38 errata, 1 atmega128rfa1 revision d (1.2), 2 atmega128rfa1 revision c (1.1) – Rainbow Electronics ATmega128RFA1 User Manual
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ATmega128RFA1
38 Errata
38.1 ATmega128RFA1 revision D (1.2)
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Power-Chain turns off when power supply drops below 1.6V
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JTAG interface reads wrong data
• CSMA back-off calculation has reduced degree of randomness
• Update of internal temporary registers for CSMA_SEED register may fail
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Interrupt TRX24_CCA_ED_DONE may occur twice
38.2 ATmega128RFA1 revision C (1.1)
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Power-Chain turns off when power supply drops below 1.6V
•
JTAG interface reads wrong data
• CSMA back-off calculation has reduced degree of randomness
• Update of internal temporary registers for CSMA_SEED register may fail
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Interrupt TRX24_CCA_ED_DONE may occur twice
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DVREG_EXT bit is not write-protected
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ENDRT bits have wrong reset value
38.3 ATmega128RFA1 revision AB (1.0)
Not sampled.
38.4 Compiler package WinAVR-20090313
In the compiler package WinAVR-20090313 the SRAM start address has a wrong value
of 0x100. In this case the variables are randomly allocated across the extended I/O
space 0x100 to 0x1FF. It causes an unpredictable behavior by random overwrite of
registers (see also
"JTAG interface reads wrong data" on page 514
bit is not write-protected" on page 514
).
Problem Fix/Workaround
Use the linker option -Wl,--section-start=.data=0x800200
38.5 Detailed errata description
38.5.1 Power-Chain turns off when power supply drops below 1.6V
If the voltage of the pins DEVDD drops below 1.6V, the internal power chain turns off.
Some hardware settings (e.g. clock source) can alter their state unintentionally. Raising
the supply voltage above 1.8V again does not bring the circuit back to normal operation.
This condition can happen either by lowering the power supply voltage below 1.6V or
turn-off the supply source while other external devices are feeding DEVDD by the
internal ESD diodes of the IO stages (e.g. hardware debugger attached to the JTAG
interface) (2606).
If the power supply drops below 1.6V while being in Deep Sleep mode, the internal
power chain is not affected.
Problem Fix/Workaround
Turn on the Brown-Out Detector at any voltage level. The supply current in Deep Sleep
does not increase.