PIC16C773 Microchip Technology, PIC16C773 Datasheet - Page 23

• Manufacturer Part Number: PIC16C773
• Description: 28/40-Pin/ 8-Bit CMOS Microcontrollers w/ 12-Bit A/D
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology

2.2.2.8
The Power Control (PCON) register contains a flag bit
to allow differentiation between a Power-on Reset
(POR) to an external MCLR Reset or WDT Reset.
Those devices with brown-out detection circuitry con-
tain an additional bit to differentiate a Brown-out Reset
condition from a Power-on Reset condition.
FIGURE 2-10: PCON REGISTER (ADDRESS 8Eh)
bit7
1999 Microchip Technology Inc.
bit 7-2: Unimplemented: Read as ’0’
bit 1:
bit 0:
U-0
—
PCON REGISTER
POR: Power-on Reset Status bit
1 = No Power-on Reset occurred
0 = A Power-on Reset occurred (must be set in software after a Power-on Reset occurs)
BOR: Brown-out Reset Status bit
1 = No Brown-out Reset occurred
0 = A Brown-out Reset occurred (must be set in software after a Brown-out Reset occurs)
U-0
—
U-0
—
U-0
—
Advance Information
U-0
—
U-0
—
R/W-0
POR
Note:
BOR is unknown on Power-on Reset. It
must then be set by the user and checked
on subsequent resets to see if BOR is
clear, indicating a brown-out has occurred.
The BOR status bit is a don’t care and is
not necessarily predictable if the brown-out
circuit is disabled (by clearing the BODEN
bit in the Configuration word).
R/W-1
BOR
bit0
R = Readable bit
W = Writable bit
U = Unimplemented bit,
- n = Value at POR reset
PIC16C77X
read as ‘0’
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