Datasheet
Section 3 Exception Handling 
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3.3.2  Reset Exception Handling 
When the RES pin goes high after being held low for the necessary time, this LSI starts reset 
exception handling as follows: 
1.  The internal state of the CPU and the registers of the on-chip peripheral modules are 
initialized, VOFR is cleared to H'0000, the T bit in EXR is cleared to 0, and the I bit in EXR 
and CCR is set to 1. 
2.  The low-speed on-chip oscillator is selected as a system clock. 
3.  After the reset exception handling vector address is read and transferred to the PC, program 
execution starts from the address indicated by the PC. 
Figure 3.1 shows an example of the reset sequence. 
φ
RES
Internal 
address bus 
Internal 
read signal 
Internal 
write signal 
Internal
data bus 
Vector fetch
 (1) 
 (3)   (5) 
High
Internal 
processing
 (2) 
 (4)   (6) 
 (1) (3)
 (2) (4) 
 (5) 
 (6) 
:Reset exeption handling vector address (when reset, (1) = H'000000, (3) = H'000002) 
:Start address (contents of reset exception handling vector address) 
:Start address ((5) = (2)(4)) 
:First program instruction
Prefetch of first
program instruction
Figure 3.1 Reset Sequence 










