4 cpu intermittent operation mode, Cpu intermittent operation mode – FUJITSU F2MCTM-16LX User Manual

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CHAPTER 8 LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION MODE

8.4

CPU Intermittent Operation Mode

This mode is used for intermittent operation of the CPU while operation clock is
supplied to the CPU and peripheral functions. The purpose of this mode is to reduce
power consumption.

CPU Intermittent Operation Mode

This mode halts the supply of the clock pulse to the CPU for a certain period. The halt occurs after the

execution of every instruction that accesses a register, internal memory, I/O, peripheral functions, or the

external bus. Internal bus cycle activation is therefore delayed. While high-speed peripheral clock pulses

are supplied to peripheral functions, the execution speed of the CPU is reduced, thereby enabling low-

power consumption processing.

The low-power consumption mode control register (LPMCR: CG1 and CG0) is used to select the

number of machine cycles that halts the clock supplied to the CPU.

Instruction execution time in the CPU intermittent operation mode can be calculated. A correction value

should be obtained by multiplying the execution count of instructions that access a register, internal

memory, internal peripheral functions, or the external bus by the number of clock pulses per halt cycle.

Add this corrective value to the normal execution time. Figure 8.4-1 shows the operating clock pulses

during the CPU intermittent operation mode.

Figure 8.4-1 Clock Pulses during the CPU Intermittent Operation Mode

Peripheral clock

CPU clock

1-instruction

execution

cycle

Halt cycle

Internal bus starts

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