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PIC18F2221/2321/4221/4321 FAMILY
EXAMPLE 7-3:
WRITING TO FLASH PROGRAM MEMORY (CONTINUED)
7.5.2
WRITE VERIFY
Depending on the application, good programming
practice may dictate that the value written to the
memory should be verified against the original value.
This should be used in applications where excessive
writes can stress bits near the specification limit.
7.5.3
UNEXPECTED TERMINATION OF
WRITE OPERATION
If a write is terminated by an unplanned event, such as
loss of power or an unexpected Reset, the memory
location just programmed should be verified and repro-
grammed if needed. If the write operation is interrupted
by a MCLR Reset or a WDT Time-out Reset during
normal operation, the user can check the WRERR bit
and rewrite the location(s) as needed.
7.5.4
PROTECTION AGAINST
SPURIOUS WRITES
To protect against spurious writes to Flash program
memory, the write initiate sequence must also be
7.6
Flash Program Operation During
Code Protection
program memory.
TABLE 7-2:
REGISTERS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM FLASH MEMORY
PROGRAM_MEMORY
BCF
INTCON, GIE
; disable interrupts
MOVLW
55h
; required sequence
MOVWF
EECON2
; write 55h
MOVLW
0AAh
MOVWF
EECON2
; write AAh
BSF
EECON1, WR
; start program (CPU stall)
NOP
BSF
INTCON, GIE
; re-enable interrupts
DECFSZ COUNTER_HI
; loop until done
GOTO
PROGRAM_LOOP
BCF
EECON1, WREN
; disable write to memory
Name
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Reset
Valueson
page
TBLPTRU
—
bit 21 Program Memory Table Pointer Upper Byte (TBLPTR<20:16>)
TBPLTRH Program Memory Table Pointer High Byte (TBLPTR<15:8>)
TBLPTRL Program Memory Table Pointer Low Byte (TBLPTR<7:0>)
TABLAT
Program Memory Table Latch
INTCON
GIE/GIEH PEIE/GIEL TMR0IE
INT0IE
RBIE
TMR0IF
INT0IF
RBIF
EECON2
EEPROM Control Register 2 (not a physical register)
EECON1
EEPGD
CFGS
—
FREE
WRERR
WREN
WR
RD
IPR2
OSCFIP
CMIP
—
EEIP
BCLIP
HLVDIP
TMR3IP
CCP2IP
PIR2
OSCFIF
CMIF
—
EEIF
BCLIF
HLVDIF
TMR3IF
CCP2IF
PIE2
OSCFIE
CMIE
—
EEIE
BCLIE
HLVDIE
TMR3IE
CCP2IE
Legend: — = unimplemented, read as ‘0’. Shaded cells are not used during Flash/EEPROM access.