COP8SG-EPU National Semiconductor, COP8SG-EPU Datasheet - Page 39

• Manufacturer Part Number: COP8SG-EPU
• Description: BOARD PROTOTYPE/TARGET COP8
• Manufacturer: National Semiconductor
• Type: MCUr

Specifications of COP8SG-EPU

• Contents: *
• For Use With/related Products: Cop 8
• For Use With: COP8SG-EPU - BOARD PROTOTYPE/TARGET COP8
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant

WATCHDOG Operation
Detection of Illegal Conditions
The device can detect various illegal conditions resulting
from coding errors, transient noise, power supply voltage
drops, runaway programs, etc.
Reading of undefined ROM gets zeros. The opcode for soft-
ware interrupt is zero. If the program fetches instructions
from undefined ROM, this will force a software interrupt, thus
signaling that an illegal condition has occurred.
• The initial WATCHDOG service must match the key data
• Subsequent WATCHDOG services must match all three
• The correct key data value cannot be read from the
• The WATCHDOG detector circuit is inhibited during both
• The CLOCK MONITOR detector circuit is active during
• With the single-pin R/C oscillator mask option selected
• With the crystal oscillator mask option selected, or with
• The IDLE timer T0 is not initialized with RESET.
• The user can sync in to the IDLE counter cycle with an
• A hardware WATCHDOG service occurs just as the de-
• Following RESET, the initial WATCHDOG service (where
value in the WATCHDOG Service register WDSVR in or-
der to avoid a WATCHDOG error.
data fields in WDSVR in order to avoid WATCHDOG er-
rors.
WATCHDOG Service register WDSVR. Any attempt to
read this key data value of 01100 from WDSVR will read
as key data value of all 0’s.
the HALT and IDLE modes.
both the HALT and IDLE modes. Consequently, the de-
vice inadvertently entering the HALT mode will be de-
tected as a CLOCK MONITOR error (provided that the
CLOCK MONITOR enable option has been selected by
the program).
and the CLKDLY bit reset, the WATCHDOG service win-
dow will resume following HALT mode from where it left
off before entering the HALT mode.
the single-pin R/C oscillator mask option selected and the
CLKDLY bit set, the WATCHDOG service window will be
set to its selected value from WDSVR following HALT.
Consequently, the WATCHDOG should not be serviced
for at least 2048 instruction cycles following HALT, but
must be serviced within the selected window to avoid a
WATCHDOG error.
IDLE counter (T0) interrupt or by monitoring the T0PND
flag. The T0PND flag is set whenever the thirteenth bit of
the IDLE counter toggles (every 4096 instruction cycles).
The user is responsible for resetting the T0PND flag.
vice exits the IDLE mode. Consequently, the WATCH-
DOG should not be serviced for at least 2048 instruction
cycles following IDLE, but must be serviced within the se-
lected window to avoid a WATCHDOG error.
the service window and the CLOCK MONITOR enable/
disable must be selected) may be programmed any-
where within the maximum service window (65,536 in-
struction cycles) initialized by RESET. Note that this initial
WATCHDOG service may be programmed within the ini-
tial 2048 instruction cycles without causing a WATCH-
DOG error.
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The subroutine stack grows down for each call (jump to sub-
routine), interrupt, or PUSH, and grows up for each return or
POP. The stack pointer is initialized to RAM location 06F Hex
during reset. Consequently, if there are more returns than
calls, the stack pointer will point to addresses 070 and 071
Hex (which are undefined RAM). Undefined RAM from ad-
dresses 070 to 07F (Segment 0), and all other segments
(i.e., Segments 4 … etc.) is read as all 1’s, which in turn will
cause the program to return to address 7FFF Hex. This is an
undefined ROM location and the instruction fetched (all 0’s)
from this location will generate a software interrupt signaling
an illegal condition.
Thus, the chip can detect the following illegal conditions:
1. Executing from undefined ROM
2. Over “POP”ing the stack by having more returns than
When the software interrupt occurs, the user can re-initialize
the stack pointer and do a recovery procedure before restart-
ing (this recovery program is probably similar to that follow-
ing reset, but might not contain the same program initializa-
tion procedures). The recovery program should reset the
software interrupt pending bit using the RPND instruction.
MICROWIRE/PLUS
MICROWIRE/PLUS is a serial synchronous communications
interface. The MICROWIRE/PLUS capability enables the de-
vice to interface with any of National Semiconductor’s MI-
CROWIRE peripherals (i.e. A/D converters, display drivers,
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port the MICROWIRE interface. It consists of an 8-bit serial
shift register (SIO) with serial data input (SI), serial data out-
put (SO) and serial shift clock (SK). Figure 19 shows a block
diagram of the MICROWIRE/PLUS logic.
The shift clock can be selected from either an internal source
or an external source. Operating the MICROWIRE/PLUS ar-
rangement with the internal clock source is called the Master
mode of operation. Similarly, operating the MICROWIRE/
PLUS arrangement with an external shift clock is called the
Slave mode of operation.
The CNTRL register is used to configure and control the
MICROWIRE/PLUS mode. To use the MICROWIRE/PLUS,
the MSEL bit in the CNTRL register is set to one. In the mas-
ter mode, the SK clock rate is selected by the two bits, SL0
and SL1, in the CNTRL register. Table 9 details the different
clock rates that may be selected.
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PROMs etc.) and with other microcontrollers which sup-
calls.
FIGURE 19. MICROWIRE/PLUS Block Diagram
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