ACE25AC512G

SPI NOR FLASH

VER 1.1

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Data Protection

The ACE25AC512G provides the following data protection methods:

Write Enable (WREN) command: The WREN command is set the Write Enable Latch bit (WEL). The WEL

bit will return to reset by the following situation:



Power-Up



Write Disable (WRDI)



Write Status Register (WRSR)



Page Program (PP)



Sector Erase (SE) / Block Erase (BE) / Chip Erase (CE)

Software Protection Mode:



SRWD=0, the Block Protect (BP2, BP1, BP0) bits define the section of the memory array that can be

read but not change

SRWD=1, the Write Status Register (WRSR) instruction is no longer accepted for execution and the



SRWD bit and Block Protect bits (BP2, BP1, BP0) are read only.

Table 1.ACE25AC512G Protected Area Sizes

Status bit

Protect level

Protect Block

BP2

BP1

BP0

0

0

0

0(none)

None

0

0

1

1 (1 block)

Block 7

0

1

0

2 (2 blocks)

Block 6-7

0

1

1

3 (4 blocks)

Block 4-7

1

0

0

4 (8 blocks)

All

1

0

1

5 (All)

All

1

1

0

6 (All)

All

1

1

1

7 (All)

All