Analog Devices ee-12 Application Notes

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Interrupts and Programmable
Flags on the ADSP-2185/2186

Last Modified: 1/14/97

Overview

The programmable flag pins on the ADSP-2185/2186
DSPs retain the same functionality as the ADSP-2181 but
share these pins with interrupt pins. This engineer’s note
will describe the different modes of operation for these
pins.

Modes of Operation

The ADSP-2185/2186 programmable flag pins PF[7:4]
are shared with interrupts, /IRQ2, /IRQL1, /IRQL0, and
/IRQE respectively. Both the programmable flags and the
interrupts are directly connected to the shared pins. This
works because you can use existing control register to
chose the desired function for each pin. There are 4
possible states for each pin:

must be enabled in the IMASK register. Even if
interrupts are enabled, reading the PFDATA register still
sampled the pin's value.

Setting the PFTYPE register for a PF configured as an
output and enabling the corresponding interrupt in
IMASK, gives writes to PFDATA the ability to cause an
interrupt. Interrupts will occur on the proper transitions
high to low for edge sensitive and low level for level
sensitive.

This could provide you with more flexibility in
programming the DSP since you now have the
ability to execute a software interrupt.

In summary, interrupts which share pins with the
programmable flags behave as interrupts enabled by the
IMASK register whether the pin is driven as an input to
the chip of drives off chip as an output.

• IMASK[x]=0, PFTYPE[x]=0 (PF Input)

- Read of PFDATA gives pin value

- No interrupt occurs

- Default after reset

• IMASK[x]=1, PFTYPE[x]=0 (PF Input)

- Read of PFDATA gives pin value

- Interrupt occurs on level or edge transition

• IMASK[x]=0, PFTYPE[x]=1 (PF Output)

- Write to PFDATA sets pin value

- Read of PFDATA gives set value

- No interrupt occurs

• IMASK[x]=1, PFTYPE[x]=1 (PF Output)

- Write to PFDATA sets pin value and may
cause interrupt (level or edge sensitive)

- Read of PFDATA gives set value

After reset, the PF pins will default to inputs and the
interrupts will be disabled by the IMASK register's default
value. The pins can be used as PF outputs by changing
the PFTYPE register and leaving the interrupt disabled in
IMASK. If the pins are to be used as interrupts then the
PFTYPE register need not be changed, but the interrupt