Samsung C8274X User Manual

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You can poll bit values in the interrupt request register, IRQ (set 1, DCH), to monitor interrupt request status for all 
levels in the microcontroller’s interrupt structure. Each bit corresponds to the interrupt level of the same number: 
bit 0 to IRQ0, bit 1 to IRQ1, and so on. A "0" indicates that no interrupt request is currently being issued for that 
level. A "1" indicates that an interrupt request has been generated for that level.   

IRQ bit values are read-only addressable using Register addressing mode. You can read (test) the contents of the 
IRQ register at any time using bit or byte addressing to determine the current interrupt request status of specific 
interrupt levels. After a reset, all IRQ status bits are cleared to “0”. 

You can poll IRQ register values even if a DI instruction has been executed (that is, if global interrupt processing 
is disabled). If an interrupt occurs while the interrupt structure is disabled, the CPU will not service it. You can, 
however, still detect the interrupt request by polling the IRQ register. In this way, you can determine which events 
occurred while the interrupt structure was globally disabled. 

Interrupt Request Register (IRQ)

DCH, Set 1, Read-only

.7

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.1

.0

MSB

LSB

IRQ1

IRQ2

IRQ3

IRQ4

IRQ5

IRQ6

IRQ7

IRQ0

Interrupt level request pending bits:
0 = Interrupt level is not pending
1 = Interrupt level is pending