W25M02GV
7. PROTECTION, CONFIGURATION AND STATUS REGISTERS
Three Status Registers are provided for each stacked W25N01GV die: Protection Register (SR-1),
Configuration Register (SR-2) & Status Register (SR-3). Each register is accessed by Read Status
Register and Write Status Register commands combined with 1-Byte Register Address respectively.
The Read Status Register instruction (05h / 0Fh) can be used to provide status on the availability of the
flash memory array, whether the device is write enabled or disabled, the state of write protection, Read
modes, Protection Register/OTP area lock status, Erase/Program results, ECC usage/status. The Write
Status Register instruction can be used to configure the device write protection features, Software/Hardware
write protection, Read modes, enable/disable ECC, Protection Register/OTP area lock. Write access to the
Status Register is controlled by the state of the non-volatile Status Register Protect bits (SRP0, SRP1), the
Write Enable instruction, and when WP-E is set to 1, the /WP pin.
7.1 Protection Register / Status Register-1 (Volatile Writable, OTP lockable)
Figure 3a. Protection Register / Status Register-1 (Address Axh)
7.1.1 Block Protect Bits (BP3, BP2, BP1, BP0, TB) – Volatile Writable, OTP lockable
The Block Protect bits (BP3, BP2, BP1, BP0 & TB) are volatile read/write bits in the status register-1 (S6,
S5, S4, S3 & S2) that provide Write Protection control and status. Block Protect bits can be set using the
Write Status Register Instruction. All, none or a portion of the memory array can be protected from
Program and Erase instructions (see Status Register Memory Protection table). The default values for the
Block Protection bits are 1 after power up to protect the entire array. If the SR1-L bit in the Configuration
Register (SR-2) is set to 1, the default values will the values that are OTP locked.
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