1 sector lockdown register, 2 reading the sector lockdown register – Rainbow Electronics AT45DB161D User Manual
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AT45DB161D
10.1.1 Sector Lockdown Register
Sector Lockdown Register is a nonvolatile register that contains 16-bytes of data, as shown below:
Table 10-2.
Sector Lockdown Register
Table 10-3.
Sector 0 (0a, 0b)
10.1.2 Reading the Sector Lockdown Register
The Sector Lockdown Register can be read to determine which sectors in the memory array are permanently
locked down. To read the Sector Lockdown Register, the CS pin must first be asserted. Once the CS pin has been
asserted, an opcode of 35H and three dummy bytes must be clocked into the device via the SI pin. After the last bit
of the opcode and dummy bytes have been clocked in, the data for the contents of the Sector Lockdown Register
will be clocked out on the SO pin. The first byte corresponds to sector 0 (0a, 0b) the second byte corresponds to
sector 1 and the las byte (byte 16) corresponds to sector 15. After the last byte of the Sector Lockdown Register
has been read, additional pulses on the SCK pin will simply result in undefined data being output on the SO pin.
Deasserting the CS pin will terminate the Read Sector Lockdown Register operation and put the SO pin into a
high-impedance state.
details the values read from the Sector Lockdown Register.
Table 10-4.
Sector Lockdown Register
Figure 10-2. Read Sector Lockdown Register
Sector Number
0 (0a, 0b)
1 to 15
Locked
See Below
FFH
Unlocked
00H
0a
0b
Bit 3, 2
Data
Value
(Page 0-7)
(Page 8-255)
Bit 7, 6
Bit 5, 4
Bit 1, 0
Sectors 0a, 0b Unlocked
00
00
00
00
00H
Sector 0a Locked (Page 0-7)
11
00
00
00
C0H
Sector 0b Locked (Page 8-255)
00
11
00
00
30H
Sectors 0a, 0b Locked (Page 0-255)
11
11
00
00
F0H
Command
Byte 1
Byte 2
Byte 3
Byte 4
Read Sector Lockdown Register
35H
xxH
xxH
xxH
Note:
xx = Dummy Byte
Opcode
X
X
X
Data Byte
n
Data Byte
n + 1
CS
Data Byte
n + 15
SI
SO
Each transition
represents eight bits