How to turn on/off microcontroller sleep mode?

[sarathregunath]

hi all..

I have started learning embedded systems...especially microcontrollers.I have a few basic doubts:

Can anyone plz tell me about microcontroller sleep mode..how it goes into it??how to get it out of it??

and plz tell me from where to get details about micros including this...

 

[ravimarcus]

Re: microcontrollers

Hi,

uC in sleep mode consumes very little current. To get into sleep mode in PICmicro, SLEEP instruction will put the uC into sleep mode.

To get out of sleep mode, there are many ways.
1. Reset
2. Watchdog time out
3. Interrupts.
4. Power down and up

If you are interested in PICmicro, then www.microchip.com is the best place to start.

Cheers

Ravi

 

[funnynypd]

microcontrollers

If you are so interested in sleep mode, TI MSP430 probably is your best bet.