at90pwm81-16se ATMEL Corporation, at90pwm81-16se Datasheet - Page 25

• Manufacturer Part Number: at90pwm81-16se
• Description: 8-bit Avr Microcontroller With 8k Bytes In- System Programmable Flash
• Manufacturer: ATMEL Corporation

5.4.2
7734M–AVR–03/10
Preventing EEPROM Corruption
The next code examples show assembly and C functions for reading the EEPROM. The examples assume
that interrupts are controlled so that no interrupts will occur during execution of these functions.
During periods of low V
the CPU and the EEPROM to operate properly. These issues are the same as for board level systems using
EEPROM, and the same design solutions should be applied.
An EEPROM data corruption can be caused by two situations when the voltage is too low. First, a regular
write sequence to the EEPROM requires a minimum voltage to operate correctly. Secondly, the CPU itself
can execute instructions incorrectly, if the supply voltage is too low.
EEPROM data corruption can easily be avoided by following this design recommendation:
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 detection level of the internal BOD does not
match the needed detection level, an external low V
while a write operation is in progress, the write operation will be completed provided that the power sup-
ply voltage is sufficient.
Assembly Code Example
C Code Example
EEPROM_read:
unsigned char EEPROM_read(unsigned int uiAddress)
{
}
; Wait for completion of previous write
sbic EECR,EEWE
rjmp EEPROM_read
; Set up address (r18:r17) in address register
out EEARH, r18
out EEARL, r17
; Start eeprom read by writing EERE
sbi EECR,EERE
; Read data from data register
in
ret
/* Wait for completion of previous write */
while(EECR & (1<<EEWE))
/* Set up address register */
EEAR = uiAddress;
/* Start eeprom read by writing EERE */
EECR |= (1<<EERE);
/* Return data from data register */
return EEDR;
;
r16,EEDR
CC,
the EEPROM data can be corrupted because the supply voltage is too low for
CC
reset Protection circuit can be used. If a reset occurs
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