Rainbow Electronics AT91CAP9S250A - Manual (Page 31)

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AT91CAP9S500A/AT91CAP9S250A
9.7 Watchdog Timer
• 16-bit key-protected only-once-Programmable Counter
• Windowed, prevents the processor to be in a dead-lock on the watchdog access
9.8 Real-time Timer
• Two Real-time Timers, allowing backup of time with different accuracies
– 32-bit Free-running back-up Counter
– Integrates a 16-bit programmable prescaler running on the embedded 32,768 Hz
oscillator
– Alarm Register to generate a wake-up of the system through the Shutdown
Controller
9.9 General-Purpose Backed-up Registers
• Four 32-bit backup general-purpose registers
9.10 Advanced Interrupt Controller
• Controls the interrupt lines (nIRQ and nFIQ) of the ARM Processor
• Thirty-two individually maskable and vectored interrupt sources
– Source 0 is reserved for the Fast Interrupt Input (FIQ)
– Source 1 is reserved for system peripherals (PIT, RTT, PMC, DBGU, etc.)
– Programmable Edge-triggered or Level-sensitive Internal Sources
– Programmable Positive/Negative Edge-triggered or High/Low Level-sensitive
• Four External Sources plus the Fast Interrupt signal
• 8-level Priority Controller
– Drives the Normal Interrupt of the processor
– Handles priority of the interrupt sources 1 to 31
– Higher priority interrupts can be served during service of lower priority interrupt
• Vectoring
– Optimizes Interrupt Service Routine Branch and Execution
– One 32-bit Vector Register per interrupt source
– Interrupt Vector Register reads the corresponding current Interrupt Vector
• Protect Mode
– Easy debugging by preventing automatic operations when protect models are
enabled
• Fast Forcing
– Permits redirecting any normal interrupt source on the Fast Interrupt of the
processor
9.11 Debug Unit
• Composed of two functions
– Two-pin UART
– Debug Communication Channel (DCC) support