2 power mode register (pwrmode), 8 external hardware considerations, 1 power-on-reset considerations – Intel PXA255 User Manual

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Intel® PXA255 Processor Developer’s Manual

Clocks and Power Manager

3.7.2

Power Mode Register (PWRMODE)

The PWRMODE register (CP14, register 7), shown in

Table 3-25

, is used to enter idle and sleep

modes. To select a mode, software writes to PWRMODE[M]. All core-initiated memory requests
are completed before the Clocks and Power Manager initiates the desired mode.

3.8

External Hardware Considerations

The Clocks and Power Manager controls the timing in and out of resets and the voltage ramp and
stabilization. As a result, the hardware that is used with the processor must meet certain
requirements to operate properly. This section describes those requirements.

3.8.1

Power-On-Reset Considerations

The nRESET and nTRST pins must be held low while the power supplies initialize and for a fixed
time after power is stable. This can be controlled with an external Power-On-Reset device or
another circuit.

To ensure that the internal ESD protection devices do not activate during power up, a minimum rise
time must be observed. Refer to the Intel® PXA255 Processor Electrical, Mechanical, and
Thermal Specification
for details.

3.8.2

Power Supply Connectivity

The processor requires two or three externally-supplied voltage levels. VCCQ requires 3.3 V (+/-
10%), VCCN requires 3.3 V (+/- 10%) or 2.5 V (+15/-5%), and VCC and PLL_VCC shall be
connected together and require .85-1.3 V. PLL_VCC must be separated from other low voltage
supplies. Depending on the availability of independent regulator outputs and the desired memory
voltage, VCCQ may have to be separated from VCCN.

Table 3-25. PWRMODE Bit Definitions

CP14

Register 7

PWRMODE

CP14

Bit

31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9

8

7

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

reserved

M

Reset

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Bits

Name

Description

[31:2]

reserved

[1:0]

M

Low Power Mode

00 – Run/turbo mode

01 – Idle mode

10 – reserved

11 – Sleep mode

Set to 00 on reset.

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