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© 2008 Microchip Technology Inc. DS39646C-page 133
PIC18F8722 FAMILY
10.5 RCON Register
The RCON register contains bits used to determine the
cause of the last Reset or wake-up from Idle or Sleep
modes. RCON also contains the bit that enables
interrupt priorities (IPEN).
REGISTER 10-13: RCON: RESET CONTROL REGISTER
R/W-0 R/W-1 U-0 R/W-1 R-1 R-1 R/W-0 R/W-0
IPEN SBOREN
—RITO PD POR BOR
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 IPEN: Interrupt Priority Enable bit
1 = Enable priority levels on interrupts
0 = Disable priority levels on interrupts (PIC16CXXX Compatibility mode)
bit 6 SBOREN: Software BOR Enable bit
For details of bit operation and Reset state, see Register 4-1.
bit 5 Unimplemented: Read as ‘0’
bit 4 RI
: RESET Instruction Flag bit
For details of bit operation, see Register 4-1.
bit 3 TO: Watchdog Timer Time-out Flag bit
For details of bit operation, see Register 4-1.
bit 2 PD: Power-Down Detection Flag bit
For details of bit operation, see Register 4-1.
bit 1 POR: Power-on Reset Status bit
For details of bit operation, see Register 4-1.
bit 0 BOR: Brown-out Reset Status bit
For details of bit operation, see Register 4-1.