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Texas Instruments MSP430x1xx User Manual

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Flash Memory Organization

C-4

Figure C–3.Flash Memory Module Example

FFFFh

Flash Memory

F000h

010FFh

01000h

4Kbyte + 256Byte

ONE module

4-kbyte

Flash

Memory

256-Byte

Flash Memory

A module has several segments. The information memory has two segments
of 128 bytes each. In the example in Figure C–4, the 4-kB module has eight
segments of 512 bytes (Segment0 to Segment7), and two 128-byte segments
(SegmentA and SegmentB). Segment0 to Segment7 can be erased
individually or as a group. SegmentA and SegmentB can be erased
individually or as a group with segments 0 to 7.

The segment structure is described in the device’s data sheet. The information
memory can be located directly below the main memory’s address, or at a
different address but will be in the same module.

Note:

Flash memory modules may have different numbers of segments. Segment
are numbered from 0 up to n, e.g., segment 0 to segment n.