PMC-Sierra Pm25LV010 manual Pm25LV512/010, Block Write Protect Bits

PMC					Pm25LV512/010
Table 5. Block Write Protect Bits
	Status Register Bits		Pm25LV512		Pm25LV010
			Array Addresses	Locked-out	Array Addresses	Locked-out
Level	BP1	BP0	Locked Out	Block(s)	Locked Out	Block(s)
0	0	0			None	None
1(1/4)	0	1	None	None	018000 - 01FFFF	Block 4
2(1/2)	1	0			010000 - 01FFFF	Block 3, 4
3(All)	1	1	000000-00FFFF	All Blocks	000000 - 01FFFF	All Blocks
				(1 - 2)		(1 - 4)

The WRSR instruction also allows the user to enable or disable the Write Protect (WP#) pin through the use of the Write Protect Enable (WPEN) bit. Hardware write protection is enabled when the WP# pin is low and the WPEN bit is "1". Hardware write protection is disabled when either the WP# pin is high or the WPEN bit is "0." When the device is hardware write protected, writes to the Status Register, including the Block Protect bits and the WPEN bit, and the locked-out blocks in the memory array are disabled. Write is only allowed to blocks of the memory which are not locked out. The WRSR instruction is self-timed to automatically erase and program BP0, BP1, and WPEN bits. In order to write the status register, the device must first be write enabled via the WREN instruction. Then, the instruction and data for the three bits are entered. During the internal write cycle, all instructions will be ignored except RDSR instructions. The Pm25LV512/010 will automatically return to write disable state at the completion of the WRSR cycle.

Note: When the WPEN bit is hardware write protected, it cannot be changed back to "0", as long as the WP# pin is held low.

Table 6. WPEN Operation

WPEN	WP	WEN	ProtectedBlocks	UnprotectedBlocks	Status Register
0	X	0	Protected	Protected	Protected
0	X	1	Protected	Writable	Writable
1	Low	0	Protected	Protected	Protected
1	Low	1	Protected	Writable	Protected
X	High	0	Protected	Protected	Protected
X	High	1	Protected	Writable	Writable

Programmable Microelectronics Corp. 9 Issue Date: February, 2004, Rev: 1.4