Hi 🙂
Quick version: how to write 2 bytes (not in the same word) to the EEPROM in STM8? Should I write 1 byte and then wait for the EOP flag to be set before writing the second one?
Long version: for now I am simply doing:
- unlock EEPROM
- write byte 1 (EEPROM->data1 = xx;)
- write byte 2 (EEPROM->data2 = xx;) right after
- FLASH interrupt is called when finished (byte 1 or 2? I don't know), there I lock the EEPROM again
I imagine this is strange since with the RWW (read-while-write) fonctionality, the "write byte 2" instruction is executed while the first one is still running.
Anyways funny enough this works perfectly fine, except that it gives me problems with a silicon bug listed in the STM8AL3xx6/8 STM8Lx5xx4/6 Errata sheet (https://www.st.com/resource/en/errata_sheet/cd00237242-stm8al31xx-stm8al3lxx-stm8l052c6-stm8l151xx46-and-stm8l152xx46-device-limitations-stmicroelectronics.pdf)
The bug basically says that if the DMA requests access to the bus while an EEPROM write is starting (during the first 11 cycles) the CPU might stay in stall mode.
I have implemented the workaround 2, which is a high DMA timeout (I left it at the default value of 63 cycles) and no high priority DMA (I am only using Channel2 which is at the default = low). It works great with all my other EEPROM writes but not with this double write - hence my question: maybe I am just doing it wrong and I should wait for the first write to be finished?
Thank you
BR
Simon
