Datasheet
71M6543F/71M6543G Data Sheet   
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Name  Location  Rst  Wk  Dir  Description 
SPI_SAFE 
270C[3]  0  0  R/W 
Limits SPI writes to 
SPI_CMD
 and a 16 byte region in 
DRAM when set. No other write operations are permitted. 
SPI_STAT 
2708[7:0]  0  0  R 
SPI_STAT contains the status results from the previous 
SPI transaction 
Bit 7 - 71M6543 ready error: the 71M6543 was not 
ready to read or write as directed by the previous 
command. 
Bit 6 - Read data parity: This bit is the parity of all bytes 
read from the 71M6543 in the previous command. Does 
not include the SPI_STAT byte. 
Bit 5 - Write data parity: This bit is the overall parity of 
the bytes written to the 71M6543 in the previous 
command. It includes CMD and ADDR bytes. 
Bit 4:2 - Bottom 3 bits of the byte count. Does not 
include ADDR and CMD bytes. One, two, and three 
byte instructions return 111. 
Bit 1 - SPI FLASH mode: This bit is zero when the 
TEST pin is zero. 
Bit 0 - SPI FLASH mode ready: Used in SPI FLASH 
mode. Indicates that the flash is ready to receive 
another write instruction. 
SPI Flash Mode (SFM) 
In normal operation, the SPI slave interface cannot read or write the flash memory. However, the 
71M6543 supports a special flash mode (SFM) which facilitates initial programming of the flash memory.  
When the 71M6543 is in this mode, the SPI can erase, read, and write the flash memory. Other memory 
elements such as XRAM and IO RAM are not accessible in this mode. In order to protect the flash 
contents, several operations are required before the SFM mode is successfully invoked. 
In SFM mode, the 71M6543 supports n byte reads and dual-byte writes to flash memory. See the SPI 
Transaction description on Page 68 for the format of read and write commands. Since the flash write 
operation is always based on a two-byte word, the initial address must always be even. Data is written to 
the 16-bit flash memory bus after the odd word is written. 
When the 71M6543G is operating SFM, SPI single-byte transactions are used to write to FL_BANK[1:0] 
(SFR 0xB6[1:0]). During an SPI single-byte transaction, SPI_CMD[1:0] will over-write the contents of 
FL_BANK[1:0] (SFR 0xB6[1:0]). This will allow for access of the entire 128 KB flash memory while 
operating in SFM. 
In SFM mode, the MPU is completely halted. For this reason, the interrupt feature described in the SPI 
Transaction section above is not available in SFM mode. The 71M6543 must be reset by the WD timer or 
by the RESET pin in order to exit SFM mode. 
Invoking SFM 
The following conditions must be met prior to invoking SFM: 
•  ICE_E = 1. This disables the watchdog and adds another layer of protection against inadvertent 
Flash corruption. 
•  The external power source (V3P3SYS, V3P3A) is at the proper level (> 3.0 VDC).  
•  PREBOOT = 0 (SFR 0xB2[7]). This validates the state of the SECURE bit (SFR 0xB2[6]). 
•  SECURE = 0. This I/O RAM register indicates that SPI secure mode is not enabled. Operations are 
limited to SFM Mass Erase mode if the SECURE bit = 1 (Flash read back is not allowed in Secure mode).  
•  FLSH_UNLOCK[3:0] = 0010 (I/O RAM 0x2702[7:4]). 










