RE: Help for init value of SRAM in MPC 562
"Young Randall" <[email protected]> Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:55:49 -0700
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--VnEUVSyEP6nKy9NiuwcznPOVHRY8XGz0E-4NgK- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is definitely possible to find different values in SRAM at power-on. So= me are more common than others, but short power outages can change just a f= ew bits. I would suggest using a 32 bit CRC rather than a single inverted byte. Tha= t greatly reduces the chances of an error not being detected (although stil= l not zero). Randall Young Sr Software Engineer Navcom Technology, Inc. A John Deere Company > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Sudhersan Lal > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MPC500] Help for init value of SRAM in MPC 562 > > Hello Everyone > Anybody know or can help me to find out more information regarding the > initialization value of SRAM contents during power up . > I would like to save some values in sram so that I can read that back > after a reset , for eg saving a byte value and its compliment and check > the consistency between these two variables . This would make sure that, > the value is really what I saved prior to reset and not the garbage value > which would appear in the memory after a power up. > Any existing behavior known for mpc microcontrollers related to this? > if it is stored like the value and its compliment , what is the > probability of the random initial values in two bytes to be compliment of > each other and mistaken as the good value > Regards > Sudhersan > fdpnmailgwapp3.dpn.deere.com made the following annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY. This electronic mail and any files transmitted with it may= contain information proprietary to NavCom Technology, Inc., or one of its = affiliates, and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity= to whom they are addressed, shall be maintained in confidence and not disc= losed to third parties without the written consent of the sender. 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That greatly reduces the chances of an error not being detected (although still not zero).<br> <br> Randall Young<br> Sr Software Engineer<br> Navcom Technology, Inc.<br> A John Deere Company<br> <br> > -----Original Message-----<br> > From: <a href="mailto:MPC500%40yahoogroups.com">MPC500@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:MPC500%40yahoogroups.com">MPC500@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a>] On Behalf Of<br> > Sudhersan Lal<br> > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 8:43 PM<br> > To: <a href="mailto:MPC500%40yahoogroups.com">MPC500@yahoogroups.<wbr>com</a><br> > Subject: [MPC500] Help for init value of SRAM in MPC 562<br> ><br> > Hello Everyone<br> > Anybody know or can help me to find out more information regarding the<br> > initialization value of SRAM contents during power up .<br> > I would like to save some values in sram so that I can read that back<br> > after a reset , for eg saving a byte value and its compliment and check<br> > the consistency between these two variables . This would make sure that,<br> > the value is really what I saved prior to reset and not the garbage value<br> > which would appear in the memory after a power up.<br> > Any existing behavior known for mpc microcontrollers related to this?<br> > if it is stored like the value and its compliment , what is the<br> > probability of the random initial values in two bytes to be compliment of<br> > each other and mistaken as the good value<br> > Regards<br> > Sudhersan<br> ><br> <br> fdpnmailgwapp3.<wbr>dpn.deere.<wbr>com made the following annotations<br> ------------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>---------<wbr>-<br> CONFIDENTIALITY. 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