Permanent sleep

[Acetronics2]

Hi Ron,

You're perfectly right with the '690 ... but, care ... GIE settings do not have the same effects for the '628 ... and GIE *must* be set to enter sleep ( sleep ignored if GIE = 0 ) .

Alain

[Ron Marcus]

Hi Ron,

You're perfectly right with the '690 ... but, care ... GIE settings do not have the same effects for the '628 ... and GIE *must* be set to enter sleep ( sleep ignored if GIE = 0 ) .

Alain

I did check the '628 book and you are correct sir! I reread it twice to catch it.
Ron

[Acetronics2]

Hi, Charudatt

Do not worry !!! This is certainly one of the least documented feature of PBP ...

DEFINE INTHAND _INTER ...

1) keeps prog mem locations 2 and 3 free ...

2) places a GOTO _INTER at location 4 ... or a bit further if more than 1 program page ...and COULD need context saving.
_INTER ( Note the Leading Underscore ) is the PBP "INTER:" Label readable by Assembler ...

Consider it as a "classical" GOTO ... but you reach it when an "interrupt reason" occurs ... no latency then.

INIT (Without Underscore !!! ) is the first ASSEMBLER line your Program really executes at power ON ...

So, as is ... you can i.e. restart your PIC, ... without using MCLR - if not disposable !!!
... or goto the label you want !!!

Alain

[Ron Marcus]

Allain,
I was right. Clearing GIE does work as it does on the '690. It will wake and continue without needing an interrupt handler.

Ron

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[Acetronics2]

Allain,
I was right. Clearing GIE does work as it does on the '690. It will wake and continue without needing an interrupt handler.

Ron

What about ENTERING sleep ??? 628A datasheet clearly says IF GIE = 0 , the SLEEP command is treated as a NOP ...

I'm a bit confused here ... or I do not have the latest datasheet !!!

Alain

[Ron Marcus]

The little window says if GIE is 0 and both the flag bit and enable bit are set, it will treat the sleep command as a nop. If the flag bit is cleared, it will sleep. It IS confusingly written!

[charudatt]

ALAIN,

It still does not work,

"DEFINE INTHAND INIT" , maybe puts it to sleep and never comes out.
and "DEFINE INTHAND _BLINK" keeps the led blinking.

regards

[Acetronics2]

Hi, RON

Ok, Thanks for the explanation ...

It really might be written instead of BUT ... : AND any interrupt ... !!!

So, appears no real need to set the GIE bit here ...


Back to Charudatt's program ...


mighn't there be a PORTB reading ... ( to end the "mismatch condition" ) ???.

Alain

Charudatt :

1) DEFINE ...INIT ... the result is quite normal !!! Pic wakes up to fall asleep ...

2) if the led keeps blinking means ... the program always stay in the interrupt stubb !!! We've traced it now.

in this case ... interrupt flags are not cleared ... : good reason, no ?