Programming the Flash

The Flash is organized in pages as number of Words in a Page and number of Pages in the Flash. When programming the Flash, the program data is latched into a page buffer. This allows one page of program data to be programmed simultaneously. The following procedure describes how to program the entire Flash memory:

Step A. Load Command “Write Flash”

  1. Set XA1, XA0 to “10”. This enables command loading.
  2. Set BS1 to “0”.
  3. Set DATA to “0001 0000”. This is the command for Write Flash.
  4. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the command.

Step B. Load Address Low Byte

  1. Set XA1, XA0 to “00”. This enables address loading.
  2. Set BS1 to “0”. This selects low address.
  3. Set DATA = Address low byte (0x00 - 0xFF).
  4. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the address low byte.

Step C. Load Data Low Byte

  1. Set XA1, XA0 to “01”. This enables data loading.
  2. Set DATA = Data low byte (0x00 - 0xFF).
  3. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the data byte.

Step D. Load Data High Byte

  1. Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high data byte.
  2. Set XA1, XA0 to “01”. This enables data loading.
  3. Set DATA = Data high byte (0x00 - 0xFF).
  4. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the data byte.

Step E. Latch Data

  1. Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high data byte.
  2. Give PAGEL a positive pulse. This latches the data bytes. (Please refer to the figure, Programming the Flash Waveforms, in this section for signal waveforms)

Step F. Repeat B Through E Until the Entire Buffer Is Filled or Until All Data Within the Page Is Loaded

While the lower bits in the address are mapped to words within the page, the higher bits address the pages within the FLASH. This is illustrated in the following figure, Addressing the Flash Which is Organized in Pages, in this section. Note that if less than eight bits are required to address words in the page (pagesize < 256), the most significant bit(s) in the address low byte are used to address the page when performing a Page Write.

Step G. Load Address High Byte

  1. Set XA1, XA0 to “00”. This enables address loading.
  2. Set BS1 to “1”. This selects high address.
  3. Set DATA = Address high byte (0x00 - 0xFF).
  4. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the address high byte.

Step H. Program Page

  1. Give WR a negative pulse. This starts programming of the entire page of data. RDY/BSY goes low.
  2. Wait until RDY/BSY goes high (Please refer to the figure, Programming the Flash Waveforms, in this section for signal waveforms).

Step I. Repeat B Through H Until the Entire Flash Is Programmed or Until All Data Has Been Programmed

Step J. End Page Programming

  1. 1. Set XA1, XA0 to “10”. This enables command loading.
  2. Set DATA to “0000 0000”. This is the command for No Operation.
  3. Give XTAL1 a positive pulse. This loads the command, and the internal write signals are reset.
Figure 1. Addressing the Flash Which Is Organized in Pages
Note: PCPAGE and PCWORD are listed in the table of No. of Words in a Page and No. of Pages in the Flash in Page Size section.
Programming the Flash Waveforms
Note: “XX” is don’t care. The letters refer to the programming description above.
Parent topic: Parallel Programming