MC9S08GT16A Datasheet, PDF (29/300 Pages) Freescale Semiconductor, Inc – Microcontrollers

Pins and Connections
C1 and C2 are typically in the 5-pF to 25-pF range and are chosen to match the requirements of a specific
crystal or resonator. Be sure to take into account printed circuit board (PCB) capacitance and MCU pin
capacitance when sizing C1 and C2. The crystal manufacturer typically specifies a load capacitance which
is the series combination of C1 and C2 which are usually the same size. As a first-order approximation,
use 10 pF as an estimate of combined pin and PCB capacitance for each oscillator pin (EXTAL and
XTAL).
2.3.3 RESET — External Reset Pin
RESET is a dedicated pin with a pullup device built in. It has input hysteresis, a high current output driver,
and no output slew rate control. Internal power-on reset and low-voltage reset circuitry typically make
external reset circuitry unnecessary. This pin is normally connected to the standard 6-pin background
debug connector so a development system can directly reset the MCU system. If desired, a manual external
reset can be added by supplying a simple switch to ground (pull reset pin low to force a reset).
Whenever any reset is initiated (whether from an external signal or from an internal system), the reset pin
is driven low for approximately 34 cycles of f_{Self_reset}, released, and sampled again approximately
38 cycles of f_{Self_reset} later. If reset was caused by an internal source such as low-voltage reset or watchdog
timeout, the circuitry expects the reset pin sample to return a logic 1. The reset circuitry decodes the cause
of reset and records it by setting a corresponding bit in the system control reset status register (SRS).
For EMC-sensitive applications, an external RC filter is recommended on the RESET pin. See Figure 2-5
for an example.
2.3.4 PTG0/BKGD/MS — Background / Mode Select
The background/mode select (BKGD/MS) shares its function with an I/O port pin. While in reset, the pin
functions as a mode select pin. Immediately after reset rises the pin functions as the background pin and
can be used for background debug communication. While functioning as a background/mode select pin,
the pin includes an internal pullup device, input hysteresis, a standard output driver, and no output slew
rate control. When used as an I/O port (PTG0) the pin is limited to output only.
If nothing is connected to this pin, the MCU will enter normal operating mode at the rising edge of reset.
If a debug system is connected to the 6-pin standard background debug header, it can hold BKGD/MS low
during the rising edge of reset which forces the MCU to active background mode.
The BKGD pin is used primarily for background debug controller (BDC) communications using a custom
protocol that uses 16 clock cycles of the target MCU’s BDC clock per bit time. The target MCU’s BDC
clock could be as fast as the maximum bus clock rate, so there should never be any significant capacitance
connected to the BKGD/MS pin that could interfere with background serial communications.
Although the BKGD pin is a pseudo open-drain pin, the background debug communication protocol
provides brief, actively driven, high speedup pulses to ensure fast rise times. Small capacitances from
cables and the absolute value of the internal pullup device play almost no role in determining rise and fall
times on the BKGD pin.
MC9S08GT16A/GT8A Data Sheet, Rev. 1
Freescale Semiconductor
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