Microcontroller PIC16F872 Eeprom Reading

Microcontroller PIC16F872 Eeprom Reading

When interfacing the program memory block, the EEDATL and EEDATH registers form a 2-byte word that holds the 14-bit data for read, and the EEADRL and EEADRH registers form a 2-byte word that holds the 13-bit address of the EEPROM location being accessed when Microcontroller PIC16F872 Eeprom Reading.

This device has 4k and 8k words of program EEPROM with an address range from 0h-0FFFh and 0h-1FFFh. The program memory allows one word reads.

The EEPROM data memory allows byte read and write. A byte write automatically erases the location and writes the new data (erase before write). The write time is controlled by an on-chip timer. The write/erase voltages are generated by an on-chip charge pump rated to operate over the voltage range of the device for byte or word operations if Microcontroller Eeprom Reading.

When the device is code-protected, the CPU may continue to read and write the data EEPROM memory and read the program memory. When code-protected, the device programmer can no longer access data or program memory.

Microcontroller PIC16F872 Eeprom Reading
Microcontroller PIC16F872 Eeprom Reading

Additional information on the data EEPROM is available in the “PICmicro® Mid-Range MCU Family Reference Manual” (DS33023). The EEADRL and EEADRH registers can address up to a maximum of 256 bytes of data EEPROM or up to a maximum of 8k words of program EEPROM before reading out the eeprom from microcontroller.

When selecting a program address value, the MSB of the address is written to the EEADRH register and the LSB is written to the EEADRL register. When selecting a data address value, only the LSB of the address is written to the EEADRL register from the microcontroller eeprom reading.

EECON1 is the control register for EE memory accesses. Control bit EEPGD determines if the access will be a program or data memory access. When clear, as it is wen reset, any subsequent operations will operate on  the data memory. When set, any subsequent operations  will operate on the program memory. Program memory can only be read from the eeprom of microcontroller.

Control bits RD and WR initiate read and write, respectively. These bits cannot be cleared, only set, in software. They are cleared in hardware at completion of the read or write operation. The inability to clear the WR bit in software prevents the accidental, premature termination of a write operation. The WREN bit, when set, will allow a write operation to data EEPROM. On power-up, the WREN bit is clear.