Datasheet
2006-2012 Microchip Technology Inc. DS41291G-page 219
PIC16F882/883/884/886/887
14.2.5 TIME-OUT SEQUENCE
On power-up, the time-out sequence is as follows: first,
PWRT time-out is invoked after POR has expired, then
OST is activated after the PWRT time-out has expired.
The total time-out will vary based on oscillator
configuration and PWRTE
bit status. For example, in
EC mode with PWRTE
bit erased (PWRT disabled),
there will be no time-out at all. Figures 14-4, 14-5
and 14-6 depict time-out sequences. The device can
execute code from the INTOSC while OST is active by
enabling Two-Speed Start-up or Fail-Safe Monitor (see
Section 4.7.2 “Two-Speed Start-up Sequence” and
Section 4.8 “Fail-Safe Clock Monitor”).
Since the time-outs occur from the POR pulse, if MCLR
is kept low long enough, the time-outs will expire. Then,
bringing MCLR
high will begin execution immediately
(see Figure 14-5). This is useful for testing purposes or
to synchronize more than one
PIC16F882/883/884/886/887 device operating in par-
allel.
Table 14-5 shows the Reset conditions for some
special registers, while Table 14-4 shows the Reset
conditions for all the registers.
14.2.6 POWER CONTROL (PCON)
REGISTER
The Power Control register PCON (address 8Eh) has
two Status bits to indicate what type of Reset that last
occurred.
Bit 0 is BOR
(Brown-out Reset). BOR is unknown on
Power-on Reset. It must then be set by the user and
checked on subsequent Resets to see if BOR = 0,
indicating that a Brown-out has occurred. The BOR
Status bit is a “don’t care” and is not necessarily
predictable if the brown-out circuit is disabled
(BOREN<1:0> = 00 in the Configuration Word
Register 1).
Bit 1 is POR
(Power-on Reset). It is a ‘0’ on Power-on
Reset and unaffected otherwise. The user must write a
‘1’ to this bit following a Power-on Reset. On a
subsequent Reset, if POR
is ‘0’, it will indicate that a
Power-on Reset has occurred (i.e., V
DD may have
gone too low).
For more information, see Section 3.2.2 “Ultra
Low-Power Wake-up” and Section 14.2.4
“Brown-out Reset (BOR)”.
TABLE 14-1: TIME-OUT IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS
TABLE 14-2: STATUS/PCON BITS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
TABLE 14-3: SUMMARY OF REGISTERS ASSOCIATED WITH BROWN-OUT
Oscillator Configuration
Power-up Brown-out Reset
Wake-up from
Sleep
PWRTE
= 0 PWRTE = 1 PWRTE = 0 PWRTE = 1
XT, HS, LP T
PWRT +
1024 • T
OSC
1024 • TOSC TPWRT +
1024 • T
OSC
1024 • TOSC 1024 • TOSC
LP, T1OSCIN = 1 TPWRT —TPWRT ——
RC, EC, INTOSC TPWRT —TPWRT ——
POR BOR TO
PD Condition
0x11Power-on Reset
u011Brown-out Reset
uu0uWDT Reset
uu00WDT Wake-up
uuuuMCLR
Reset during normal operation
uu10MCLR Reset during Sleep
Legend: u = unchanged, x = unknown
Name Bit 7 Bit 6 Bit 5 Bit 4 Bit 3 Bit 2 Bit 1 Bit 0
Register on
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PCON
— — ULPWUE SBOREN — —PORBOR 38
STATUS
IRP RP1 RPO TO PD Z DC C 31
Legend: u = unchanged, x = unknown, — = unimplemented bit, reads as ‘0’, q = value depends on condition.
Shaded cells are not used by BOR.
Note 1: Other (non Power-up) Resets include MCLR
Reset and Watchdog Timer Reset during normal operation.