ES_LPC185X_3X_2X_1X_FLASH

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Errata sheet

Rev. 2.1 — 23 November 2012

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ES_LPC185x/3x/2x/1x Flash

Errata sheet LPC185x/3x/2x/1x flash-based devices

3.4 PMC.1: PMC.x power management controller fails to wake up from

Deep Sleep, Power Down, or Deep Power Down

Introduction:

The PMC implements the control sequences to enable transitioning between different

power modes and controls the power state of each peripheral. In addition, wake-up from

any of the power-down modes based on hardware events is supported.

Problem:

When the chip is in a transition from active to Deep Sleep, Power Down, or Deep Power

Down, wakeup events are not captured and they will block further wakeup events from

propagating. The time window for this transition is 6 uS and is not affected by the chip

clock speed. After a wakeup event is received during the PMC transition, the chip can only

recover by using an external hardware reset or by cycling power.

Work-around:

Make sure that a wakeup signal is not received during the Deep Sleep, Power Down, or

Deep Power Down transition period. An example circuit to work around this could include

an external 6 uS one shot which could be triggered via software using a GPIO line when

entering Deep Sleep, Power Down, or Deep Power Down mode. The one-shot's output

could be used to gate the wakeup signal(s) to prevent receiving a wakeup signal during

the PMC transition period. Depending on the system design, it may also be needed to

latch the wakeup signal(s) so that they will still be present after the one-shot's 6 uS

timeout.

Fig 1.

PMC wakeup keep-out area

PMC state

Run mode

Low power mode

6 us

PMC software

trigger

PMC transition period

Wakeup signal

asserted (ok)

Keep-out area