IRQ pin are latched into the IRQ latch. An interrupt latch remains set until one of
these actions occurs:
• Vector fetch — A vector fetch automatically generates an interrupt acknowledge signal that clears
the latch that caused the vector fetch.
• Software clear — Software can clear an interrupt latch by writing to the appropriate acknowledge
bit in the interrupt status and control register (ISCR). Writing a 1 to the ACK bit clears the IRQ latch.
• Reset — A reset automatically clears both interrupt latches.
The external interrupt pin is falling-edge triggered and is software-configurable to be both falling-edge and
low-level triggered. The MODE bit in the ISCR controls the triggering sensitivity of the IRQ pin.
When an interrupt pin is edge-triggered only, the interrupt latch remains set until a vector fetch, software
clear, or reset occurs.
When an interrupt pin is both falling-edge and low-level-triggered, the interrupt latch remains set until both
of these occur:
• Vector fetch or software clear
• Return of the interrupt pin to logic 1
The vector fetch or software clear may occur before or after the interrupt pin returns to logic 1. As long as
the pin is low, the interrupt request remains pending. A reset will clear the latch and the MODE control bit,
thereby clearing the interrupt even if the pin stays low.
When set, the IMASK bit in the ISCR masks all external interrupt requests. A latched interrupt request is
not presented to the interrupt priority logic unless the corresponding IMASK bit is clear.
NOTE
The interrupt mask (I) in the condition code register (CCR) masks all
interrupt requests, including external interrupt requests. See Figure 9-2.
9.4 IRQ Pin
A logic 0 on the IRQ pin can latch an interrupt request into the IRQ latch. A vector fetch, software clear,
or reset clears the IRQ latch.
If the MODE bit is set, the IRQ pin is both falling-edge sensitive and low-level sensitive. With MODE set,
both of these actions must occur to clear the IRQ latch:
• Vector fetch or software clear — A vector fetch generates an interrupt acknowledge signal to clear
the latch. Software may generate the interrupt acknowledge signal by writing a 1 to the ACK bit in
the interrupt status and control register (ISCR). The ACK bit is useful in applications that poll the
IRQ pin and require software to clear the IRQ latch. Writing to the ACK bit can also prevent
spurious interrupts due to noise. Setting ACK does not affect subsequent transitions on the IRQ
pin. A falling edge on IRQ that occurs after writing to the ACK bit latches another interrupt request.
If the IRQ mask bit, IMASK, is clear, the CPU loads the program counter with the vector address
at locations $FFFA and $FFFB.
• Return of the IRQ pin to logic 1 — As long as the IRQ pin is at logic 0, the IRQ latch remains set.
The vector fetch or software clear and the return of the IRQ pin to logic 1 can occur in any order. The
interrupt request remains pending as long as the IRQ pin is at logic 0. A reset will clear the latch and the
MODE control bit, thereby clearing the interrupt even if the pin stays low.
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