MC9S08AW60 FREESCALE [Freescale Semiconductor, Inc], MC9S08AW60 Datasheet - Page 56

• Manufacturer Part Number: MC9S08AW60
• Description: Microcontrollers
• Manufacturer: FREESCALE [Freescale Semiconductor, Inc]

Chapter 4 Memory
be programmed to logic 0 to enable block protection. Therefore the value $DE must be programmed into
NVPROT to protect addresses $E000 through $FFFF.
One use for block protection is to block protect an area of FLASH memory for a bootloader program. This
bootloader program then can be used to erase the rest of the FLASH memory and reprogram it. Because
the bootloader is protected, it remains intact even if MCU power is lost in the middle of an erase and
reprogram operation.
4.4.7
Whenever any block protection is enabled, the reset and interrupt vectors will be protected. Vector
redirection allows users to modify interrupt vector information without unprotecting bootloader and reset
vector space. Vector redirection is enabled by programming the FNORED bit in the NVOPT register
located at address $FFBF to zero. For redirection to occur, at least some portion but not all of the FLASH
memory must be block protected by programming the NVPROT register located at address $FFBD. All of
the interrupt vectors (memory locations $FFC0–$FFFD) are redirected, though the reset vector
($FFFE:FFFF) is not.
For example, if 512 bytes of FLASH are protected, the protected address region is from $FE00 through
$FFFF. The interrupt vectors ($FFC0–$FFFD) are redirected to the locations $FDC0–$FDFD. Now, if an
SPI interrupt is taken for instance, the values in the locations $FDE0:FDE1 are used for the vector instead
of the values in the locations $FFE0:FFE1. This allows the user to reprogram the unprotected portion of
the FLASH with new program code including new interrupt vector values while leaving the protected area,
which includes the default vector locations, unchanged.
4.5
The MC9S08AW60 Series includes circuitry to prevent unauthorized access to the contents of FLASH and
RAM memory. When security is engaged, FLASH and RAM are considered secure resources. Direct-page
registers, high-page registers, and the background debug controller are considered unsecured resources.
Programs executing within secure memory have normal access to any MCU memory locations and
resources. Attempts to access a secure memory location with a program executing from an unsecured
memory space or through the background debug interface are blocked (writes are ignored and reads return
all 0s).
Security is engaged or disengaged based on the state of two nonvolatile register bits (SEC01:SEC00) in
the FOPT register. During reset, the contents of the nonvolatile location NVOPT are copied from FLASH
into the working FOPT register in high-page register space. A user engages security by programming the
NVOPT location which can be done at the same time the FLASH memory is programmed. The 1:0 state
disengages security and the other three combinations engage security. Notice the erased state (1:1) makes
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