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Preliminary

4.4

Brown-out Reset (BOR)

PIC18F2682/2685/4682/4685 devices implement a

BOR circuit that provides the user with a number of

configuration and power-saving options. The BOR

is controlled

the

BORV1:BORV0

and

BOREN1:BOREN0 Configuration bits. There are a total

of four BOR configurations which are summarized in

Table 4-1.

The BOR threshold is set by the BORV1:BORV0 bits. If

BOR is enabled (any value of BOREN1:BOREN0,

except ‘00’), any drop of VDD below VBOR (parameter

D005) for greater than TBOR (parameter 35) will reset

the device. A Reset may or may not occur if VDD falls

below VBOR for less than TBOR. The chip will remain in

Brown-out Reset until VDD rises above VBOR.

If the Power-up Timer is enabled, it will be invoked after

VDD rises above VBOR; it then will keep the chip in

Reset

for

additional

time

delay,

TPWRT

(parameter 33). If VDD drops below VBOR while the

Power-up Timer is running, the chip will go back into a

Brown-out Reset and the Power-up Timer will be

initialized. Once VDD rises above VBOR, the Power-up

Timer will execute the additional time delay.

BOR

and

the

Power-on

Timer

(PWRT)

are

independently configured. Enabling Brown-out Reset

does not automatically enable the PWRT.

4.4.1

SOFTWARE ENABLED BOR

When BOREN1:BOREN0 = 01, the BOR can be

enabled or disabled by the user in software. This is

done with the control bit, SBOREN (RCON<6>).

Setting SBOREN enables the BOR to function as

previously described. Clearing SBOREN disables the

BOR entirely. The SBOREN bit operates only in this

mode; otherwise it is read as ‘0’.

Placing the BOR under software control gives the user

the additional flexibility of tailoring the application to its

environment without having to reprogram the device to

change BOR configuration. It also allows the user to

tailor device power consumption in software by elimi-

nating the incremental current that the BOR consumes.

While the BOR current is typically very small, it may

have some impact in low-power applications.

4.4.2

DETECTING BOR

When BOR is enabled, the BOR bit always resets to ‘0’

on any Brown-out Reset or Power-on Reset event. This

makes it difficult to determine if a Brown-out Reset

event has occurred just by reading the state of BOR

alone. A more reliable method is to simultaneously

check the state of both POR and BOR. This assumes

that the POR bit is reset to ‘1’ in software immediately

after any Power-on Reset event. IF BOR is ‘0’ while

POR is ‘1’, it can be reliably assumed that a Brown-out

Reset event has occurred.

4.4.3

DISABLING BOR IN SLEEP MODE

When BOREN1:BOREN0 = 10, the BOR remains

under hardware control and operates as previously

described. Whenever the device enters Sleep mode,

however, the BOR is automatically disabled. When the

device returns to any other operating mode, BOR is

automatically re-enabled.

This mode allows for applications to recover from

brown-out situations, while actively executing code,

when the device requires BOR protection the most. At

the same time, it saves additional power in Sleep mode

by eliminating the small incremental BOR current.

TABLE 4-1:

BOR CONFIGURATIONS

Note:

Even when BOR is under software control,

the Brown-out Reset voltage level is still

set by the BORV1:BORV0 Configuration

bits. It cannot be changed in software.

BOR Configuration

Status of

SBOREN

(RCON<6>)

BOR Operation

BOREN1

BOREN0

Unavailable

BOR disabled; must be enabled by reprogramming the Configuration bits.

Available

BOR enabled in software; operation controlled by SBOREN.

Unavailable

BOR enabled in hardware in Run and Idle modes, disabled during Sleep

mode.

Unavailable

BOR enabled in hardware; must be disabled by reprogramming the

Configuration bits.

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