25LC160A-I/MSG MICROCHIP [Microchip Technology], 25LC160A-I/MSG Datasheet - Page 11

• Manufacturer Part Number: 25LC160A-I/MSG
• Description: 16K SPI Bus Serial EEPROM
• Manufacturer: MICROCHIP [Microchip Technology]

2.6
The Write Status Register instruction (WRSR) allows the
user to write to the nonvolatile bits in the Status
Register as shown in Table 2-2. The user is able to
select one of four levels of protection for the array by
writing to the appropriate bits in the Status Register.
The array is divided up into four segments. The user
has the ability to write-protect none, one, two or all four
of the segments of the array. The partitioning is
controlled as shown in Table 2-3.
The Write-Protect Enable (WPEN) bit is a nonvolatile
bit that is available as an enable bit for the WP pin. The
Write-Protect (WP) pin and the Write-Protect Enable
(WPEN) bit in the Status Register control the
programmable hardware write-protect feature. Hard-
ware write protection is enabled when WP pin is low
and the WPEN bit is high. Hardware write protection is
disabled when either the WP pin is high or the WPEN
bit is low. When the chip is hardware write-protected,
only writes to nonvolatile bits in the Status Register are
disabled. See Table 2-4 for a matrix of functionality on
the WPEN bit.
FIGURE 2-7:
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SCK
CS
SO
SI
Write Status Register Instruction
(WRSR)
0
0
WRITE STATUS REGISTER TIMING SEQUENCE (WRSR)
0
1
0
instruction
2
0
3
0
4
0
5
high-impedance
0
6
1
7
See Figure 2-7 for the WRSR timing sequence.
TABLE 2-3:
7
8
BP1
0
0
1
1
6
9
data to Status Register
10
5
11
4
ARRAY PROTECTION
BP0
0
1
0
1
25XX160A/B
12
3
13
2
Array Addresses
Write-Protected
(0600h - 07FFh)
(0400h - 07FFh)
(0000h - 07FFh)
14
upper 1/4
upper 1/2
1
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none
all
15
0