
PIC16F946
DS41265A-page 196
Preliminary
2005 Microchip Technology Inc.
16.3.4
TIME-OUT SEQUENCE
On power-up, the time-out sequence is as follows: first,
PWRT time-out is invoked after POR has expired, then
OST is activated after the PWRT time-out has expired.
The total time-out will vary based on oscillator configu-
ration and PWRTE bit status. For example, in EC mode
with PWRTE bit erased (PWRT disabled), there will be
16-6 depict time-out sequences. The device can exe-
cute code from the INTOSC while OST is active, by
enabling Two-Speed Start-up or Fail-Safe Monitor (see
Since the time-outs occur from the POR pulse, if MCLR
is kept low long enough, the time-outs will expire. Then,
bringing MCLR high will begin execution immediately
to synchronize more than one PIC16F946 device
operating in parallel.
special registers, while
Table 16-5 shows the Reset
conditions for all the registers.
16.3.5
POWER CONTROL (PCON)
REGISTER
The Power Control (PCON) register (address 8Eh) has
two Status bits to indicate what type of Reset that last
occurred.
Bit 0 is BOR (Brown-out Reset). BOR is unknown on
Power-on Reset. It must then be set by the user and
checked on subsequent Resets to see if BOR = 0,
indicating that a Brown-out has occurred. The BOR
Status bit is a “don’t care” and is not necessarily
predictable
if
the
brown-out
circuit
is
disabled
(BOREN<1:0> = 00 in the Configuration Word register).
Bit 1 is POR (Power-on Reset). It is a ‘0’ on Power-on
Reset and unaffected otherwise. The user must write a
‘1’ to this bit following a Power-on Reset. On a
subsequent Reset, if POR is ‘0’, it will indicate that a
Power-on Reset has occurred (i.e., VDD may have
gone too low).
TABLE 16-1:
TIME-OUT IN VARIOUS SITUATIONS
TABLE 16-2:
PCON BITS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
TABLE 16-3:
SUMMARY OF REGISTERS ASSOCIATED WITH BROWN-OUT
Oscillator Configuration
Power-up
Brown-out Reset
Wake-up from
Sleep
PWRTE = 0
PWRTE = 1
PWRTE = 0
PWRTE = 1
XT, HS, LP(1)
TPWRT + 1024
TOSC
1024 TOSC
TPWRT + 1024
TOSC
1024 TOSC
RC, EC, INTOSC
TPWRT
—TPWRT
——
Note 1:
LP mode with T1OSC disabled.
POR
BOR
TO
PD
Condition
0u11
Power-on Reset
1011
Brown-out Reset
uu0u
WDT Reset
uu00
WDT Wake-up
uuuu
MCLR Reset during normal operation
uu10
MCLR Reset during Sleep
Legend: u = unchanged, x = unknown
Address
Name
Bit 7
Bit 6
Bit 5
Bit 4
Bit 3
Bit 2
Bit 1
Bit 0
Value on
POR, BOR
Value on
all other
Resets(1)
03h
STATUS
IRP
RP1
RPO
TO
PD
Z
DC
C
0001 1xxx
000q quuu
8Eh
PCON
—
SBOREN
—
—POR
BOR
--01 --qq
--0u --uu
Legend:
u
= unchanged, x = unknown, – = unimplemented bit, reads as ‘0’, q = value depends on condition. Shaded cells are
not used by BOR.
Note
1:
Other (non Power-up) Resets include MCLR Reset and Watchdog Timer Reset during normal operation.