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Section 6 Interrupt Controller (INTC)

Rev. 5.00 Jan 06, 2006 page 78 of 818

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6.2

Interrupt Sources

There are four types of interrupt sources: NMI, user breaks, IRQ, and on-chip peripheral modules.

Each interrupt has a priority expressed as a priority level (0 to 16, with 0 the lowest and 16 the

highest). Giving an interrupt a priority level of 0 masks it.

6.2.1

NMI Interrupts

The NMI interrupt has priority 16 and is always accepted. Input at the NMI pin is detected by

edge. Use the NMI edge select bit (NMIE) in the interrupt control register (ICR) to select either

the rising or falling edge. NMI interrupt exception processing sets the interrupt mask level bits

(I3–I0) in the status register (SR) to level 15.

6.2.2

User Break Interrupt

A user break interrupt has a priority of level 15, and occurs when the break condition set in the

user break controller (UBC) is satisfied. User break interrupt requests are detected by edge and are

held until accepted. User break interrupt exception processing sets the interrupt mask level bits

(I3–I0) in the status register (SR) to level 15. For more information about the user break interrupt,

see Section 7, User Break Controller.

6.2.3

IRQ Interrupts

IRQ interrupts are requested by input from pins

IRQ0–IRQ7. Set the IRQ sense select bits

(IRQ0S–IRQ7S) of the interrupt control register (ICR) to select low level detection or falling edge

detection for each pin. The priority level can be set from 0 to 15 for each pin using the interrupt

priority registers A and B (IPRA–IPRB).

When IRQ interrupts are set to low level detection, an interrupt request signal is sent to the INTC

during the period the IRQ pin is low level. Interrupt request signals are not sent to the INTC when

the IRQ pin becomes high level. Interrupt request levels can be confirmed by reading the IRQ

flags (IRQ0F–IRQ7F) of the IRQ status register (ISR).

When IRQ interrupts are set to falling edge detection, interrupt request signals are sent to the

INTC upon detecting a change on the IRQ pin from high to low level. IRQ interrupt request

detection results are maintained until the interrupt request is accepted. Confirmation that IRQ

interrupt requests have been detected is possible by reading the IRQ flags (IRQ0F–IRQ7F) of the

IRQ status register (ISR), and by writing a 0 after reading a 1, IRQ interrupt request detection

results can be withdrawn.

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