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8K Bytes of In-System Reprogrammable Downloadable Flash Memory
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– SPI Serial Interface for Program Downloading
– Endurance: 1,000 Write/Erase Cycles
2K Bytes EEPROM
– Endurance: 100,000 Write/Erase Cycles
4V to 6V Operating Range
Fully Static Operation: 0 Hz to 24 MHz
Three-level Program Memory Lock
256 x 8-bit Internal RAM
32 Programmable I/O Lines
Three 16-bit Timer/Counters
Nine Interrupt Sources
Programmable UART Serial Channel
SPI Serial Interface
Low-power Idle and Power-down Modes
Interrupt Recovery From Power-down
Programmable Watchdog Timer
Dual Data Pointer
Power-off Flag
8-bit
Microcontroller
with 8K Bytes
Flash
AT89S8252
Description
The AT89S8252 is a low-power, high-performance CMOS 8-bit microcomputer with
8K bytes of downloadable Flash programmable and erasable read only memory and
2K bytes of EEPROM. The device is manufactured using Atmel’s high-density nonvol-
atile memory technology and is compatible with the industry-standard 80C51
instruction set and pinout. The on-chip downloadable Flash allows the program mem-
ory to be reprogrammed in-system through an SPI serial interface or by a
conventional nonvolatile memory programmer. By combining a versatile 8-bit CPU
with downloadable Flash on a monolithic chip, the Atmel AT89S8252 is a powerful
microcomputer which provides a highly-flexible and cost-effective solution to many
embedded control applications.
The AT89S8252 provides the following standard features: 8K bytes of downloadable
Flash, 2K bytes of EEPROM, 256 bytes of RAM, 32 I/O lines, programmable watch-
dog timer, two data pointers, three 16-bit timer/counters, a six-vector two-level
interrupt architecture, a full duplex serial port, on-chip oscillator, and clock circuitry. In
addition, the AT89S8252 is designed with static logic for operation down to zero fre-
quency and supports two software selectable power saving modes. The Idle Mode
stops the CPU while allowing the RAM, timer/counters, serial port, and interrupt sys-
tem to continue functioning. The Power-down mode saves the RAM contents but
freezes the oscillator, disabling all other chip functions until the next interrupt or hard-
ware reset.
The downloadable Flash can be changed a single byte at a time and is accessible
through the SPI serial interface. Holding RESET active forces the SPI bus into a serial
programming interface and allows the program memory to be written to or read from
unless Lock Bit 2 has been activated.
Rev. 0401E–02/00
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Pin Configurations
PDIP
(T2) P1.0
(T2 EX) P1.1
P1.2
P1.3
(SS) P1.4
(MOSI) P1.5
(MISO) P1.6
(SCK) P1.7
RST
(RXD) P3.0
(TXD) P3.1
(INT0) P3.2
(INT1) P3.3
(T0) P3.4
(T1) P3.5
(WR) P3.6
(RD) P3.7
XTAL2
XTAL1
GND
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5
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VCC
P0.0 (AD0)
P0.1 (AD1)
P0.2 (AD2)
P0.3 (AD3)
P0.4 (AD4)
P0.5 (AD5)
P0.6 (AD6)
P0.7 (AD7)
EA/VPP
ALE/PROG
PSEN
P2.7 (A15)
P2.6 (A14)
P2.5 (A13)
P2.4 (A12)
P2.3 (A11)
P2.2 (A10)
P2.1 (A9)
P2.0 (A8)
PLCC
P1.4 (SS)
P1.3
P1.2
P1.1 (T2 EX)
P1.0 (T2)
NC
VCC
P0.0 (AD0)
P0.1 (AD1)
P0.2 (AD2)
P0.3 (AD3)
PQFP/TQFP
P1.4 (SS)
P1.3
P1.2
P1.1 (T2 EX)
P1.0 (T2)
NC
VCC
P0.0 (AD0)
P0.1 (AD1)
P0.2 (AD2)
P0.3 (AD3)
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(MOSI) P1.5
(MISO) P1.6
(SCK) P1.7
RST
(RXD) P3.0
NC
(TXD) P3.1
(INT0) P3.2
(INT1) P3.3
(T0) P3.4
(T1) P3.5
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P0.4 (AD4)
P0.5 (AD5)
P0.6 (AD6)
P0.7 (AD7)
EA/VPP
NC
ALE/PROG
PSEN
P2.7 (A15)
P2.6 (A14)
P2.5 (A13)
Pin Description
VCC
Supply voltage.
GND
Ground.
Port 0
Port 0 is an 8-bit open drain bbi-didirectional I/O port. As an
output port, each pin can sink eight TTL inputs. When 1s
are written to port 0 pins, the pins can be used as high-
impedance inputs.
Port 0 can also be configured to be the multiplexed low-
order address/data bus during accesses to external
2
(WR) P3.6
(RD) P3.7
XTAL2
XTAL1
GND
GND
(A8) P2.0
(A9) P2.1
(A10) P2.2
(A11) P2.3
(A12) P2.4
program and data memory. In this mode, P0 has internal
pullups.
