MC68HC908JB8 Datasheet, PDF (164/286 Pages) Motorola, Inc – MICROCONTROLLERS

Monitor ROM (MON)
10.3 Features
Features of the monitor ROM include the following:
• Normal user-mode pin functionality
• One pin dedicated to serial communication between monitor ROM
and host computer
• Standard mark/space non-return-to-zero (NRZ) communication
with host computer
• Execution of code in RAM or FLASH
• FLASH memory security feature¹
• FLASH memory programming interface
• 976 bytes monitor ROM code size
• Monitor mode entry without high voltage, V_DD + V_HI, if reset vector
is blank ($FFFE and $FFFF contain $FF)
• Standard monitor mode entry if high voltage, V_DD + V_HI, is applied
to IRQ
10.4 Functional Description
The monitor ROM receives and executes commands from a host
computer. Figure 10-1 shows a example circuit used to enter monitor
mode and communicate with a host computer via a standard RS-232
interface.
Simple monitor commands can access any memory address. In monitor
mode, the MCU can execute host-computer code in RAM while most
MCU pins retain normal operating mode functions. All communication
between the host computer and the MCU is through the PTA0 pin. A
level-shifting and multiplexing interface is required between PTA0 and
the host computer. PTA0 is used in a wired-OR configuration and
requires a pull-up resistor.
Technical Data
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1. No security feature is absolutely secure. However, Freescale’s strategy is to make reading or
copying the FLASH difficult for unauthorized users.
MC68HC908JB8•MC68HC08JB8•MC68HC08JT8 — Rev. 2.3
Monitor ROM (MON)
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