AT91SAM7X512 ATMEL Corporation, AT91SAM7X512 Datasheet - Page 28

• Manufacturer Part Number: AT91SAM7X512
• Description: AT91 ARM Thumb-based Microcontrollers
• Manufacturer: ATMEL Corporation

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Power Management Controller
Advanced Interrupt Controller
AT91SAM7X512/256/128 Preliminary Summary
The Power Management Controller uses the Clock Generator outputs to provide:
The Master Clock (MCK) is programmable from a few hundred Hz to the maximum operating fre-
quency of the device.
The Processor Clock (PCK) switches off when entering processor idle mode, thus allowing
reduced power consumption while waiting for an interrupt.
Figure 9-3.
• the Processor Clock PCK
• the Master Clock MCK
• the USB Clock UDPCK
• all the peripheral clocks, independently controllable
• four programmable clock outputs
• Controls the interrupt lines (nIRQ and nFIQ) of an ARM Processor
• Individually maskable and vectored interrupt sources
• 8-level Priority Controller
– Source 0 is reserved for the Fast Interrupt Input (FIQ)
– Source 1 is reserved for system peripherals (RTT, PIT, EFC, PMC, DBGU, etc.)
– Other sources control the peripheral interrupts or external interrupts
– Programmable edge-triggered or level-sensitive internal sources
– Programmable positive/negative edge-triggered or high/low level-sensitive external
– Drives the normal interrupt nIRQ of the processor
– Handles priority of the interrupt sources
sources
Power Management Controller Block Diagram
MAINCK
PLLCK
MAINCK
SLCK
PLLCK
SLCK
PLLCK
Master Clock Controller
Programmable Clock Controller
/1,/2,/4,...,/64
Prescaler
USB Clock Controller
/1,/2,/4,...,/64
ON/OFF
Divider
/1,/2,/4
Prescaler
Processor
Controller
Idle Mode
Clock Controller
Clock
Peripherals
ON/OFF
int
UDPCK
PCK
MCK
periph_clk[2..18]
pck[0..3]
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