Whenpoweringupanymicrocontrolleritisnecessary
forthepowersupplyvoltagetotraversevoltageranges,
wherethedeviceisnotguaranteedtooperate,before
thepowersupplyvoltagereachesitsfinalstate.Since
somecircuitsonthedevice(logic)willstartoperatingat
voltagelevelslowerthanothercircuitsonthechip
(memory),thedevicemaypower-upinanunknown
state.Toguaranteethatthedevicestartsupinaknown
state,itmustcontainapower-upresetcircuit.
PIC16C5Xmicrocontrollersareequippedwithon-chip
Power-onResetcircuitry,whicheliminatestheneedfor
externalresetlogic.Thiscircuitwillfunctioninmost
power-upsituationswhereV
DD
risetimeisfastenough
(50msorless).Thisapplicationnotedescribesthetyp-
icalpower-upsequenceforPIC16C5X
microcontrollers.Methodsofassuringreseton
power-upandafterabrown-outarediscussedandsim-
ple,low-costexternalsolutionsarediscussedfor
power-upsituationswherethePIC16C5X’sinternalcir-
cuitrycannotprovidethereset.AN522Power-upConsiderationsresetcircuitryisshowninFigure1.Onpower-up,theAuthor:SumitMitraresetlatchandthestart-uptimerareresettoappropri-MicrochipTechnologyInc.atestatesbythePower-onReset(POR).Thestart-uptimerwillbegincountingonceitdetectsMCLRtobehigh(i.e.,externalchipresetgo
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