MC68HC908KX8 Datasheet, PDF (114/310 Pages) Motorola, Inc – Microcontrollers

Internal Clock Generator Module (ICG)
7.4.5.1 Clock Selection Switches
The first switch creates the oscillator output clock (CGMXCLK) from
either the internal clock (ICLK) or the external clock (ECLK), based on
the clock select bit (CS; set selects ECLK, clear selects ICLK). When
switching the CS bit, both ICLK and ECLK must be on (ICGON and
ECGON set). The clock being switched to also must be stable (ICGS or
ECGS set).
The second switch creates the timebase clock (TBMCLK) from ICLK or
ECLK based on the external clock on bit. When ECGON is set, the
switch automatically selects the external clock, regardless of the state of
the ECGS bit.
7.4.5.2 Clock Switching Circuit
To robustly switch between the internal clock (ICLK) and the external
clock (ECLK), the switch assumes the clocks are completely
asynchronous, so a synchronizing circuit is required to make the
transition. When the select input (the clock select bit for the oscillator
output clock switch or the external clock on bit for the timebase clock
switch) is changed, the switch will continue to operate off the original
clock for between one and two cycles as the select input is transitioned
through one side of the synchronizer. Next, the output will be held low for
between one and two cycles of the new clock as the select input
transitions through the other side. Then the output starts switching at the
new clock’s frequency. This transition guarantees that no glitches will be
seen on the output even though the select input may change
asynchronously to the clocks. The unpredictably of the transition period
is a necessary result of the asynchronicity.
The switch automatically selects ICLK during reset. When the clock
monitor is on (CMON is set) and it determines one of the clock sources
is inactive (as indicated by the IOFF or EOFF signals), the circuit is
forced to select the active clock. There are no clocks for the inactive side
of the synchronizer to properly operate, so that side is forced deselected.
However, the active side will not be selected until one to two clock cycles
after the IOFF or EOFF signal transitions.
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MC68HC908KX8 • MC68HC908KX2 • MC68HC08KX8 — Rev. 1.0
Internal Clock Generator Module (ICG)
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