Exception Control
MC68HC908MR32 • MC68HC908MR16 Data Sheet, Rev. 6.1
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14.5 Exception Control
Normal, sequential program execution can be changed in three different ways:
1. Interrupts:
a. Maskable hardware CPU interrupts
b. Non-maskable software interrupt instruction (SWI)
2. Reset
3. Break interrupts

14.5.1 Interrupts

At the beginning of an interrupt, the CPU saves the CPU register contents on the stack and sets the
interrupt mask (I bit) to prevent additional interrupts. At the end of an interrupt, the return-from-interrupt
(RTI) instruction recovers the CPU register contents from the stack so that normal processing can
resume. Figure 14-7 shows interrupt entry timing. Figure 14-9 shows interrupt recovery timing.
Figure 14-7. Interrupt Entry
Interrupts are latched, and arbitration is performed in the SIM at the start of interrupt processing. The
arbitration result is a constant that the CPU uses to determine which vector to fetch. Once an interrupt is
latched by the SIM, no other interrupt can take precedence, regardless of priority, until the latched
interrupt is serviced (or the I bit is cleared). See Figure 14-8.
MODULE
IDB
R/W
INTERRUPT
DUMMY SP SP – 1 SP – 2 SP – 3 SP – 4 VECT H VECT L
IAB
DUMMY PC – 1[7:0] PC – 1[15:8] X A CCR V DATA H V DATA L OPCODE
I BIT
START
ADDR