M25PE80
Operating features
● The second Software Protected mode (SPM2) uses the Block Protect (BP2, BP1,
BP0, see Section 6.4.3) bits to allow part of the memory to be configured as read-only.
Table 4. Protected area sizes
Status Register
content
Memory content
BP2 BP1 BP0
bit bit bit
Protected area
Unprotected area
0 0 0 none
All sectors(1) (sixteen sectors: 0 to 15)
0 0 1 Upper sixteenth (Sector 15)
Lower fifteen-sixteenths (fifteen sectors:
0 to 14)
0
1
0
Upper eighth (two sectors: 14 and 15)
Lower seven-eighths (fourteen sectors:
0 to 13)
0
1
1
Upper quarter (four sectors: 12 to 15)
Lower three-quarters (twelve sectors: 0
to 11)
1 0 0 Upper half (eight sectors: 8 to 15)
Lower half (eight sectors: 0 to 7)
1 0 1 All sectors (sixteen sectors: 0 to 15) none
1 1 0 All sectors (sixteen sectors: 0 to 15) none
1 1 1 All sectors (sixteen sectors: 0 to 15) none
1. The device is ready to accept a Bulk Erase instruction if, and only if, all Block Protect (BP2, BP1, BP0) are
0.
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