Texas Instruments MSP50C614 User Manual

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Comparator

3-16

The comparator, along with all of its associated functions, is enabled by setting
bit 15 of the interrupt/general control register (IntGenCtrl, address 0x38). The
default value of the register is zero: comparator disabled.

Note:

IntGenCtrl Register Bit 15

At the time that bit 15 in the IntGenCtrl is set, PD

4

and PD

5

become the

comparator inputs. At any time during which bit 15 is set, PD

4

and PD

5

MUST

be set to INPUT (I/O Port D Control, address 0x1C, bits 4 and 5 CLEARed).
Failure to do so may result in a bus contention.

The function of pins PD

4

and PD

5

, and the behavior of events COND2, INT6,

INT7, and TIMER1 are very different, depending on whether the comparator
has been enabled or disabled. A summary of the various states appears in the
following table:

Comparator ENABLED

SET bit 15 in the IntGenCtrl, address 0x38 . . .

PD

4

functions as comparator negative input

PD

5

functions as comparator positive input

(port D Control, 0x1C, bit 4 MUST be 0)
(port D Control, 0x1C, bit 5 MUST be 0)

COND2 maps to the state of the comparator

(PD

5

relative to PD

4

)

INT6 is triggered by a rising edge at PD

5

INT7 is triggered by a falling edge at PD

5

(relative to PD

4

)

TIMER1 may be started by a falling edge at PD

5

TIMER1 will be stopped by a rising edge at PD

5

(assuming TIMER1 Enable is 0)

Comparator DISABLED

CLEAR bit 15 in the IntGenCtrl, address 0x38 . . .

PD

4

functions as a general I/O pin

PD

5

functions as a general I/O pin

(port D Control 0x1C, bit 4 = 0 or 1)
(port D Control 0x1C, bit 5 = 0 or 1)

COND2 maps to the state of the I/O pin PD

1

(0 or 1 logical)

INT6 is triggered by a rising edge at PD

4

INT7 is triggered by a falling edge at PD

5

(0 to 1 logical)
(1 to 0 logical)

TIMER1 is started/stopped in software by setting/clearing TIMER1 enable (IntGenCtrl)

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