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Atmel-0299K-PEEPROM-AT28BV64B-Datasheet_072014
AT28BV64B
4.4 DATA Polling
The AT28BV64B features DATA Polling to indicate the end of a write cycle. During a byte or
page write cycle an attempted read of the last byte written will result in the complement of the
written data to be presented on I/O7. Once the write cycle has been completed, true data is valid
on all outputs, and the next write cycle may begin. DATA Polling may begin at anytime during the
write cycle.
4.5 Toggle Bit
In addition to DATA Polling, the AT28BV64B provides another method for determining the end of
a write cycle. During the write operation, successive attempts to read data from the device will
result in I/O6 toggling between one and zero. Once the write has completed, I/O6 will stop
toggling and valid data will be read. Reading the toggle bit may begin at any time during the write
cycle.
4.6 Data Protection
If precautions are not taken, inadvertent writes may occur during transitions of the host system
power supply. Atmel has incorporated both hardware and software features that will protect the
memory against inadvertent writes.
4.6.1 Hardware Protection
Hardware features protect against inadvertent writes to the AT28BV64B in the following ways:
(a) VCC power-on delay – once VCC has reached 1.8V (typical) the device will automatically time
out 10 ms (typical) before allowing a write; (b) write inhibit–holding any one of OE low, CE high
or WE high inhibits write cycles; and (c) noise filter–pulses of less than 15ns (typical) on the WE
or CE inputs will not initiate a write cycle.
4.6.2 Software Data Protection
A software-controlled data protection feature has been implemented on the AT28BV64B.
Software data protection (SDP) helps prevent inadvertent writes from corrupting the data in the
device. SDP can prevent inadvertent writes during power-up and power-down as well as any
other potential periods of system instability.
The AT28BV64B can only be written using the software data protection feature. A series of three
write commands to specific addresses with specific data must be presented to the device before
writing in the byte or page mode. The same three write commands must begin each write
operation. All software write commands must obey the page mode write timing specifications.
The data in the 3-byte command sequence is not written to the device; the addresses in the
command sequence can be utilized just like any other location in the device.
Any attempt to write to the device without the 3-byte sequence will start the internal write timers.
No data will be written to the device; however, for the duration of tWC, read operations will effec-
tively be polling operations.
4.7 Device Identification
An extra 64 bytes of EEPROM memory are available to the user for device identification. By
raising A9 to 12V ± 0.5V and using address locations 0000H to 003FH, the additional bytes may
be written to or read from in the same manner as the regular memory array.