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4.7

Reset and Interrupt Handling

The AVR provides several different interrupt sources. These interrupts and the separate Reset

Vector each have a separate Program Vector in the Program memory space. All interrupts are

assigned individual enable bits which must be written logic one together with the Global Interrupt

Enable bit in the Status Register in order to enable the interrupt.

The lowest addresses in the Program memory space are by default defined as the Reset and

Interrupt Vectors. The complete list of vectors is shown in “Interrupts” on page 48. The list also

determines the priority levels of the different interrupts. The lower the address the higher is the

priority level. RESET has the highest priority, and next is INT0 – the External Interrupt Request

When an interrupt occurs, the Global Interrupt Enable I-bit is cleared and all interrupts are dis-

abled. The user software can write logic one to the I-bit to enable nested interrupts. All enabled

interrupts can then interrupt the current interrupt routine. The I-bit is automatically set when a

Return from Interrupt instruction – RETI – is executed.

There are basically two types of interrupts. The first type is triggered by an event that sets the

Interrupt Flag. For these interrupts, the Program Counter is vectored to the actual Interrupt Vec-

tor in order to execute the interrupt handling routine, and hardware clears the corresponding

Interrupt Flag. Interrupt Flags can also be cleared by writing a logic one to the flag bit position(s)

to be cleared. If an interrupt condition occurs while the corresponding interrupt enable bit is

cleared, the Interrupt Flag will be set and remembered until the interrupt is enabled, or the flag is

cleared by software. Similarly, if one or more interrupt conditions occur while the Global Interrupt

Enable bit is cleared, the corresponding Interrupt Flag(s) will be set and remembered until the

Global Interrupt Enable bit is set, and will then be executed by order of priority.

The second type of interrupts will trigger as long as the interrupt condition is present. These

interrupts do not necessarily have Interrupt Flags. If the interrupt condition disappears before the

interrupt is enabled, the interrupt will not be triggered.

When the AVR exits from an interrupt, it will always return to the main program and execute one

more instruction before any pending interrupt is served.

Note that the Status Register is not automatically stored when entering an interrupt routine, nor

restored when returning from an interrupt routine. This must be handled by software.

When using the CLI instruction to disable interrupts, the interrupts will be immediately disabled.

No interrupt will be executed after the CLI instruction, even if it occurs simultaneously with the

CLI instruction. The following example shows how this can be used to avoid interrupts during the

timed EEPROM write sequence.

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