Port-E Keyboard Interrupt Block Diagram
MC68HC08KH12A Data Sheet, Rev. 1.1
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15.4.1 Port-E Keyboard Interrupt Functional Description
Writing to the KBEIE3–KBEIE0 bits in the keyboard interrupt enable register independently enables or
disables each port E pin as a keyboard interrupt pin. Enabling a keyboard interrupt pin in port-E does not
enable its internal pullup device. Writing to the PEPE3–PEPE0 bits in the keyboard interrupt enable
register independently enables or disables each port E pin pull-up device. A logic 0 applied to an enabled
keyboard interrupt pin latches a keyboard interrupt request.
A keyboard interrupt is latched when one or more keyboard pins goes low after all were high. The MODEE
bit in the keyboard status and control register controls the triggering mode of the keyboard interrupt.
If the keyboard interrupt is edge-sensitive only, a falling edge on a keyboard pin does not latch an
interrupt request if another keyboard pin is already low. To prevent losing an interrupt request on
one pin because another pin is still low, software can disable the latter pin while it is low.
If the keyboard interrupt is falling edge- and low level-sensitive, an interrupt request is present as
long as any keyboard pin is low.
If the MODEE bit is set, the keyboard interrupt pins are both falling edge- and low level-sensitive, and both
of the following actions must occur to clear a keyboard interrupt request:
Vector fetch or software clear — A vector fetch generates an interrupt acknowledge signal to clear
the interrupt request. Software may generate the interrupt acknowledge signal by writing a logic 1
to the ACKE bit in the keyboard status and control register KBESCR. The ACKE bit is useful in
applications that poll the keyboard interrupt pins and require software to clear the keyboard
interrupt request. Writing to the ACKE bit prior to leaving an interrupt service routine can also
prevent spurious interrupts due to noise. Setting ACKE does not affect subsequent transitions on
the keyboard interrupt pins. A falling edge that occurs after writing to the ACKE bit latches another
interrupt request. If the keyboard interrupt mask bit, IMASKE, is clear, the CPU loads the program
counter with the vector address at locations $FFEC and $FFED.
Return of all enabled keyboard interrupt pins to logic 1 — As long as any enabled keyboard
interrupt pin is at logic 0, the keyboard interrupt remains set.
The vector fetch or software clear and the return of all enabled keyboard interrupt pins to logic 1 may occur
in any order.
If the MODEE bit is clear, the keyboard interrupt pin is falling-edge-sensitive only. With MODEE clear, a
vector fetch or software clear immediately clears the keyboard interrupt request.
Reset clears the keyboard interrupt request and the MODEE bit, clearing the interrupt request even if a
keyboard interrupt pin stays at logic 0.
The keyboard flag bit (KEYEF) in the keyboard status and control register can be used to see if a pending
interrupt exists. The KEYEF bit is not affected by the keyboard interrupt mask bit (IMASKE) which makes
it useful in applications where polling is preferred.
To determine the logic level on a keyboard interrupt pin, disable the pull-up device, use the data direction
register to configure the pin as an input and then read the data register.
NOTE
Setting a keyboard interrupt enable bit (KBEIEx) forces the corresponding
keyboard interrupt pin to be an input, overriding the data direction register.