Upon leaving BDM active mode, the CPU return address is stored

temporarily for a few cycles in the BDM shift register. If a BDM command

transmission is detected during this time, the return address will be

manipulated in the BDM shift register. This situation is likely to occur

when a CPU BGND instruction is executed in user code during debugging

under the following conditions:



(i) The BDM module is not enabled AND

(ii) BDM commands are sent from the host



If this situation occurs, the CPU will execute BDM firmware and will

check the status of the ENBDM bit in the BDMSTS register. If the BDM is

disabled, the ENBDM bit will be clear, and hence the BDM firmware will

be exited and the shift register manipulation described above will occur. 

Avoid using the BGND instruction when the ENBDM bit in the BDMSTS

register is cleared. 

At oscillator frequencies above 4MHz the Program step of the EEPROM

Sector-Modify command can fail depending on the bus frequency. As a

result, no programming of the EEPROM occurs. There is no impact to the

Erase step of the Sector-Modify command. Since a partial programming of

the word cannot occur, there is not a reliability issue caused by the

Sector-Modify command if the programmed word is verified.

 

   Oscillator             Bus

   Frequency           Frequency

   ----------    ----------------------

     4MHz             No Issue

     8MHz        Fbus <20MHz : No issue

    16MHz        Fbus <16MHz : No issue





 

Use seperate Erase and Program commands in place of the Sector-Modify

command. If the Sector-Modify command is used and fails the program step

as confirmed by a user verification step, a Program command alone can be

used to effectively complete the operation since the erase step does

successfully erase the sector. 

If the ECLK is used as an external bus control signal (ESTR=1) the first

external access is lost after switching from a single chip mode with

enabled ECLK output to an expanded mode. The ECLK is erroneously held in

the high phase thus the first external bus access does not generate a

rising ECLK edge for the external logic to latch the address. The ECLK

stretches low after the lost access resulting in all following external

accesses to be valid. 

Enter expanded mode with ECLK output disabled (NECLK=1). Enable the ECLK

after switching the mode before executing the first external access. 

When messages received by the msCAN controller are not serviced in 

time, such that the five-stage FIFO becomes full, one data byte of 

the oldest message in the receive buffer FIFO may contain invalid data

with the value 0x7F.



The data lengths of the oldest and the newest message in the FIFO 

determine if this occurs, and if so, the position of the affected Data

Segment Register (DSR) byte:

 

      DSR(n+2) is affected in oldest message if newest message has data

length n.





CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ERROR OCCURS



This issue occurs only when the message buffer FIFO runs full:

   The FIFO has been filled with four messages 'a' (oldest), 'b', 'c', 

   and 'd', when a new message 'e' is received that is protocol 

   compliant (no errors) and that passes the acceptance filter.



and the oldest and newest message lengths meet the following critera:

   The data length codes, La and Le, of messages 'a' and 'e' are such 

   that:

      3  <= La <= 8, and

      0  <= Le <= 5, and

      Le <= La - 3.



Example



Consider the case where La = 8, and Le = 4.

Here n = Le = 4, therefore byte DSR(n+2) = DSR6 (i.e. the seventh data

byte of message 'a') gets written to 0x7F.



PROBABILITY OF THE ERROR OCCURRING



A. The FIFO runs full without service (near-overrun situation) - Pa:

   Application software will typically avoid this possible overrun 

   situation, minimizing the probability of this condition occurring - 

   hence this is typically a very low probability (that is dependent on     

   the application implementation).



B. Message length dependency - Pb:

   If all Rx messages have the same length, or are 6, 7, or 8 bytes  

   long, there is no possibility of the error occurring, and Pb = 0.



   For random non-0 data lengths, Pb = 0.25 (approximately).



Overall, the probability of the error occurring is P = Pa x Pb. 

The following precautions can be taken to avoid the problem:



- Do not allow the receive FIFO buffer to become full. 

  > If necessary, raise the Rx interrupt priority so that condition

    A is avoided.

- Use constant data lengths (any value) for the Rx messages

  > E.g. use eight bytes only, and pad shorter messages with dummy

    bytes

- Use (mixed) data lengths in the range 6 to 8.

- Use (mixed) data lengths in the range 1 to 3.

- Use a parity or checksum scheme to detect a corrupted byte.

- Check for the 'critical' value 0x7F in bytes 3 to 8. 

With the SPI configured as a slave, clearing the SPE bit (to disable 

the SPI) together with clearing the CPHA bit while the SS pin is low 

causes the transmit shift register to be locked for the next 

transmission following the SPI being re-enabled as a slave with SS 

still being low. 



This means new transmit data is not accepted for the first 

transmission after re-enabling the SPI (indicated by SPTEF staying low 

after storing transmit data into SPIDR), but for the next following 

transmission.



 

When disabling the slave SPI, CPHA should not be cleared at the same time. 

Starting a conversion with a write to ATDxCTL5 or on an external 

trigger event, and aborting immediately afterwards with a write to 

ATDxCTL0, ATDCTL1, ATDxCTL2 or ATDxCTL3 can fail to stop the 

conversion process.





