PIC17C7XX Datasheet, PDF (189/328 Pages) Microchip Technology – High-Performance 8-Bit CMOS EPROM Microcontrollers with 10-bit A/D

PIC17C7XX
17.0 SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE
CPU
What sets a microcontroller apart from other proces-
sors are special circuits to deal with the needs of
real-time applications. The PIC17CXXX family has a
host of such features intended to maximize system reli-
ability, minimize cost through elimination of external
components, provide power saving operating modes
and offer code protection. These are:
• Oscillator selection (Section 4.0)
• Reset (Section 5.0)
- Power-on Reset (POR)
- Power-up Timer (PWRT)
- Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST)
- Brown-out Reset (BOR)
• Interrupts (Section 6.0)
• Watchdog Timer (WDT)
• SLEEP mode
• Code protection
The PIC17CXXX has a Watchdog Timer which can be
shutoff only through EPROM bits. It runs off its own RC
oscillator for added reliability. There are two timers that
offer necessary delays on POR and BOR. One is the
Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST), intended to keep the
chip in RESET until the crystal oscillator is stable. The
other is the Power-up Timer (PWRT), which provides a
fixed delay of 96 ms (nominal) on power-up only,
designed to keep the part in RESET while the power
supply stabilizes. With these two timers on-chip, most
applications need no external reset circuitry.
The SLEEP mode is designed to offer a very low cur-
rent power-down mode. The user can wake from
SLEEP through external reset, Watchdog Timer Reset
or through an interrupt. Several oscillator options are
also made available to allow the part to fit the applica-
tion. The RC oscillator option saves system cost while
the LF crystal option saves power. Configuration bits
are used to select various options. This configuration
word has the format shown in Figure 17-1.
FIGURE 17-1: CONFIGURATION WORDS
U-x
R/P - 1 R/P - 1 U - x
—
PM2 BODEN —
bit15 bit 8 bit 7
U-x
—
U-x
—
U-x
—
U-x
—
U - x High (H) Table Read Addr.
— FE0Fh - FE08h
bit 0
U-x
U-x
—
—
bit15 bit 8 bit 7
R/P - 1 U - x R/P - 1 R/P - 1 R/P - 1 R/P - 1 R/P - 1 Low (L) Table Read Addr.
PM1 — PM0 WDTPS1 WDTPS0 FOSC1 FOSC0 FE07h - FE00h
bit 0
bit 6H
BODEN: Brown-out Detect Enable
1 = Brown-out Detect circuitry is enabled
0 = Brown-out Detect circuitry is disabled
bits 7H:6L:4L PM2, PM1, PM0, Processor Mode Select bits
111 = Microprocessor Mode
110 = Microcontroller mode
101 = Extended microcontroller mode
000 = Code protected microcontroller mode
bits 2L:3L
WDTPS1:WDTPS0, WDT Postscaler Select bits
11 = WDT enabled, postscaler = 1
10 = WDT enabled, postscaler = 256
01 = WDT enabled, postscaler = 64
00 = WDT disabled, 16-bit overflow timer
bits 1L:0L
FOSC1:FOSC0, Oscillator Select bits
11 = EC oscillator
10 = XT oscillator
01 = RC oscillator
00 = LF oscillator
—
Reserved
© 1998 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS30289A-page 189