MC68HC908EY16 Datasheet, PDF (85/278 Pages) Motorola, Inc – Microcontrollers

Functional Description
8.3.4.1 Clock Monitor Reference Generator
The clock monitor uses a reference based on one clock source to monitor the other clock source. The
clock monitor reference generator generates the external reference clock (EREF) based on the external
clock (ECLK) and the internal reference clock (IREF) based on the internal clock (ICLK). To simplify the
circuit, the low-frequency base clock (IBASE) is used in place of ICLK because it always operates at or
near 307.2 kHz. For proper operation, EREF must be at least twice as slow as IBASE and IREF must be
at least twice as slow as ECLK.
To guarantee that IREF is slower than ECLK and EREF is slower than IBASE, one of the signals is divided
down. Which signal is divided and by how much is determined by the external slow (EXTSLOW) and
external crystal enable (EXTXTALEN) bits in the CONFIG, according to the rules in Table 8-2.
NOTE
Each signal (IBASE and ECLK) is always divided by four. A longer divider
is used on either IBASE or ECLK based on the EXTSLOW bit.
To conserve size, the long divider (divide by 4096) is also used as an external crystal stabilization divider.
The divider is reset when the external clock generator is turned off or in stop mode (ECGEN is clear).
When the external clock generator is first turned on, the external clock generator stable bit (ECGS) will
be clear. This condition automatically selects ECLK as the input to the long divider. The external
stabilization clock (ESTBCLK) will be ECLK divided by 16 when EXTXTALEN is low or 4096 when
EXTXTALEN is high. This timeout allows the crystal to stabilize. The falling edge of ESTBCLK is used to
set ECGS, which will set after a full 16 or 4096 cycles. When ECGS is set, the divider returns to its normal
function. ESTBCLK may be generated by either IBASE or ECLK, but any clocking will only reinforce the
set condition. If ECGS is cleared because the clock monitor determined that ECLK was inactive, the
divider will revert to a stabilization divider. Since this will change the EREF and IREF divide ratios, it is
important to turn the clock monitor off (CMON = 0) after inactivity is detected to ensure valid recovery.
8.3.4.2 Internal Clock Activity Detector
The internal clock activity detector, shown in Figure 8-6, looks for at least one falling edge on the
low-frequency base clock (IBASE) every time the external reference (EREF) is low. Since EREF is less
than half the frequency of IBASE, this should occur every time. If it does not occur two consecutive times,
the internal clock inactivity indicator (IOFF) is set. IOFF will be cleared the next time there is a falling edge
of IBASE while EREF is low.
The internal clock stable bit (ICGS) is also generated in the internal clock activity detector. ICGS is set
when the internal clock generator’s filter stable signal (FICGS) indicates that IBASE is within about 5
percent of the target 307.2 kHz ± 25 percent for two consecutive measurements. ICGS is cleared when
FICGS is clear, the internal clock generator is turned off or is in stop mode (ICGEN is clear), or when IOFF
is set.
MC68HC908EY16 • MC68HC908EY8 Data Sheet, Rev. 10
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