HD64F3039F18 Datasheet, PDF (482/710 Pages) Renesas Technology Corp – Renesas 16-Bit Single-Chip Microcomputer H8 Family / H8/300H Series

Section 15 ROM
On-Chip RAM Area Divisions in Boot Mode
In boot mode, the RAM area is divided into an area used by the boot program and an area to which
the user program is transferred via the SCI, as shown in figure 15.8. The boot program area can be
used when a transition is made to the execution state for the user program transferred to RAM.
H'FEF10
Boot program
area
(Approximately 1kbyte)
H'FF300
H'FFF0F
User program
transfer area
(Approximately
3.0 kbytes)
Notes: 1. The boot program area cannot be used until a transition is made to the execution
state for the user program transferred to RAM. Note also that the boot program
remains in this RAM area even after control branches to the user program.
2. When flash memory emulation is performed using RAM, part of the user program
transfer area (H'FF800 to H'FFBFF) is used as an area for carrying out emulation,
and therefore user program transfer must not be performed to this area.
Figure 15.8 RAM Areas in Boot Mode
Notes on using the boot mode
(1) When this LSI comes out of reset in boot mode, it measures the low period the input at the
SCI's RXD₁ pin. The reset should end with RXD₁ high. After the reset ends, it takes about 100
states for this LSI to get ready to measure the low period of the RXD₁ input.
(2) If any data has been written to the flash memory (if all data is not H'FF), all flash memory
blocks are erased when this mode is executed. Therefore, boot mode should be used for initial
on-board programming, or for forced recovery if the program to be activated in user program
mode is accidentally erased and user program mode cannot be executed, for example.
(3) Interrupts cannot be used during programming or erasing of flash memory.
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