Datasheet
XC164-32
Derivatives
Functional Description
Data Sheet 27 V1.1, 2006-08
The XC164CS also provides an excellent mechanism to identify and to process
exceptions or error conditions that arise during run-time, so-called ‘Hardware Traps’.
Hardware traps cause immediate non-maskable system reaction which is similar to a
standard interrupt service (branching to a dedicated vector table location). The
occurrence of a hardware trap is additionally signified by an individual bit in the trap flag
register (TFR). Except when another higher prioritized trap service is in progress, a
hardware trap will interrupt any actual program execution. In turn, hardware trap services
can normally not be interrupted by standard or PEC interrupts.
Table 5 shows all of the possible exceptions or error conditions that can arise during run-
time:
Table 5 Hardware Trap Summary
Exception Condition Trap
Flag
Trap
Vector
Vector
Location
1)
1) Register VECSEG defines the segment where the vector table is located to.
Trap
Number
Trap
Priority
Reset Functions:
• Hardware Reset
• Software Reset
• Watchdog Timer
Overflow
–
RESET
RESET
RESET
xx’0000
H
xx’0000
H
xx’0000
H
00
H
00
H
00
H
III
III
III
Class A Hardware Traps:
• Non-Maskable Interrupt
• Stack Overflow
• Stack Underflow
• Software Break
NMI
STKOF
STKUF
SOFTBRK
NMITRAP
STOTRAP
STUTRAP
SBRKTRAP
xx’0008
H
xx’0010
H
xx’0018
H
xx’0020
H
02
H
04
H
06
H
08
H
II
II
II
II
Class B Hardware Traps:
• Undefined Opcode
• PMI Access Error
• Protected Instruction
Fault
• Illegal Word Operand
Access
UNDOPC
PACER
PRTFLT
ILLOPA
BTRAP
BTRAP
BTRAP
BTRAP
xx’0028
H
xx’0028
H
xx’0028
H
xx’0028
H
0A
H
0A
H
0A
H
0A
H
I
I
I
I
Reserved – – [2C
H
- 3C
H
][0B
H
-
0F
H
]
–
Software Traps
• TRAP Instruction
–– Any
[xx’0000
H
-
xx’01FC
H
]
in steps of
4
H
Any
[00
H
-
7F
H
]
Current
CPU
Priority










