Motorola MC68HC05RC8 User Manual

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General Description
Signal Description
MC68HC05RC16 — Rev. 3.0
General Release Specification
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General Description
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1.5.1  V
DD
and V
SS
Power is supplied to the microcontroller’s digital circuits using these two
pins. V
DD
 is the positive supply and V
SS
 is ground.
1.5.2 IRQ (Maskable Interrupt Request)
In addition to suppling the EPROM with the required programming
voltage, this pin has a mask option as specified by the user that provides
one of two different choices of interrupt triggering sensitivity. The options
are:
1. Negative edge-sensitive triggering only
2. Both negative edge-sensitive and level-sensitive triggering.
The MCU completes the current instruction before it responds to the
interrupt request. When IRQ goes low for at least one t
ILIH
signify that an interrupt has been requested. When the MCU completes
its current instruction, the interrupt latch is tested. If the interrupt latch
contains a logic 1 and the interrupt mask bit (I bit) in the condition code
register is clear, the MCU then begins the interrupt sequence.
If the option is selected to include level-sensitive triggering, the IRQ input
requires an external resistor to V
DD
 for wired-OR operation.
The IRQ pin contains an internal Schmitt trigger as part of its input to
improve noise immunity.
Refer to
 for more detail.