
5
POWER-DOWN CONTROL
A-74
EPSON
S1C33T01 PRODUCT PART
5 Power-Down Control
This chapter describes the controls used to reduce power consumption of the device.
Points on power saving
The current consumption of the device varies greatly with the CPU's operation mode, the system clocks used,
and the peripheral circuits operated.
Current consumption
low
←→high
CPU/BCU
SLEEP
HALT2
Operating
HALT2
HALT(basic)
Operating
System clock
–
OSC1
OSC3
OSC3 oscillation circuit
OFF
ON
Prescaler/peripheral circuit
STOP
RUN
To reduce power consumption of the device, it is important that as many unnecessary circuits as possible be
turned off. In particular, peripheral circuits operating at a fast-clock rate consume a large amount of current, so
design the program so that these circuits are turned off whenever unnecessary.
Power-saving in standby modes
When CPU processing is unnecessary, such as when waiting for an interrupt from key entries or peripheral
circuits, place the device in standby mode to reduce current consumption.
Standby mode
Method to enter the mode
Circuits/functions stopped
Basic HALT mode Execute the halt instruction after setting
HLT2OP (D3)/Clock option register
(0x40190) to "0".
When the #BUSREQ signal is asserted from
an external bus master while SEPD (D1)/Bus
control register (0x4812E) = "1".
CPU only
HALT2 mode
Execute the halt instruction after setting
HLT2OP to "1".
CPU, BCU, bus clock, and DMA
SLEEP mode
Execute the slp instruction.
CPU, BCU, bus clock, DMA, high-speed
(OSC3) oscillation circuit, prescaler, and
peripheral circuits that use the prescaler
output clocks
HLT2OP (D3)/Clock option register (0x40190) that is used to select a HALT mode is set to "0" (basic HALT
mode) at initial reset.
Notes: In systems in which DRAM is connected directly to the device, the refresh function is turned off
during HALT2 and SLEEP modes.
The standby mode is cleared by interrupt generation (except for the basic HALT mode, which is
set using an external bus master). Therefore, before entering standby mode, set the related
registers to allow an interrupt to be used to clear the standby mode to be generated.
The low-speed (OSC1) oscillation circuit and clock timer continue operating even during SLEEP mode.If they
are unnecessary, these circuits can also be turned off.
Function
Control bit
"1"
"0"
Default
Low-speed (OSC1) oscillation ON/OFF control
SOSC1(D0)/
Power control register(0x40180)
ON
OFF
ON
Switching over the system clocks
Normally, the system is clocked by the high-speed (OSC3) oscillation clock. If high-speed operation is
unnecessary, switch the system clock to the low-speed (OSC1) oscillation clock and turn off the high-speed
(OSC3) oscillation circuit. This helps to reduce current consumption. However, if DRAM is connected directly
to the device, note that the refresh function is also turned off.
Even during operation using the high-speed (OSC3) oscillation clock, power reduction can also be achieved
through the use of a system clock derived from the OSC3 clock by dividing it (1/1, 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8).