 

Only write to ATDxCTL4 to abort an ongoing conversion sequence.



Use the recommended start and abort procedures from the Block Guide.

Section :  Initialization/Application Information

Subsection: Setting up and starting an A/D conversion

Subsection: Aborting an A/D conversion





 

The initial eight ID bits will be corrupted if a message is set up for

transmission during the third bit of INTERMISSION and a dominant bit is

sampled leading to an early-SOF*.



The CRC is calculated from the resulting bit stream so that the

receiving nodes will still validate the message.



An early-SOF condition may only occur if the oscillators in the network

operate at a tolerance range which could lead to a cumulated phase error

after 11 bit times larger than phase segment 2. 



In case arbitration is lost during transmission of the corrupt

identifier, a non-corrupted ID will be sent with the next attempt if the

transmit request remains active.



*The CAN protocol condition referred to as 'early-SOF' in this erratum

is detailed in "Bosch CAN Specification Version 2.0" Part A, section 9,

and a Note to section 3.2.5 INTERFRAME SPACING – INTERMISSION in Part B. 

Due to increased oscillator tolerance a transmission start in the third

bit of intermission is possible and allowed. The errata can be avoided

when calculating the maximum oscillator tolerance of the overall CAN

system. The phase error after 11 bit times due to the oscillator

tolerance should be smaller than phase segment 2.



If an early-SOF cannot be avoided the following methods will provide

prevention:



- Assigning the same value to all upper eight ID bits in the network

- Allocating dedicated data length codes (DLC) to every identifier used 

  in the network and checking for correspondence after reception

- Assigning only IDs (x) which do not consist of a combination of other 

  assigned IDs (y,z) and using the acceptance filters to reject 

  erroneous messages, i.e. 

  - for standard frames: IDx[11:0]  != {IDy[11:3], IDz[2:0]}

  - for extended frames: IDx[28:21] != {IDy[28:21],IDz[20:0]} 

It is possible that after the device enters Stop or Pseudo-Stop mode it

may reset rather than wake up normally upon reception of the wake-up

signal. 



CONDITIONS: This event will only happen provided ALL of the following

conditions are met: 

    1) Device is powered by the on-chip voltage regulator. 

    2) Device enters stop or pseudo-stop mode by execution of STOP

instruction by the CPU (provided the S-bit in CCR is cleared) 

NOTE: The part enters stop mode either after 12 oscillator clock cycles

with the PLL disengaged or 3 PLL clock cycles and 8 oscillator clock

cycles with the PLL engaged after the STOP command is executed. 

    3) The wake-up signal is activated within a specific very short

window (typically 11ns long, not longer than 20ns). The position of the

window varies between different devices, however it never starts sooner

than 1.6µs and never ends later than 4.7µs after the stop mode entry. 



This really narrow width of the susceptible window (20ns maximum) makes

the erratum unlikely to ever show in the applications life. 



The incorrect behavior will never occur if ANY of the wake-up conditions

are met at the time when the stop mode entry is attempted (an enabled

interrupt is pending). 



EFFECT: 

If this incorrect behavior occurs, the device will Reset and indicate a

Low Voltage Reset (LVR) as the reset source. 

The device will operate normally after the reset.  

None. 



-- 



Asynchronous Low Voltage Resets are possible in any microcontroller

application (due to power supply drops) and the integrated LVR and LVI

features and dedicated LVR reset vector are provided to manage this fact

cleanly. For best practice, the application's software should be written

to recover from a Low Voltage Reset in a controlled manner. An

application software written to deal with valid Low Voltage Resets

should correctly manage erroneous LVR events. 



It can also be possible to avoid erroneous Low Voltage Resets from

synchronous wake-up events by configuring the application software to

ensure that the entry into stop occurs at such a time, in relation to

the wake-up event timer, that a wake-up event does not occur within

1.6µs to 4.7µs after Stop/Pseudo-Stop entry.  

When the ATD is started with write to ATDCTL5

and, which is very unusual and not necessary,

within a certain period again started with write

to ATDCTL5. The conversion will not start at all.

This does only happen if the two consecutive writes to ATDCTL5 occur 

within one "ATD clock period". An ATD clock period is defined by a full 

rollover of the ATD clock prescaler. That is for example PRS[4:0] = 2 -

> (2+1)*2 = within 6 bus cycles.

 

Only write once to ATDCTL5 when starting a conversion.



Use the recommended start and abort procedures from the Block Guide.

Section : Initialization/Application Information Subsection: Setting up

and starting an A/D conversion Subsection: Aborting an A/D conversion 

If the PWM emergency shutdown feature is enabled (PWM7ENA=1) and PWM

channel 7 is disabled (PWME7=0) another lower priority function

available on the related pin can take control over the data direction.

This does not lead to a problem if input mode is maintained. If the

alternative function switches to output mode the shutdown function may

unintentionally be triggered by the output data.

