DS8  -  Series DataSheet
DS80CH11  -  System Energy Manager  -  Maxim Integrated Products  -  8051

GENERAL DESCRIPTION
OVERVIEW
The System Energy Manager is a highly integrated microcontroller that provides several key features for systems including key scanning and control, battery and power management, as well as two 2–Wire serial I/O Ports. It incorporates the Dallas 8051–compatible high–speed microcontroller core which has been redesigned to eliminate wasted clock and memory cycles.
Every standard 8051 instruction is executed between 1.5 and 3 times faster than the original for the same crystal speed. Looking at it another way, the high–speed core achieves the same throughput as a standard 8051 while using much less power as a result of fewer required clock cycles. As a result, the firmware can easily support many tasks required by mobile systems
within a single component.
The controller is designed to off–load battery and power management tasks from the host CPU and thereby make possible an efficient solution for systems. In addition to the microcontroller core, it incorporates an 8–channel, 10–bit A/D converter with external reference so that its firmware can perform battery management tasks without burdening the host CPU. A four–channel 8–bit pulse–width modulator allows digital control of functions such as LCD contrast and brightness. An 8–bit port is provided for key scan inputs. A total of 88 parallel I/O pins are available for key scanning, system configuration, and power management control.
The System Energy Manager scans a key matrix and interfaces to the host CPU via an 8042–compatible port. The benefits of sophisticated power management and permanently powered functions are thereby attained without adding to the system’s chip count. Two 2–wire, bi–directional serial buses are incorporated to facilitate the management of slave peripheral devices on the motherboard, such as digital temperature sensors and potentiometers, and to support external low–speed I/O devices such as monitor configuration channels, pen tablets, and joysticks.
Because a direct interface to the X–bus is provided, the controller is not dependent on a particular core logic chip or chip set. Independent chip select inputs for the keyboard controller, power management #1, and power management #2 registers are provided.