AT91RM9200-QI-002 Atmel, AT91RM9200-QI-002 Datasheet - Page 249

• Manufacturer Part Number: AT91RM9200-QI-002
• Description: IC ARM9 MCU 208 PQFP
• Manufacturer: Atmel
• Series: AT91SAMr

Specifications of AT91RM9200-QI-002

• Core Processor: ARM9
• Core Size: 16/32-Bit
• Speed: 180MHz
• Connectivity: EBI/EMI, Ethernet, I²C, MMC, SPI, SSC, UART/USART, USB
• Peripherals: POR
• Number Of I /o: 122
• Program Memory Size: 128KB (128K x 8)
• Program Memory Type: ROM
• Ram Size: 48K x 8
• Voltage - Supply (vcc/vdd): 1.65 V ~ 1.95 V
• Oscillator Type: Internal
• Operating Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C
• Package / Case: 208-MQFP, 208-PQFP
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Contains lead / RoHS non-compliant
• Eeprom Size: -
• Data Converters: -

22.7.5
1768I–ATARM–09-Jul-09
Protect Mode
Note:
Another way to handle the fast interrupt is to map the interrupt service routine at the address of
the ARM vector 0x1C. This method does not use the vectoring, so that reading AIC_FVR must
be performed at the very beginning of the handler operation. However, this method saves the
execution of a branch instruction.
The Protect Mode permits reading the Interrupt Vector Register without performing the associ-
ated automatic operations. This is necessary when working with a debug system. When a
debugger, working either with a Debug Monitor or the ARM processor's ICE, stops the applica-
tions and updates the opened windows, it might read the AIC User Interface and thus the IVR.
This has undesirable consequences:
In either case, an End of Interrupt command is necessary to acknowledge and to restore the
context of the AIC. This operation is generally not performed by the debug system as the debug
system would become strongly intrusive and cause the application to enter an undesired state.
This is avoided by using the Protect Mode. Writing DBGM in AIC_DCR (Debug Control Register)
at 0x1 enables the Protect Mode.
When the Protect Mode is enabled, the AIC performs interrupt stacking only when a write access
is performed on the AIC_IVR. Therefore, the Interrupt Service Routines must write (arbitrary
data) to the AIC_IVR just after reading it. The new context of the AIC, including the value of the
Interrupt Status Register (AIC_ISR), is updated with the current interrupt only when AIC_IVR is
written.
2. The ARM core enters FIQ mode.
3. When the instruction loaded at address 0x1C is executed, the program counter is
4. The previous step enables branching to the corresponding interrupt service routine. It is
5. The Interrupt Handler can then proceed as required. It is not necessary to save regis-
6. Finally, the Link Register R14_fiq is restored into the PC after decrementing it by four
• If an enabled interrupt with a higher priority than the current one is pending, it is stacked.
• If there is no enabled pending interrupt, the spurious vector is returned.
the following cycle, during fetch at address 0x20, the ARM core adjusts R14_fiq, decre-
menting it by four.
loaded with the value read in AIC_FVR. Reading the AIC_FVR has effect of automati-
cally clearing the fast interrupt, if it has been programmed to be edge triggered. In this
case only, it de-asserts the nFIQ line on the processor.
not necessary to save the link register R14_fiq and SPSR_fiq if nested fast interrupts
are not needed.
ters R8 to R13 because FIQ mode has its own dedicated registers and the user R8 to
R13 are banked. The other registers, R0 to R7, must be saved before being used, and
restored at the end (before the next step). Note that if the fast interrupt is programmed
to be level sensitive, the source of the interrupt must be cleared during this phase in
order to de-assert the interrupt source 0.
(with instruction SUB PC, LR, #4 for example). This has the effect of returning from
the interrupt to whatever was being executed before, loading the CPSR with the SPSR
and masking or unmasking the fast interrupt depending on the state saved in the
SPSR.
The “F” bit in SPSR is significant. If it is set, it indicates that the ARM core was just about to mask
FIQ interrupts when the mask instruction was interrupted. Hence when the SPSR is restored, the
interrupted instruction is completed (FIQ is masked).
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