RE: [Yaffs] Re: power fail testing

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Author: Sergei Sharonov
Date:  
To: manningc2, tglx
CC: yaffs
Subject: RE: [Yaffs] Re: power fail testing
Hi,

> > Hmm, thats a dangerous assumption. Assume that the WP pin
> > is switched to
> > write protect mode by a reset controller which supervises the power
> > supply.
>
> Thanx Thomas I had not considered this condition.
>
> The WP directly controls the internal high voltage charge
> pump that drives
> the programming. If WP goes low, the hv will droop and the
> programming will not complete reliably.
>
> In most circuits I am familar with, the WP is strapped to Vcc
> which would allow in-progress writes to complete.


Well, I just checked schematic and I did hook WP to global reset
signal, the one that comes from reset generator. Always thought it
was a good idea ;-)

Sergei
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