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UM10800
Chapter 6: LPC82x Reduced power modes and power management
6.6.1 Power control register
The power control register selects whether one of the ARM Cortex-M0+ controlled
power-down modes (Sleep mode or Deep-sleep/Power-down mode) or the Deep
power-down mode is entered and provides the flags for Sleep or Deep-sleep/Power-down
modes and Deep power-down modes respectively.
6.6.2 General purpose registers 0 to 3
The general purpose registers retain data through the Deep power-down mode when
power is still applied to the V
DD
pin but the chip has entered Deep power-down mode.
Only a cold boot - when all power has been completely removed from the chip - will reset
the general purpose registers.
Table 61.
Power control register (PCON, address 0x4002 0000) bit description
Bit
Symbol
Value
Description
Reset
value
2:0
PM
Power mode
000
0x0
Default. The part is in active or sleep mode.
0x1
Deep-sleep mode. ARM WFI will enter Deep-sleep mode.
0x2
Power-down mode. ARM WFI will enter Power-down
mode.
0x3
Deep power-down mode. ARM WFI will enter
Deep-power down mode (ARM Cortex-M0+ core
powered-down).
3
NODPD
A 1 in this bit prevents entry to Deep power-down mode
when 0x3 is written to the PM field above, the
SLEEPDEEP bit is set, and a WFI is executed.
This bit is cleared only by power-on reset, so writing a one
to this bit locks the part in a mode in which Deep
power-down mode is blocked.
0
7:4
-
-
Reserved. Do not write ones to this bit.
0
8
SLEEPFLAG
Sleep mode flag
0
0
Active mode. Read: No power-down mode entered. Part
is in Active mode.
Write: No effect.
1
Low power mode. Read: Sleep, Deep-sleep or
Power-down mode entered.
Write: Writing a 1 clears the SLEEPFLAG bit to 0.
10:9
-
-
Reserved. Do not write ones to this bit.
0
11
DPDFLAG
Deep power-down flag
0
0
Not Deep power-down. Read: Deep power-down mode
not
entered.
Write: No effect.
0
1
Deep power-down. Read: Deep power-down mode
entered.
Write: Clear the Deep power-down flag.
31:12
-
-
Reserved. Do not write ones to this bit.
0