APPENDIX D MEASURES AGAINST NOISE
S1C17M12/M13 TECHNICAL MANUAL
Seiko Epson Corporation
AP-D-1
(Rev. 1.2)
Appendix D Measures Against Noise
To improve noise immunity, take measures against noise as follows:
Noise Measures for V
DD
, V
DD2
, V
SS
, and V
SS2
Power Supply Pins
When noise falling below the rated voltage is input, an IC malfunction may occur. If desired operations cannot
be achieved, take measures against noise on the circuit board, such as designing close patterns for circuit board
power supply circuits, adding noise-filtering decoupling capacitors, and adding surge/noise prevention compo-
nents on the power supply line. For the recommended patterns on the circuit board, see “Mounting Precautions”
in Appendix.
When supplying V
DD
and V
DD2
from the same power source and connecting between these pins to short-circuit-
ed, the short-circuit wiring should be distantly separated from the IC as far as possible. Creating the indepen-
dent wiring pattern from the power source to each pin is recommended if possible.
Noise Measures for #RESET Pin
If noise is input to the #RESET pin, the IC may be reset. Therefore, the circuit board must be designed properly
taking noise measures into consideration.
For the recommended patterns on the circuit board, see “Mounting Precautions” in Appendix.
Noise Measures for Oscillator Pins
The oscillator input pins must pass a signal of small amplitude, so they are hypersensitive to noise. Therefore,
the circuit board must be designed properly taking noise measures into consideration.
For the recommended patterns on the circuit board, see “Mounting Precautions” in Appendix.
Noise Measures for Debug Pins
This product provides the input/output pins (DCLK, DST2, and DSIO) to connect ICDmini (S5U1C17001H)
for debugging. If noise is input to these pins with the debugging function enabled, the S1C17 Core may enter
DEBUG mode. To prevent unexpected transitions to DEBUG mode caused by extraneous noise, switch the
DCLK, DST2, and DSIO pins to general-purpose I/O port pins within the initialization routine when the debug
functions are not used.
For details of the pin functions and the function switch control, see the “I/O Ports” chapter.
Note: Do not perform the function switching shown above when the application is under development,
as the debug functions must be used. The debugging cannot be performed after the pin function
is switched. The above processing must be added after the application development has com-
pleted and debugging is no longer necessary.
The DSIO pin should be pulled up with a 10 k
W
resistor when using the debug pin functions.
Noise Measures for Interrupt Input Pins
This product is able to generate a port input interrupt when the input signal changes. The interrupt is generated
when an input signal edge is detected, therefore, an interrupt may occur if the signal changes due to extraneous
noise. To prevent occurrence of unexpected interrupts due to extraneous noise, enable the chattering filter cir-
cuit when using the port input interrupt.
For details of the port input interrupt and chattering filter circuit, see the “I/O Ports” chapter.
Noise Measures for UART Pins
This product includes a UART for asynchronous communications. The UART starts receive operation when it
detects a low level input from the SIN
n
pin. Therefore, a receive operation may be started if the SIN
n
pin is set
to low due to extraneous noise. In this case, a receive error will occur or invalid data will be received.
To prevent the UART from malfunction caused by extraneous noise, take the following measures:
• Stop the UART operations while asynchronous communication is not performed.
• Execute the resending process via software after executing the receive error handler with a parity check.
For details of the pin functions and the function switch control, see the “I/O Ports” chapter. For the UART con-
trol and details of receive errors, see the “UART” chapter.