Level-triggered interrupts

November 29, 2008

Level-triggered vs. Edge-triggered Interrupts

Inside each block in a chip is an interrupt module that monitors signals from multiple interrupt sources within the block. These interrupt sources can be from state machines, counters, combinatorial logic, external signals, or other such sources. When an interrupt source asserts, it triggers the interrupt module to latch the […]
December 31, 2008

Responses to Level-triggered vs. Edge-triggered Interrupts

In the last article, I stated “I see no benefit to level-triggered interrupts. … If you believe otherwise, let me know…” and you did. First, a clarification: Your responses let me know that my use of the term “interrupt module” was the source of some confusion about last month’s article. […]