Table 93. No. of Words in a Page and no. of Pages in the Flash

Flash Size

Page Size

PCWORD

No. of Pages

PCPAGE

PCMSB

4K words (8K bytes)

32 words

PC[4:0]

128

PC[11:5]

11

Table 94. No. of Words in a Page and no. of Pages in the EEPROM

EEPROM Size

Page Size

PCWORD

No. of Pages

PCPAGE

EEAMSB

512 bytes

4 bytes

EEA[1:0]

128

EEA[8:2]

8

Parallel Programming

Enter Programming Mode

The following algorithm puts the device in Parallel Programming mode:

1.

Apply 4.5 - 5.5V between VCC and GND, and wait at least 100 µs.

2.

Set RESET to “0” and toggle XTAL1 at least 6 times

3.

Set the Prog_enable pins listed in Table 90 on page 223 to “0000” and wait at

least 100 ns.

4.

Apply 11.5 - 12.5V to RESET. Any activity on Prog_enable pins within 100 ns

after +12V has been applied to RESET, will cause the device to fail entering Pro-

gramming mode.

Note, if the RESET pin is disabled by programming the RSTDISBL Fuse, it may not be

possible to follow the proposed algorithm above. The same may apply when External

Crystal or External RC configuration is selected because it is not possible to apply qual-

ified XTAL1 pulses. In such cases, the following algorithm should be followed:

1.

Set Prog_enable pins listed in Table 90 on page 223 to “0000”.

2.

Apply 4.5

- 5.5V

between VCC and GND simultaneously as 11.5 - 12.5V is

applied to RESET.

3.

Wait 100 ns.

4.

Re-program the fuses to ensure that External Clock is selected as clock source

(CKSEL3:0 = 0’b0000) and RESET pin is activated (RSTDISBL) unpro-

grammed). If Lock Bits are programmed, a chip erase command must be

executed before changing the fuses.

5.

Exit Programming mode by power the device down or by bringing RESET pin to

0’b0.

6.

Entering Programming mode with the original algorithm, as described above.

Considerations for Efficient

The loaded command and address are retained in the device during programming. For

Programming

efficient programming, the following should be considered.

• The command needs only be loaded once when writing or reading multiple memory

locations.

• Skip writing the data value 0xFF, that is the contents of the entire EEPROM (unless the EESAVE Fuse is programmed) and Flash after a Chip Erase.

• Address High byte needs only be loaded before programming or reading a new 256 word window in Flash or 256 byte EEPROM. This consideration also applies to Signature bytes reading.

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	Chip Erase	The Chip Erase will erase the Flash and EEPROM(1) memories plus Lock Bits. The Lock
		Bits are not reset until the Program memory has been completely erased. The Fuse Bits
		are not changed. A Chip Erase must be performed before the Flash and/or the
		EEPROM are reprogrammed.
		Note: 1. The EEPRPOM memory is preserved during chip erase if the EESAVE Fuse is
				programmed.
		Load Command “Chip Erase”
		1.	Set XA1, XA0 to “10”. This enables command loading.
		2.	Set BS1 to “0”.
		3.	Set DATA to “1000 0000”. This is the command for Chip Erase.
		4.	Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the command.
		5.	Give WR a negative pulse. This starts the Chip Erase. RDY/BSY goes low.
		6.	Wait until RDY/BSY goes high before loading a new command.
	Programming the Flash	The Flash is organized in pages, see Table 93 on page 224. When programming the
		Flash, the program data is latched into a page buffer. This allows one page of program

data to be programmed simultaneously. The following procedure describes how to program the entire Flash memory:

A. Load Command “Write Flash”

1.Set XA1, XA0 to “10”. This enables command loading.

2.Set BS1 to ”0”.

3.Set DATA to “0001 0000”. This is the command for Write Flash.

4.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the command.

B. Load Address Low byte

1.Set XA1, XA0 to “00”. This enables address loading.

2.Set BS1 to “0”. This selects low address.

3.Set DATA = Address Low byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

4.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the address Low byte.

C. Load Data Low byte

1.Set XA1, XA0 to “01”. This enables data loading.

2.Set DATA = Data Low byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

3.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the data byte.

D. Load Data High byte

1.Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high data byte.

2.Set XA1, XA0 to “01”. This enables data loading.

3.Set DATA = Data High byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

4.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the data byte.

E. Latch Data

1.Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high data byte.

2.Give PAGEL a positive pulse. This latches the data bytes. (See Figure 106 for signal waveforms)

F. Repeat B through E until the entire buffer is filled or until all data within the page is loaded.

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While the lower bits in the address are mapped to words within the page, the higher bits address the pages within the FLASH. This is illustrated in Figure 105 on page 226. Note that if less than eight bits are required to address words in the page (pagesize < 256), the most significant bit(s) in the address Low byte are used to address the page when performing a page write.

G. Load Address High byte

1.Set XA1, XA0 to “00”. This enables address loading.

2.Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high address.

3.Set DATA = Address High byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

4.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the address High byte.

H. Program Page

1.Set BS1 = “0”

2.Give WR a negative pulse. This starts programming of the entire page of data. RDY/BSY goes low.

3.Wait until RDY/BSY goes high. (See Figure 106 for signal waveforms)

I.Repeat B through H until the entire Flash is programmed or until all data has been programmed.

J.End Page Programming

1.Set XA1, XA0 to “10”. This enables command loading.

2.Set DATA to “0000 0000”. This is the command for No Operation.

3.Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the command, and the internal write signals are reset.

Figure 105. Addressing the Flash which is Organized in Pages(1)

PROGRAM

PCMSB

PAGEMSB

PCPAGE

PCWORD

COUNTER

PAGE ADDRESS

WORD ADDRESS

WITHIN THE FLASH

WITHIN A PAGE

PROGRAM MEMORY

PAGE

PCWORD[PAGEMSB:0]:

PAGE

INSTRUCTION WORD

00

01

02

PAGEEND

Note: 1. PCPAGE and PCWORD are listed in Table 93 on page 224.

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Figure 106. Programming the Flash Waveforms(1)

F

A

B

C

D

E

B

C

D

E

G

H

DATA

0x10

ADDR. LOW

DATA LOW

DATA HIGH

XX

ADDR. LOW

DATA LOW

DATA HIGH

XX

ADDR. HIGH

XX

XA1

XA0

BS1

XTAL1

WR

RDY/BSY

RESET

+12V

OE

PAGEL

BS2

Note:

1. “XX” is don’t care. The letters refer to the programming description above.

Programming the EEPROM The EEPROM is organized in pages, see Table 94 on page 224. When programming the EEPROM, the program data is latched into a page buffer. This allows one page of data to be programmed simultaneously. The programming algorithm for the EEPROM Data memory is as follows (refer to “Programming the Flash” on page 225 for details on Command, Address and Data loading):

1.A: Load Command “0001 0001”.

2.G: Load Address High byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

3.B: Load Address Low byte (0x00 - 0xFF).

4.C: Load Data (0x00 - 0xFF).

5.E: Latch data (give PAGEL a positive pulse).

K:Repeat 3 through 5 until the entire buffer is filled.

L:Program EEPROM page.

1.Set BS1 to “0”.

2.Give WR a negative pulse. This starts programming of the EEPROM page. RDY/BSY goes low.

3.Wait until to RDY/BSY goes high before programming the next page. (See Figure 107 for signal waveforms).

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