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11.5. Hold

The

pin is used to pause the serial communication with the device without having to stop or reset the clock

sequence. The Hold mode, however, does not have an affect on any internally self-timed operations such as a

program or erase cycle. Therefore, if an erase cycle is in progress, asserting the

pin will not pause the

operation, and the erase cycle will continue until it is finished.

The Hold mode can only be entered while the

pin is asserted. The Hold mode is activated simply by asserting

the

pin during the SCK low pulse. If the

pin is asserted during the SCK high pulse, then the Hold

mode won’t be started until the beginning of the next SCK low pulse. The device will remain in the Hold mode as

long as the

pin and

pin are asserted.

While in the Hold mode, the SO pin will be in a high-impedance state. In addition, both the SI pin and the SCK pin

will be ignored. The

pin, however, can still be asserted or deasserted while in the Hold mode.

To end the Hold mode and resume serial communication, the

pin must be deasserted during the SCK low

pulse. If the

pin is deasserted during the SCK high pulse, then the Hold mode won’t end until the beginning

of the next SCK low pulse.

If the

pin is deasserted while the

pin is still asserted, then any operation that may have been started will

be aborted, and the device will reset the WEL bit in the Status Register back to the logical “0” state.

Figure 11-5.

Hold Mode

HOLD

SCK

Hold

HOLD

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