PIC16LC63A-04 Datasheet, PDF (95/184 Pages) Microchip Technology – 8-Bit CMOS Microcontrollers with A/D Converter

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13.6 Context Saving During Interrupts
During an interrupt, only the return PC value is saved
on the stack. Users may wish to save key registers dur-
ing an interrupt i.e., W register and STATUS register.
This will have to be implemented in software.
Example 13-1 stores and restores the STATUS, W, and
PCLATH registers. The register W_TEMP must be
defined in each bank and must be defined at the same
offset from the bank base address (i.e., if W_TEMP is
defined at 0x20 in bank 0, it must also be defined at
0xA0 in bank 1).
The example:
a) Stores the W register.
b) Stores the STATUS register in bank 0.
c) Stores the PCLATH register.
d) Executes the ISR code.
e) Restores the STATUS register
(and bank select bit).
f) Restores the W and PCLATH registers.
EXAMPLE 13-1: SAVING STATUS, W, AND PCLATH REGISTERS IN RAM
MOVWF
SWAPF
CLRF
MOVWF
MOVF
MOVWF
:
(ISR)
:
MOVF
MOVWF
SWAPF
MOVWF
SWAPF
SWAPF
W_TEMP
STATUS,W
STATUS
STATUS_TEMP
PCLATH, W
PCLATH_TEMP
PCLATH_TEMP, W
PCLATH
STATUS_TEMP, W
STATUS
W_TEMP,F
W_TEMP,W
;Copy W to TEMP register, could be bank one or zero
;Swap status to be saved into W
;bank 0, regardless of current bank, Clears IRP,RP1,RP0
;Save status to bank zero STATUS_TEMP register
;Only required if using pages 1, 2 and/or 3
;Save PCLATH into W
;User ISR code goes here
;Restore PCLATH
;Move W into PCLATH
;Swap STATUS_TEMP register into W
;(sets bank to original state)
;Move W into STATUS register
;Swap W_TEMP
;Swap W_TEMP into W
13.7 Watchdog Timer (WDT)
The Watchdog Timer is a free running on-chip RC oscil-
lator, which does not require any external components.
This RC oscillator is separate from the RC oscillator of
the OSC1/CLKIN pin. The WDT will run, even if the
clock on the OSC1/CLKIN and OSC2/CLKOUT pins of
the device has been stopped, for example, by execu-
tion of a SLEEP instruction.
During normal operation, a WDT time-out generates a
device RESET (Watchdog Timer Reset). If the device is
in SLEEP mode, a WDT time-out causes the device to
wake-up and resume normal operation (Watchdog
Timer Wake-up).
The WDT can be permanently disabled by clearing
configuration bit WDTE (Section 13.1).
13.7.1 WDT PERIOD
The WDT has a nominal time-out period of 18 ms
(parameter #31, TWDT). The time-out periods vary with
temperature, VDD, and process variations. If longer
time-out periods are desired, a prescaler with a division
ratio of up to 1:128 can be assigned to the WDT under
software control, by writing to the OPTION register.
Time-out periods up to 128 TWDT can be realized.
The CLRWDT and SLEEP instructions clear the WDT
and the postscaler, if assigned to the WDT. In addition,
the SLEEP instruction prevents the WDT from generat-
ing a RESET, but will allow the WDT to wake the device
from SLEEP mode.
The TO bit in the STATUS register will be cleared upon
a WDT time-out.
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