PIC16C925/926
12.3 RESET
The PIC16C9XX differentiates between various kinds
of RESET:
• Power-on Reset (POR)
• MCLR Reset during normal operation
• MCLR Reset during SLEEP
• WDT Reset (normal operation)
• Brown-out Reset (BOR)
Some registers are not affected in any RESET condi-
tion; their status is unknown on POR and unchanged in
any other RESET. Most other registers are reset to a
“RESET state” on Power-on Reset (POR), on the
MCLR and WDT Reset, and on MCLR Reset during
SLEEP. They are not affected by a WDT Wake-up,
which is viewed as the resumption of normal operation.
The TO and PD bits are set or cleared differently in dif-
ferent RESET situations, as indicated in Table 12-4.
These bits are used in software to determine the nature
of the RESET. See Table 12-6 for a full description of
RESET states of all registers.
A simplified block diagram of the On-Chip Reset Circuit
is shown in Figure 12-6.
The devices all have a MCLR noise filter in the MCLR
Reset path. The filter will detect and ignore small
pulses.
It should be noted that a WDT Reset does not drive
MCLR pin low.
FIGURE 12-6:
SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM OF ON-CHIP RESET CIRCUIT
External
Reset
MCLR
VDD
OSC1
WDT
Module
VDD Rise
Detect
SLEEP
WDT
Time-out
Reset
Power-on
Reset
Brown-out
Reset
BOREN
OST/PWRT
OST
10-bit Ripple Counter
(1)
On-chip
RC OSC
PWRT
10-bit Ripple Counter
S
Chip_Reset
R
Q
Enable PWRT(2)
Enable OST(2)
Note 1: This is a separate oscillator from the RC oscillator of the CLKIN pin.
2: See Table 12-3 for various time-out situations.
2001 Microchip Technology Inc.
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