13.3.1.5 Options
13.0 Power Saving Features
This device has two options associated with the HALT mode.
The first option enables the HALT mode feature, while the
second option disables HALT mode operation. Selecting the
disable HALT mode option will cause the microcontroller to
ignore any attempts to HALT the device under software
control. Note that this device can still be placed in the HALT
mode by stopping the clock input to the microcontroller, if the
program memory is masked ROM. See the Option section
for more details on this option bit.
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part of the oscillator closed loop.) When the IDLE Timer
underflows, the clock signals are enabled on the chip, allow-
ing program execution to proceed. Thus, the delay is equal
to 256 instruction cycles.
Note: To ensure accurate operation upon start-up of the
device using Multi-Input Wake-up, the instruction in the ap-
plication program used for entering the HALT mode should
be followed by two consecutive NOP (no-operation) instruc-
tions.
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FIGURE 19. Wake-up from HALT
13.3.2 High Speed Idle Mode
As with the HALT mode, this device can also be returned to
normal operation with a RESET, or with a Multi-Input
Wake-up input. Upon reset the ITMR register is cleared and
the ITMR register selects the 4,096 instruction cycle tap of
the IDLE Timer.
In the IDLE mode, program execution stops and power
consumption is reduced to a very low level as with the HALT
mode. However, the high speed oscillator, IDLE Timer (Timer
T0), T2 timer (T2HS = 1, T2IDLE = 1), and Clock Monitor
continue to operate, allowing real time to be maintained. The
device remains idle for a selected amount of time up to
65,536 instruction cycles, or 32.768 milliseconds with a 2
MHz instruction clock frequency, and then automatically ex-
its the IDLE mode and returns to normal program execution.
The IDLE Timer cannot be started or stopped under software
control, and it is not memory mapped, so it cannot be read or
written by the software. Its state upon Reset is unknown.
Therefore, if the device is put into the IDLE mode at an
arbitrary time, it will stay in the IDLE mode for somewhere
between 1 and the selected number of instruction cycles.
The device is placed in the IDLE mode under software
control by setting the IDLE bit (bit 6 of the Port G data
register).
In order to precisely time the duration of the IDLE state, entry
into the IDLE mode must be synchronized to the state of the
IDLE Timer. The best way to do this is to use the IDLE Timer
interrupt, which occurs on every underflow of the bit of the
IDLE Timer which is associated with the selected window.
Another method is to poll the state of the IDLE Timer pending
bit T0PND, which is set on the same occurrence. The Idle
Timer interrupt is enabled by setting bit T0EN in the ICNTRL
register.
The IDLE Timer window is selectable from one of five values,
4k, 8k, 16k, 32k or 64k instruction cycles. Selection of this
value is made through the ITMR register.
The IDLE mode uses the on-chip IDLE Timer (Timer T0) to
keep track of elapsed time in the IDLE state. The IDLE Timer
runs continuously at the instruction clock rate, whether or not
the device is in the IDLE mode. Each time the bit of the timer
associated with the selected window toggles, the T0PND bit
is set, an interrupt is generated (if enabled), and the device
exits the IDLE mode if in that mode. If the IDLE Timer
interrupt is enabled, the interrupt is serviced before execu-
tion of the main program resumes. (However, the instruction
which was started as the part entered the IDLE mode is
completed before the interrupt is serviced. This instruction
should be a NOP which should follow the enter IDLE instruc-
tion.) The user must reset the IDLE Timer pending flag
(T0PND) before entering the IDLE mode.
Any time the IDLE Timer window length is changed there is
the possibility of generating a spurious IDLE Timer interrupt
by setting the T0PND bit. The user is advised to disable
IDLE Timer interrupts prior to changing the value of the
ITSEL bits of the ITMR Register and then clear the TOPND
bit before attempting to synchronize operation to the IDLE
Timer.
Note: As with the HALT mode, it is necessary to program two
NOP’s to allow clock resynchronization upon return from the
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