Port 0 also receives the code bytes during Flash program-
mi ng an d ou tpu ts th e c ode by te s d ur i ng p r og r am
verification. External pullups are required during program
verification.
Port 1
Port 1 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pullups.
The Port 1 output buffers can sink/source four TTL inputs.
When 1s are written to Port 1 pins, they are pulled high by
the internal pullups and can be used as inputs. As inputs,
Port 1 pins that are externally being pulled low will source
current (I
IL
) because of the internal pullups.
AT89S8252
(WR) P3.6
(RD) P3.7
XTAL2
XTAL1
GND
NC
(A8) P2.0
(A9) P2.1
(A10) P2.2
(A11) P2.3
(A12) P2.4
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(MOSI) P1.5
(MISO) P1.6
(SCK) P1.7
RST
(RXD) P3.0
NC
(TXD) P3.1
(INT0) P3.2
(INT1) P3.3
(T0) P3.4
(T1) P3.5
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17
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2
1
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P0.4 (AD4)
P0.5 (AD5)
P0.6 (AD6)
P0.7 (AD7)
EA/VPP
NC
ALE/PROG
PSEN
P2.7 (A15)
P2.6 (A14)
P2.5 (A13)
Some Port 1 pins provide additional functions. P1.0 and
P1.1 can be configured to be the timer/counter 2 external
count input (P1.0/T2) and the timer/counter 2 trigger input
(P1.1/T2EX), respectively.
Port 3 pins that are externally being pulled low will source
current (I
IL
) because of the pullups.
Port 3 also serves the functions of various special features
of the AT89S8252, as shown in the following table.
Port 3 also receives some control signals for Flash pro-
gramming and verification.
Port Pin
P3.0
P3.1
Alternate Functions
RXD (serial input port)
TXD (serial output port)
INT0 (external interrupt 0)
INT1 (external interrupt 1)
T0 (timer 0 external input)
T1 (timer 1 external input)
WR (external data memory write strobe)
RD (external data memory read strobe)
Pin Description
Furthermore, P1.4, P1.5, P1.6, and P1.7 can be configured
as the SPI slave port select, data input/output and shift
clock input/output pins as shown in the following table.
Port Pin
P1.0
P1.1
P1.4
P1.5
P1.6
P1.7
Alternate Functions
T2 (external count input to Timer/Counter 2),
clock-out
T2EX (Timer/Counter 2 capture/reload trigger
and direction control)
SS (Slave port select input)
MOSI (Master data output, slave data input pin
for SPI channel)
MISO (Master data input, slave data output pin
for SPI channel)
SCK (Master clock output, slave clock input pin
for SPI channel)
P3.2
P3.3
P3.4
P3.5
P3.6
P3.7
RST
Reset input. A high on this pin for two machine cycles while
the oscillator is running resets the device.
ALE/PROG
Port 1 also receives the low-order address bytes during
Flash programming and verification.
Port 2
Port 2 is an 8-bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pullups.
The Port 2 output buffers can sink/source four TTL inputs.
When 1s are written to Port 2 pins, they are pulled high by
the internal pullups and can be used as inputs. As inputs,
Port 2 pins that are externally being pulled low will source
current (I
IL
) because of the internal pullups.
Port 2 emits the high-order address byte during fetches
from external program memory and during accesses to
external data memory that use 16-bit addresses (MOVX @
DPTR). In this application, Port 2 uses strong internal pul-
lups when emitting 1s. During accesses to external data
memory that use 8-bit addresses (MOVX @ RI), Port 2
emits the contents of the P2 Special Function Register.
Port 2 also receives the high-order address bits and some
control signals during Flash programming and verification.
Port 3
Port 3 is an 8 bit bi-directional I/O port with internal pullups.
The Port 3 output buffers can sink/source four TTL inputs.
When 1s are written to Port 3 pins, they are pulled high by
the internal pullups and can be used as inputs. As inputs,
Address Latch Enable is an output pulse for latching the
low byte of the address during accesses to external mem-
ory. This pin is also the program pulse input (PROG) during
Flash programming.
In normal operation, ALE is emitted at a constant rate of 1/6
the oscillator frequency and may be used for external tim-
ing or clocking purposes. Note, however, that one ALE
pulse is skipped during each access to external data
memory.
If desired, ALE operation can be disabled by setting bit 0 of
SFR location 8EH. With the bit set, ALE is active only dur-
ing a MOVX or MOVC instruction. Otherwise, the pin is
weakly pulled high. Setting the ALE-disable bit has no
effect if the microcontroller is in external execution mode.
PSEN
Program Store Enable is the read strobe to external pro-
gram memory.
When the AT89S8252 is executing code from external pro-
gram memory, PSEN is activated twice each machine
cycle, except that two PSEN activations are skipped during
each access to external data memory.
EA/VPP
External Access Enable. EA must be strapped to GND in
order to enable the device to fetch code from external pro-
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