PIC16C712/716
DS41106A-page 64 Preliminary
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9.13 Power-down Mode (SLEEP)
Power-down mode is entered by executing a SLEEP
instruction.
If enabled, the Watchdog Timer will be cleared but
keeps running, the PD
bit (STATU S< 3>) i s clea red, th e
TO
(STATUS<4>) bit is set, and the oscillator driver is
turned of f. The I/O por ts ma intai n the st atus th ey had,
before the SLEEP instruction was executed (driving
high, low, or hi-impedance).
For lowest current consumption in this mode, place all
I/O pins at e ither V
DD or VSS, ensure no external cir-
cuitry is drawing current from the I/O pin, power-down
the A/D and the disab le ex ternal clocks . Pull all I/O pins ,
that are hi-impedance inputs, high or low externally to
avoid switching currents caused by floating inputs. The
T0CKI input should also be at V
DD or VSS for lo west
current consumption. The contribution from on-chip
pull-ups on PORTB should be considered.
The MCLR
pin must be at a logic high level (VIHMC).
9.13.1 WAKE-UP FROM SLEEP
The device can wake up from SLEEP through one of
the following events:
1. External reset input on MCLR
pin.
2. Watchdog Timer Wake-up (if WDT was
enabled).
3. Interrupt from INT pin, RB port change, or some
peripheral interrupts.
External MCLR
Reset will cause a device reset. All
other events are considered a continuation of program
execution and cause a "wake-up". The TO
and PD bits
in the STATUS register can be used to determine the
cause of device reset. The PD bit, which is set on
power-up, is cleared when SLEEP is invoked. The TO
bit is cleared if a WDT time-out occurred (and caused
wake-up ).
The following peripheral interrupts can wake the device
from SLEEP:
1. TMR1 interrupt. Timer1 must be operating as
an asynchronous counter.
2. CCP capture mode interrupt.
3. Special event trigger (Timer1 in asynchronous
mode using an external clock) .
Other peripherals cannot generate interrupts, since
during SLEEP, no on-chip clocks are present.
When the SLEEP inst ruction is bei ng e xe cuted, the n ext
instruction (PC + 1) is pre-fetched. For the device to
wake-up through an interrupt event, the corresponding
interrup t enable b it must be set ( enabled ). Wake-up is
regardless of the state of the GIE bit. If the GIE bit is
clear (disabled), the device continues execution at the
instruction after the SLEEP instruction. If the GIE bit is
set (enabled), the device executes the instruction after
the SLEEP instruction and then branches to the interrupt addre ss (0 004h ). I n cases w here the execution of
the instr uction following SLEEP is not desirable, the
user should have a NOP after the SLEEP instruction.
9.13.2 WAKE-UP USING INTERRUPTS
When global interrupts are disabled (GIE cleared) and
any interrupt source has both its interrupt enable bit
and interrupt flag bit se t, one o f the f o llo win g will o ccur:
• If the interrupt occurs before the execution of a
SLEEP instruction, the SLEEP instruction will complete as a NOP. Therefore, the WDT and WDT
postscaler will not be cleared, the TO
bit will not
be set and PD
bits will not be cleared.
• If the interrupt occurs during or after the execu-
tion of a SLEEP instruction, the device will immediately wak e up from slee p . The SLEEP instruction
will be completely executed before the wake-up.
Therefore, the WDT and WDT postscaler will be
cleared, the TO
bit will be set and the PD bit will
be cleared.
Even if the flag bits were checked before executing a
SLEEP instruction, it may be possible for flag bits to
become set bef ore the SLEEP inst ruction complete s. To
determine whether a SLEEP instruction executed, te st
the PD
bit. If the PD bit is set, the SLEEP instruction
was executed as a NOP.
To ensure that the WDT is cleared, a CLRWDT instruc-
tion should be executed before a SLEEP instruction.