AT25010/020/040

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WRITE SEQUENCE (WRITE):

In order to program the

AT25010/020/040, the Write Protect pin (WP) must be held

high and two separate instructions must be executed. First,

the device must be write enabled via the Write Enable

(WREN) Instruction. Then a Write (WRITE) Instruction may

be executed. Also, the address of the memory location(s)

to be programmed must be outside the protected address

field location selected by the Block Write Protection Level.

During an internal write cycle, all commands will be ignored

except the RDSR instruction.

A Write Instruction requires the following sequence. After

the CS line is pulled low to select the device, the WRITE

op-code (including A8) is transmitted via the SI line fol-

lowed by the byte address (A7-A0) and the data (D7-D0) to

be programmed. Programming will start after the CS pin is

brought high. (The LOW to High transition of the CS pin

must occur during the SCK low time immediately after

clocking in the D0 (LSB) data bit.

The READY/BUSY status of the device can be determined

by initiating a READ STATUS REGISTER (RDSR) Instruc-

tion. If Bit 0 = 1, the WRITE cycle is still in progress. If Bit 0

= 0, the WRITE cycle has ended. Only the READ STATUS

REGISTER instruction is enabled during the WRITE pro-

gramming cycle.

The AT25010/020/040 is capable of an 8-byte PAGE

WRITE operation. After each byte of data is received, the

three low order address bits are internally incremented by

one; the six high order bits of the address will remain con-

stant. If more than 8 bytes of data are transmitted, the

address counter will roll over and the previously written

data will be overwritten. The AT25010/020/040 is automati-

cally returned to the write disable state at the completion of

a WRITE cycle.

Note:

If the WP pin is brought low or if the device is not Write

enabled (WREN), the device will ignore the Write instruc-

tion and will return to the standby state, when CS is

brought high. A new CS falling edge is required to re-ini-

tiate the serial communication.