
PIC16F7X7
DS30498C-page 32
2004 Microchip Technology Inc.
3.3
Reading the Flash Program
Memory
A program memory location may be read by writing two
bytes of the address to the PMADR and PMADRH reg-
isters and then setting control bit, RD (PMCON1<0>).
Once the read control bit is set, the microcontroller will
use the next two instruction cycles to read the data. The
data is available in the PMDATA and PMDATH
registers after the second NOP instruction; therefore, it
can be read as two bytes in the following instructions.
The PMDATA and PMDATH registers will hold this
value until the next read operation.
3.4
Operation During Code-Protect
Flash program memory has its own code-protect
mechanism. External read and write operations by
programmers are disabled if this mechanism is
enabled.
The microcontroller can read and execute instructions
out of the internal Flash program memory, regardless
of the state of the code-protect configuration bits.
EXAMPLE 3-1:
FLASH PROGRAM READ
TABLE 3-1:
REGISTERS ASSOCIATED WITH PROGRAM FLASH
BSF
STATUS, RP1
;
BCF
STATUS, RP0
; Bank 2
MOVF
ADDRH, W
;
MOVWF
PMADRH
; MSByte of Program Address to read
MOVF
ADDRL, W
;
MOVWF
PMADR
; LSByte of Program Address to read
BSF
STATUS, RP0
; Bank 3 Required
Required
BSF
PMCON1, RD
; EEPROM Read Sequence
Sequence
NOP
; memory is read in the next two cycles after BSF PMCON1,RD
NOP
;
BCF
STATUS, RP0
; Bank 2
MOVF
PMDATA, W
; W = LSByte of Program PMDATA
MOVF
PMDATH, W
; W = MSByte of Program PMDATH
Address
Name
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Value on:
POR, BOR
Value on
all other
Resets
10Dh
PMADR
EEPROM Address Register Low Byte
xxxx xxxx uuuu uuuu
10Fh
PMADRH
—
EEPROM Address Register High Byte ---- xxxx ---u uuuu
10Ch
PMDATA EEPROM Data Register Low Byte
xxxx xxxx uuuu uuuu
10Eh
PMDATH
—
EEPROM Data Register High Byte
--xx xxxx --uu uuuu
18Ch
PMCON1 reserved(1)
—
RD
1--- ---0 1--- ---0
Legend:
x
= unknown, u = unchanged, — = unimplemented, read as ‘0’. Shaded cells are not used during Flash access.
Note 1:
This bit always reads as a ‘1’.