Erase Die Operation (C4h)
This operation sets all the memory bits of a particular die in an EPCQ-L512 or EPCQ-
L1024 device to 1 or 0xFF. Similar to the write bytes operation, you must execute the
write enable operation before the erase die operation.
If you are using the EPCQ-L512 or EPCQ-L1024 device, you must execute the erase
die operation to erase the memory of your device. You need to issue the erase die
operation for each die in your device. For example, you need to issue the erase die
operation twice for the EPCQ-L512 device and four times for the EPCQ-L1024 device.
EPCQ-L512 and EPCQ-L1024 devices have more than one die per device.
You can implement the erase die operation by driving the nCS signal low and then
shifting in the erase die operation code on the DATA0 pin, followed by the address
bytes, any address within the single 256 Mb die is valid. The nCS signal must be
driven high after the eighth bit of the erase die operation code has been latched in.
Erase Sector Operation (D8h)
The erase sector operation allows you to erase a certain sector in the EPCQ-L device
by setting all the bits inside the sector to 1 or 0xFF. This operation is useful if you
want to access the unused sectors as a general purpose memory in your applications.
You must execute the write enable operation before the erase sector operation.
When you execute the erase sector operation, you must first shift in the erase sector
operation code, followed by the 4-byte addressing mode (A[31..0]) of the chosen
sector on the DATA0 pin. The 4-byte addressing mode for the erase sector operation
can be any address inside the specified sector. For details about the sector address
range, refer to Table 11 on page 9 through Table 13 on page 10. Drive the nCS signal
high after the eighth bit of the erase sector operation code has been latched in.
Figure 18. Erase Sector Operation Timing Diagram
DATA0
Operation Code (D8h) 32-Bit Address
nCS
DCLK
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 36 37 38 39
3 2 1 031 30
MSB
The device initiates a self-timed erase sector cycle immediately after the nCS signal is
driven high. For details about the self-timed erase sector cycle time, refer to t
ES
in
Table 26 on page 30. You must account for this amount of delay before another page
of memory is written. Alternatively, you can check the write in progress bit in the
status register by executing the read status operation while the self-timed erase cycle
is in progress. The write in progress bit is set to 1 during the self-timed erase cycle
and 0 when it is complete. The write enable latch bit in the status register is set to 0
before the self-timed erase cycle is complete.
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