hey there

 

Where did you store your startup program (In internal ROM or external NV RAM)?
Are you going to clear the entire external (assuming 32KB, from your other post) or just a portion of it?
What is the size of the hex you programmed inside sram?

 

Where did you store your startup program (In internal ROM or external NV RAM)?
Are you going to clear the entire external (assuming 32KB, from your other post) or just a portion of it?
What is the size of the hex you programmed inside sram?

i store my program in NV RAM
i want to erase the entire ram wich is 32kb
the size of the hex is 78kb

the chip can be powered off but still remember data because of the batery attached to the mcu ,so i want the timer still counting if i remove 5v (because it can be in idle using its 3v battery)

so i want it to erase ram after x senconds but if it was in idle mode it will erase data after powering up and timer count is superior to x

 

You can using a pnp bjt like a switch to control the Vcc of SRAM.
And using cmos 555 like lmc555 as a Monostable Multivibrator, you can setup the delay time, and add some other parts as below:

Power up → rc trigger lmc555 delay time → C isolator → NPN bjt → PNP bjt → SRAM Vcc
If the values of resistors cause the current of SRAM too less then you can adjust the values of R6, R3, R4 to match what you want. and adjust the VR1 to match your desired delay time.



555 Monostable Circuit Calculator.

 

thanks
but the chip already have a timer , can i put a command to erase ram in registers then delay it ?

 

thanks
but the chip already have a timer , can i put a command to erase ram in registers then delay it ?

You can setup the timer after all initial program is finish and active it, when the time up then send a 0.1 second high pulse to I/O port, and the I/O pin connecting to the pin 3 of 555, and take the 555 away.

 

Here is a memory map of the ds5000 that has only 8KB of NV RAM.


1. If you have 32K of NV RAM, where are the rest of them mapped to? On data or program memory?

2. When the timer expires after x seconds, where does it go to? Can it be vectored to an address on the program memory?

3. When you said your hex is 78K, does it mean the file size on the PC directory? Where does it go to in the map?

4. How do you access to the data memory? Using MOV or MOVX instructions?

Allen

 

I think you should post your schematic or at least a block diagram, otherwise we don't know how did you arrange the memory units, including hardware and software.

 

That would be nice to have a schematic of your setup instead of guessing.

I have not use this MCU before, it is difficult to see the differences between those 3 families of chips namely intel 8051, maxim ds5000 and atmel at89x51.

Allen

 

I think I just found the datasheet of the DS5000 soft micro Module. See attached.

On page 7 of the PDF. There is a "F" command for "Fill embedded RAM block with constant".

Can't you just use this command to clear the NV RAM. After the timer expires, let the program jump to a place where you place a short program executing the "F" command to clear the block of RAM with "0". That should fullfill your goal.

I guess, the syntax should be something like "F start_addr, end_addr, constant"

And here is a programmer for the DS5000fp.

Allen.

 

I think I just found the datasheet of the DS5000 soft micro Module. See attached.

On page 7 of the PDF. There is a "F" command for "Fill embedded RAM block with constant".

Can't you just use this command to clear the NV RAM. After the timer expires, let the program jump to a place where you place a short program executing the "F" command to clear the block of RAM with "0". That should fullfill your goal.

I guess, the syntax should be something like "F start_addr, end_addr, constant"

And here is a programmer for the DS5000fp.

Allen.

this command "f" work if bootloader is activated wich is not the case of a runnig normaly
i can erase ram from terminal by connectig the chip by serial and using f command
but i want the microcontroller do it itself after a delay
can i add this delayed command to the hex file ?