Datasheet
RL78/L12  CHAPTER 23 SAFETY FUNCTIONS 
R01UH0330EJ0200 Rev.2.00      786 
Dec 13, 2013 
23.3.5 SFR guard function 
In order to guarantee safety during operation, the IEC61508 standard mandates that important SFRs be protected from 
being overwritten, even if the CPU freezes. 
This SFR guard function is used to protect data in the control registers used by the port function, interrupt function, 
clock control function, voltage detection function, and RAM parity error detection function. 
If the SFR guard function is specified, writing to the specified SFRs is disabled, but reading from the SFRs can be 
carried out as usual. 
23.3.5.1 Invalid memory access detection control register (IAWCTL) 
This register is used to control the detection of invalid memory access and RAM/SFR guard function. 
GPORT, GINT and GCSC bits are used in SFR guard function. 
The IAWCTL register can be set by an 8-bit memory manipulation instruction. 
Reset signal generation clears this register to 00H. 
Figure 23-10. Format of Invalid Memory Access Detection Control Register (IAWCTL) 
Address: F0078H After reset: 00H R/W 
Symbol 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 
IAWCTL IAWEN 0 GRAM1 GRAM0 0 GPORT GINT GCSC 
GPORT  Control registers of port function guard 
0  Disabled. Control registers of port function can be read or written to. 
1  Enabled. Writing to control registers of port function is disabled. Reading is enabled. 
[Guarded SFR] PMxx, PUxx, PIMxx, POMxx, PMCxx, ADPC, PIOR, PFSEGxx, ISCLCD 
Note 1
GINT  Registers of interrupt function guard 
0  Disabled. Registers of interrupt function can be read or written to. 
1  Enabled. Writing to registers of interrupt function is disabled. Reading is enabled.  
[Guarded SFR] IFxx, MKxx, PRxx, EGPx, EGNx 
GCSC
 Notes 2
  Control registers of clock control function, voltage detector and RAM parity error detection function guard
0 
Disabled. Control registers of clock control function, voltage detector and RAM parity error detection 
function can be read or written to. 
1 
Enabled. Writing to control registers of clock control function, voltage detector and RAM parity error 
detection function is disabled. Reading is enabled. 
[Guarded SFR] CMC, CSC, OSTS, CKC, PERx, OSMC, LVIM, LVIS, RPECTL 
Notes 1. Pxx (Port register) is not guarded. 
 2. Clear GCSC bit to 0, during self programming /serial programming. 










