Datasheet

PIC16F610/616/16HV610/616

2.2.2.6 PCON Register

The Power Control (PCON) register (see Table 12-2)

contains flag bits to differentiate between a:

• Power-on Reset (POR

)

• Brown-out Reset (BOR)

• Watchdog Timer Reset (WDT)

• External MCLR

Reset

The PCON register also controls the software enable of

the BOR

The PCON register bits are shown in Register 2-6.

U-0 U-0 U-0 U-0 U-0 U-0 R/W-0 R/W-0

(1)

— — — — — —PORBOR

bit 7 bit 0

Legend:

R = Readable bit W = Writable bit U = Unimplemented bit, read as ‘0’

-n = Value at POR ‘1’ = Bit is set ‘0’ = Bit is cleared x = Bit is unknown

bit 7-2 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’

bit 1 POR

: Power-on Reset Status bit

1 = No Power-on Reset occurred

0 = A Power-on Reset occurred (must be set in software after a Power-on Reset occurs)

bit 0 BOR

: Brown-out Reset Status bit

1 = No Brown-out Reset occurred

0 = A Brown-out Reset occurred (must be set in software after a Brown-out Reset occurs)

Note 1: Reads as ‘0’ if Brown-out Reset is disabled.