 

When using the PWM emergency shutdown feature the GPIO function on the

pin associated with PWM channel 7 should be selected as an input. 



In the case that this pin is selected as an output or where an

alternative function is enabled which could drive it as an output,

enable PWM channel 7 by setting the PWME7 bit. This prevents an

active shutdown level driven on the (output) pin from resulting in an

emergency shutdown of the enabled PWM channels.

 

Channel 0 – 3 Input Capture interrupts are inhibited when BUFEN=1, 

LATQ=0 and NOVWx=1 if an Input Capture edge occurs during or between a 

read of TCx and TCxH or between a read of TCx/TCxH and clearing of CxF.





Details:



When any of the buffered input capture channels 0 - 3 are configured 

for buffered/queue mode  (BUFEN=1, LATQ=0) each of the channel’s input 

capture holding registers and each channel’s associated pulse 

accumulator and its holding register are enabled. When the input 

capture channel is enabled by writing to a channel’s EDGxB and EDGxA 

bits, both the input capture and input capture holding register are 

considered empty. The first valid edge received after enabling a 

channel will latch the ECT’s free running counter into the input 

capture register (TCx) without setting the channel’s associated CxF 

interrupt flag. The second valid edge received will transfer the value 

of the input capture register, TCx, into the channel’s TCxH holding 

register, latch the current value of the free running timer into the 

input capture register and set the channel’s associated CxF interrupt 

flag. In this condition, both the TCx and TCxH registers are 

considered ‘full’.



If a corresponding channel’s NOVWx bit in the ICOVW register is set, 

the capture register or its holding register cannot be written by a 

valid edge at the input pin unless they are first emptied by reading 

the TCx and TCxH registers. The act of reading the TCx and TCxH 

registers and clearing the channel’s associated CxF interrupt flag 

involves three separate operations. Two 16-bit read operations and an 8-

bit write operation.



If a channel’s associated CxF interrupt flag is cleared before reading 

the TCx and TCxH registers and if a valid input edge occurs during or 

between the reading of the capture and holding register, a channel’s 

associated CxF interrupt flag will no longer be set as the result of 

valid input edges. For example:



Clear CxF

    |

    |

    V

Read TCx <----+

    |         |

    |<--------+--- Valid Input Edge Occurs

    V         |

Read TCxH <---+



If the TCx and TCxH registers are read before a channel’s associated 

CxF interrupt flag is cleared and if a valid input edge occurs between 

the reading of TCx/TCxH and the clearing of a channel’s associated CxF 

interrupt flag, a channel’s associated CxF interrupt flag will no 

longer be set as the result of valid input edges. For example:



Clear CxF

    |

    |

    V

Read TCx 

    |

    |<------------ Valid Input Edge Occurs

    V

Read TCxH





Systems that service the interrupt request and read the TCx and TCxH 

registers before the next valid edge occurs at a channel’s associated 

input pin will avoid the conditions under which the errata will occur.  

A simple workaround exists for this errata:



1. Clear the input capture channel’s associated CxF bit.

2. Disable the input capture function by writing 0:0 to a channel’s 

   EDGxB and EDGxA bits.

3. Read TCx

4. Read TCxH

5. Re-enable the input capture function by writing to a channel’s EDGxB 

   and EDGxA bits.





Code Example:



unsigned char ICSave;

unsigned int TC0Val;

unsigned int TC0HVal;



ICSave = TCTL4 & 0x03;  /* save state of EDG0B and EDG0A */

TFLG1 = 0x01;           /* clear ECT Channel 0 flag */

TCTL4 &= 0xfc;          /* disable Channel 0 input capture function */

TC0Val = TC0;           /* Read value of TC0 */

TC0HVal = TC0H;         /* Read value of TC0H */

TCTL4 |= ICSave;        /* Restore Channel 0 input capture function */ 

The pulse width of an output compare (which resets the free running

counter when TCRE = 1) will measure one more bus clock cycle than 

expected. 



 

The specification has been updated. Please refer to revision 01.06 (07

 May 2010) or later.



In description of bitfield TCRE in register TSCR2,a note has been added:

TCRE=1 and TC7!=0, the TCNT cycle period will be TC7 x "prescaler

counter width" + "1 Bus Clock". When TCRE is set and TC7 is not equal to

0, then TCNT will cycle from 0 to TC7. When TCNT reaches TC7 value, it

will last only one bus cycle then reset to 0.









 

When the PWM is used in 16-bit (concatenation) channel and the emergency

shutdown feature is being used, after de-asserting PWM channel 7

(note:PWMRSTRT should be set) the PWM channels (PP0-PP6) do not show the

state which is set by PWMLVL bit when the 16-bit counter is non-zero. 

 

None. 

In low power modes (stop/p-stop/wait – PSWAI=1) and during PWM PP7

de-assert and when PWM counter reaching 0, the PWM channel outputs

(PP0-PP6) cannot keep the state which is set by PWMLVL bit.  



 

None.