Interrupt Controller (INTC)
MPC5566 Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 2
Freescale Semiconductor 10-7
 
Figure 10-6. Hardware Vector Mode: Interrupt Exception Handler Address Calculation 
The processor negates INTC’s interrupt request when automatically acknowledging the interrupt request. 
However, the interrupt request to the processor do not negate if a higher priority interrupt request arrives. 
Even in this case, the interrupt vector number does not update to the higher priority request until the lower 
priority request is acknowledged by the processor.
The assertion of the interrupt acknowledge signal pushes the PRI value in the INTC_CPR onto the LIFO 
and updates PRI in the INTC_CPR with the new priority. 
10.2 External Signal Description
The INTC does not have any direct external MCU signals. However, there are sixteen external pins which 
can be configured in the SIU as external interrupt request input pins. When configured for an external 
interrupt request function, an interrupt on that pin sets an external interrupt flag. These flags cause one of 
five peripheral interrupt requests to the interrupt controller. 
For more information on external interrupts, the pins used, and how to configure them:
• Refer to Table 10-2 for a list and number of the external interrupt pins. 
• Refer to the SIU chapter for more information on these pins.
Table 10-2. External Interrupt Signals
Function
1
P/A/G
2
Description
I/O
Type
Reset 
Function/
State
3
Post Reset 
Function/
State
4
EMIOS[14]_ P eMIOS channel  O — / WKPCFG — / WKPCFG
IRQ
[0]_ A External interrupt request I
CNTXD A CAN D transmit O
GPIO[193] G GPIO I/O
3116150
IVPR
312827161500
+ Hardware vector 
150
0b0000INTC_IACKR[INTVEC]
PREFIX
0x0000
PREFIX
18
0b000
19
0x0000
31282716
0b0000IRQ SPECIFIC OFFSET
18
0b000
1916
= Interrupt exception
handler address
mode offset