SNIU028D February 2016 – September 2020 UCD3138 , UCD3138064 , UCD3138064A , UCD3138128 , UCD3138A , UCD3138A64
Interrupts begin when an event occurs within a peripheral module. Some examples of interrupt-capable events are expiration of a counter within a timer module, receipt of a character in a communications module, and completion of a conversion in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module.
Interrupts are not always generated when an event occurs; the peripheral must make an interrupt request to the central interrupt manager (CIM) based upon the event occurrence. Typically, the peripheral contains: