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4.23 Write-protect SECURE-Area
This single command enables the protection of total SECURE-Area against write accesses. Since the
SECURE-Area is located at the bootloader region, the bootloader will also locked. No further
bootloader update is possible when the SECURE-Area is locked. To prevent unintentional protect of
the SECURE-Area two Magic Bytes must be send with this command (see Table 4.23.2).
Caution: If this security setting has been applied, the SECURE-Area of that device will not be
rewritten by anyone (protected by hardware-fuse).
START
SMC_addr ACK command ACK length ACK Magic_1 ACK Magic_2 ACK
STOP
Table 4.23.1 SMC receiver format of the Write-protect SECURE-Area Command Code
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
START
SM-bus start condition
SMC_addr
01010000b = 0x50 (8-bit) (Write access to SMC)
ACK
SM-bus acknowledge condition generated by receiver
command
0x44 = “Write-protect SECURE-Area” Command code
length
0x02 = Length of this Command
Magic_1
0xAE = Magic Byte 1
Magic_2
0xCE = Magic Byte 2
STOP
SM-bus stop condition