AT8xC51SND2C
Table 60. Minimum Reset Capacitor Value for a 50 kΩ Pull-down Resistor(1)
VDD Rise Time
10 ms
Oscillator
Start-Up Time
1 ms
820 nF
2.7 µF
100 ms
12 µF
5 ms
1.2 µF
20 ms
3.9 µF
12 µF
Note:
1. These values assume VDD starts from 0V to the nominal value. If the time between 2
on/off sequences is too fast, the power-supply de-coupling capacitors may not be
fully discharged, leading to a bad reset sequence.
Warm Reset
To achieve a valid reset, the reset signal must be maintained for at least 2 machine
cycles (24 oscillator clock periods) while the oscillator is running. The number of clock
periods is mode independent (X2 or X1).
Watchdog Reset
As detailed in section “Watchdog Timer”, page 59, the WDT generates a 96-clock period
pulse on the RST pin. In order to properly propagate this pulse to the rest of the applica-
tion in case of external capacitor or power-supply supervisor circuit, a 1 kΩ resistor must
be added as shown in Figure 23.
Figure 23. Reset Circuitry for WDT Reset-out Usage
VDD
VDD
From WDT
+
Reset Source
P
RST
To CPU Core
and Peripherals
VDD
1K
RST
VSS
To Other
On-board
VSS
Circuitry
Reset Recommendation
to Prevent Flash
Corruption
An example of bad initialization situation may occur in an instance where the bit
ENBOOT in AUXR1 register is initialized from the hardware bit BLJB upon reset. Since
this bit allows mapping of the bootloader in the code area, a reset failure can be critical.
If one wants the ENBOOT cleared in order to unmap the boot from the code area (yet
due to a bad reset) the bit ENBOOT in SFRs may be set. If the value of Program
Counter is accidently in the range of the boot memory addresses then a Flash access
(write or erase) may corrupt the Flash on-chip memory.
It is recommended to use an external reset circuitry featuring power supply monitoring to
prevent system malfunction during periods of insufficient power supply voltage (power
supply failure, power supply switched off).
Idle Mode
Idle mode is a power reduction mode that reduces the power consumption. In this mode,
program execution halts. Idle mode freezes the clock to the CPU at known states while
the peripherals continue to be clocked (refer to section “Oscillator”, page 12). The CPU
status before entering Idle mode is preserved, i.e., the program counter and program
status word register retain their data for the duration of Idle mode. The contents of the
SFRs and RAM are also retained. The status of the Port pins during Idle mode is
detailed in Table 59.
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