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1. Summary of system control block functions
The System Control Block includes several system features and control registers for a
number of functions that are not related to specific peripheral devices. These include:
Reset
Brown-Out Detection
External Interrupt Inputs
Miscellaneous System Controls and Status
Code Security vs. Debugging
Each type of function has its own register(s) if any are required and unneeded bits are
defined as reserved in order to allow future expansion. Unrelated functions never share
the same register addresses
2. Pin description
Table3–22 shows pins that are associated with system control block functions.
3. Register description
All registers, regardless of size, are on word address boundaries. Details of the registers
appear in the description of each function.
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Table 22. Pin summary
Pin name Pin
direction Pin description
EINT0 Input External Interrupt Input 0 - An active low/high level or
falling/rising edge general purpose interrupt input. This pin may be
used to wake up the processor from Idle or Power down modes.
EINT1 Input External Interrupt Input 1 - See the EINT0 description above.
EINT2 Input External Interrupt Input 2 - See the EINT0 description above.
EINT3 Input External Interrupt Input 3 - See the EINT0 description above.
RESET Input External Reset input - A LOW on this pin resets the chip, causing
I/O ports and peripherals to take on their default states, and the
processor to begin execution at address 0x0000 0000.
Table 23. Summary of system control registers
Name Description Access Reset value[1] Address
External interrupts
EXTINT External Interrupt Flag Register R/W 0x00 0xE01F C140
EXTMODE External Interrupt Mode register R/W 0x00 0xE01F C148
EXTPOLAR External Interrupt Polarity Register R/W 0x00 0xE01FC14C