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description and mapping of the Extended Fuse byte.
Fuse and Lock bits that are programmed, will be read as zero. Fuse and Lock bits that are unprogrammed, will be
read as one.
26.8.10
Preventing Flash Corruption
During periods of low V
CC, the Flash program can be corrupted because the supply voltage is too low for the CPU
and the Flash to operate properly. These issues are the same as for board level systems using the Flash, and the
same design solutions should be applied.
A Flash program corruption can be caused by two situations when the voltage is too low. First, a regular write
sequence to the Flash requires a minimum voltage to operate correctly. Secondly, the CPU itself can execute
instructions incorrectly, if the supply voltage for executing instructions is too low.
Flash corruption can easily be avoided by following these design recommendations (one is sufficient):
1.
If there is no need for a Boot Loader update in the system, program the Boot Loader Lock bits to prevent
any Boot Loader software updates.
2.
Keep the AVR RESET active (low) during periods of insufficient power supply voltage. This can be done by
enabling the internal Brown-out Detector (BOD) if the operating voltage matches the detection level. If not,
an external low V
CC reset protection circuit can be used. If a reset occurs while a write operation is in prog-
ress, the write operation will be completed provided that the power supply voltage is sufficient.
3.
Keep the AVR core in Power-down sleep mode during periods of low V
CC. This will prevent the CPU from
attempting to decode and execute instructions, effectively protecting the SPMCSR Register and thus the
Flash from unintentional writes.
26.8.11
Programming Time for Flash when Using SPM
The calibrated RC Oscillator is used to time Flash accesses.
Table 26-5 shows the typical programming time for
Flash accesses from the CPU.
Bit
7
6
5
4
321
0
Rd
–
EFB3
EFB2
EFB1
EFB0
Table 26-5.
SPM programming time.
Symbol
Min. programming time
Max. programming time
Flash write (Page Erase, Page Write, and
write Lock bits by SPM)
3.7ms
4.5ms