FlexCANMPC5606S Microcontroller Reference Manual, Rev. 7Freescale Semiconductor 671• Low-power modes18.1.3 Modes of operationThe FlexCAN module has four functional modes: Normal mode (User and Supervisor), Freeze mode,Listen-Only mode and Loopback mode. There is also a low-power mode, Disable mode.• Normal mode (User or Supervisor):In Normal mode, the module operates receiving and/or transmitting message frames. Errors arehandled normally and all the CAN protocol functions are enabled. User and Supervisor modesdiffer in the access to some restricted control registers.• Freeze mode:It is enabled when the FRZ bit in the MCR Register is asserted. If enabled, Freeze mode is enteredwhen the HALT bit in MCR is set or when the MCU is stopped by a debugger. In this mode, notransmission or reception of frames is done and synchronicity to the CAN bus is lost. SeeSection 18.4.9.1, Freeze mode for more information.• Listen-Only mode:The module enters this mode when the LOM bit in the Control Register is asserted. In this mode,transmission is disabled, all error counters are frozen, and the module operates in a CAN ErrorPassive mode [Ref. 1]. Only messages acknowledged by another CAN station will be received. IfFlexCAN detects a message that has not been acknowledged, it will flag a BIT0 error (withoutchanging the REC), as if it was trying to acknowledge the message.• Loopback mode:The module enters this mode when the LPB bit in the Control Register is asserted. In this mode,FlexCAN performs an internal loopback that can be used for self-test operation. The bit streamoutput of the transmitter is internally fed back to the receiver input. The Rx CAN input pin isignored and the Tx CAN output goes to the recessive state (logic 1). FlexCAN behaves as itnormally does when transmitting and treats its own transmitted message as a message receivedfrom a remote node. In this mode, FlexCAN ignores the bit sent during the ACK slot in the CANframe acknowledge field to ensure proper reception of its own message. Both transmit and receiveinterrupts are generated.• Module Disable mode:This low-power mode is entered when the MDIS bit in the MCR Register is asserted. Whendisabled, the module shuts down the clocks to the CAN Protocol Interface and Message BufferManagement submodules. Exit from this mode is done by negating the MDIS bit in the MCRRegister. See Section 18.4.9.2, Module Disable mode, for more information.18.2 External signal description18.2.1 OverviewThe FlexCAN module has two I/O signals connected to the external MCU pins. These signals aresummarized in Table 18-1 and described in more detail in the next subsections.
