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2010-2012 Microchip Technology Inc. DS41452C-page 103
PIC16(L)F1516/7/8/9
11.5 Write Verify
It is considered good programming practice to verify that
program memory writes agree with the intended value.
Since program memory is stored as a full page then the
stored program memory contents are compared with the
intended data stored in RAM after the last write is
complete.
FIGURE 11-8: FLASH PROGRAM
MEMORY VERIFY
FLOWCHART
Start
Verify Operation
Read Operation
(Figure x.x)
End
Verify Operation
This routine assumes that the last row
of data written was from an image
saved in RAM. This image will be used
to verify the data currently stored in
Flash Program Memory.
PMDAT =
RAM image
?
Last
Word ?
Fail
Verify Operation
No
Yes
Yes
No
Figure 11-2