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POWER SAVING MODES (Cont’d)
9.4.2 HALT MODE
The HALT mode is the lowest power consumption
mode of the MCU. It is entered by executing the
‘HALT’ instruction when active halt mode is disa-
bled.
The MCU can exit HALT mode on reception of ei-
ther a specific interrupt (see Table 10, “Interrupt
mapping,” on page 32) or a RESET. When exiting
HALT mode by means of a RESET or an interrupt,
the main oscillator is immediately turned on and
the 256 or 512 CPU cycle delay is used to stabilize
it. After the start up delay, the CPU resumes oper-
ation by servicing the interrupt or by fetching the
reset vector which woke it up (see Figure 28).
When entering HALT mode, the I bit in the CC reg-
ister is forced to 0 to enable interrupts. Therefore,
if an interrupt is pending, the MCU wakes immedi-
ately.
In HALT mode, the main oscillator is turned off
causing all internal processing to be stopped, in-
cluding the operation of the on-chip peripherals.
All peripherals are not clocked except the ones
which get their clock supply from another clock
generator (such as an external or auxiliary oscilla-
tor).
The compatibility of Watchdog operation with
HALT mode is configured by the “WDGHALT” op-
tion bit of the option byte. The HALT instruction
when executed while the Watchdog system is en-
abled, can generate a Watchdog RESET (see sec-
tion 15.1 on page 105 for more details).
Figure 27. HALT Timing Overview
RUN
HALT
256 OR 512
CPU CYCLE DELAY
RUN
RESET
OR
HALT
INTERRUPT
INSTRUCTION
[Active Halt disabled]
FETCH
VECTOR
Figure 28. HALT Mode Flow-chart
HALT INSTRUCTION
(Active Halt disabled)
ENABLE
WATCHDOG
WDGHALT 1)
0
DISABLE
1
WATCHDOG
RESET
OSCILLATOR OFF
PERIPHERALS 2) OFF
CPU
OFF
I BIT
0
N
RESET
N
Y
INTERRUPT 3)
Y
OSCILLATOR ON
PERIPHERALS OFF
CPU
ON
I BIT
X 4)
256 OR 512 CPU CLOCK
CYCLE DELAY 5)
OSCILLATOR ON
PERIPHERALS ON
CPU
ON
I BITS
X 4)
FETCH RESET VECTOR
OR SERVICE INTERRUPT
Notes:
1. WDGHALT is an option bit. See option byte sec-
tion for more details.
2. Peripheral clocked with an external clock source
can still be active.
3. Only some specific interrupts can exit the MCU
from HALT mode (such as external interrupt). Re-
fer to Table 10, “Interrupt mapping,” on page 32 for
more details.
4. Before servicing an interrupt, the CC register is
pushed on the stack. The I bit of the CC register is
set during the interrupt routine and cleared when
the CC register is popped.
5. The CPU clock must be switched to 1MHz
(RC/8) or AWU RC before entering HALT mode.
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