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- The ATmega microcontrollers generally have two lock bits, LB1 and LB2. One prevents further programming, and the other prevents the flash being read back. If both are set, the chip needs to be erased before it can be programmed again. This prevents the flash memory being read out and reverse engineered.
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One prevents further programming, and the other prevents the flash being read back. If both are set, the chip needs to be erased before it can be programmed again. This prevents the flash memory being read out and reverse engineered.
Readout Protection, or RDP is a global mechanism that prevents external read access to Flash memory, backup SRAM and registers. An external access can be gained by using a JTAG connector, a Serial Wire port or boot software embedded in SRAM.
Jan 4, 2017 · Therefore, read access to data in same flash "automatically" became fast and quick. There is one characteristic in MCUs with Harvard architecture. Because RAM and flash connected to different buses, it mapped to different address spaces.
Mar 29, 2015 · So the quick steps are: Erase the chip (avrdude will generally do this automatically when writing to flash). This will also clear any lock bits. Write your program to the chip via ICSP. Write the lock bits, for the m328p, lock bits = 0x3C. This will prevent further read/write access to flash via ICSP. I will try this out, thanks!
Mar 12, 2017 · Generally speaking, read protection is to protect the IP, write protection is to prevent a glitch from bricking the product.
I set the appropriate configuration register to enable this feature, and when I perform a read of the flash memory regions, I get the flash in an output window or a *.hex file - whichever I choose to view the flash contents. I go into V.8.XX IDE and try to do the same thing - after changing the drivers to work with V.8.XX of course.
Jan 8, 2021 · Most commercial products take the precaution of using microcontrollers that can lock against firmware being read out easily, by setting a one-time programmable "fuse" bit.
