Datasheet

Chapter 16 Development Support
MC9S08DN60 Series Data Sheet, Rev 3
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Figure 16-2 shows an external host transmitting a logic 1 or 0 to the BKGD pin of a target HCS08 MCU.
The host is asynchronous to the target so there is a 0-to-1 cycle delay from the host-generated falling edge
to where the target perceives the beginning of the bit time. Ten target BDC clock cycles later, the target
senses the bit level on the BKGD pin. Typically, the host actively drives the pseudo-open-drain BKGD pin
during host-to-target transmissions to speed up rising edges. Because the target does not drive the BKGD
pin during the host-to-target transmission period, there is no need to treat the line as an open-drain signal
during this period.
Figure 16-2. BDC Host-to-Target Serial Bit Timing
EARLIEST START
TARGET SENSES BIT LEVEL
10 CYCLES
SYNCHRONIZATION
UNCERTAINTY
BDC CLOCK
(TARGET MCU)
HOST
TRANSMIT 1
HOST
TRANSMIT 0
PERCEIVED START
OF BIT TIME
OF NEXT BIT