PIC18F2331/2431/4331/4431
After a write sequence has been initiated, EECON1,
EEADR and EEDATA cannot be modified. The WR bit
will be inhibited from being set unless the WREN bit is
7.3
Reading the Data EEPROM
Memory
To read a data memory location, the user must write the
address to the EEADR register, clear the EEPGD con-
trol bit (EECON1<7>) and then set control bit, RD
(EECON1<0>). The data is available for the very next
instruction cycle; therefore, the EEDATA register can
be read by the next instruction. EEDATA will hold this
value until another read operation, or until it is written to
by the user (during a write operation).The basic
process is shown in Example 7-1.
set. The WREN bit must be set on a previous instruc-
tion. Both WR and WREN cannot be set with the same
instruction.
At the completion of the write cycle, the WR bit is
cleared in hardware and the EEPROM Interrupt Flag bit
(EEIF) is set. The user may either enable this interrupt
or poll this bit. EEIF must be cleared by software.
7.5
Write Verify
7.4
Writing to the Data EEPROM
Memory
Depending on the application, good programming
practice may dictate that the value written to the mem-
ory should be verified against the original value. This
should be used in applications where excessive writes
can stress bits near the specification limit.
To write an EEPROM data location, the address must
first be written to the EEADR register and the data writ-
ten to the EEDATA register. The sequence in
Example 7-2 must be followed to initiate the write cycle.
7.6
Protection Against Spurious Write
The write will not begin if this sequence is not exactly
followed (write 55h to EECON2, write 0AAh to
EECON2, then set WR bit) for each byte. It is strongly
recommended that interrupts be disabled during this
code segment.
There are conditions when the device may not want to
write to the data EEPROM memory. To protect against
spurious EEPROM writes, various mechanisms have
been built-in. On power-up, the WREN bit is cleared.
Also, the Power-up Timer (72 ms duration) prevents
EEPROM write.
Additionally, the WREN bit in EECON1 must be set to
enable writes. This mechanism prevents accidental
writes to data EEPROM due to unexpected code exe-
cution (i.e., runaway programs). The WREN bit should
be kept clear at all times, except when updating the
EEPROM. The WREN bit is not cleared by hardware.
The write initiate sequence and the WREN bit together
help prevent an accidental write during brown-out,
power glitch, or software malfunction.
EXAMPLE 7-1:
DATA EEPROM READ
MOVLW
MOVWF
BCF
BSF
MOVF
DATA_EE_ADDR
EEADR
EECON1, EEPGD
EECON1, RD
EEDATA, W
;
; Data Memory Address to read
; Point to DATA memory
; EEPROM Read
; W = EEDATA
EXAMPLE 7-2:
DATA EEPROM WRITE
MOVLW
MOVWF
MOVLW
MOVWF
BCF
BCF
BSF
BCF
MOVLW
MOVWF
MOVLW
MOVWF
BSF
DATA_EE_ADDR
EEADR
DATA_EE_DATA
EEDATA
EECON1, EEPGD
EECON1, CFGS
EECON1, WREN
INTCON, GIE
55h
EECON2
0AAh
EECON2
EECON1, WR
EECON1, WR
;
; Data Memory Address to write
;
; Data Memory Value to write
; Point to DATA memory
; Access EEPROM
; Enable writes
; Disable Interrupts
;
; Write 55h
;
; Write 0AAh
; Set WR bit to begin write
; Wait for write to complete
Required
Sequence
BTFSC
GOTO
BSF
$-2
INTCON, GIE
;
; Enable interrupts
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