Operating features
M25PE16
● The second Software Protected mode (SPM2) uses the Block Protect (BP2, BP1,
BP0, see Section 6.4.3)) bits to allow part of the memory to be configured as read-only.
Table 3. Protected area sizes
Status Register
Content
Memory content
BP2 BP1 BP0
Bit Bit Bit
Protected Area
Unprotected Area
0 0 0 none
All sectors(1) (32 sectors: 0 to 31)
0 0 1 Upper 32nd (Sector 31)
Lower 31st/32nd (31 sectors: 0 to 30)
0
1
0
Upper sixteenth (two sectors: 30 and
31)
Lower 15/16ths (30 sectors: 0 to 29)
0 1 1 Upper eighth (four sectors: 28 to 31) Lower seven-eighths (28 sectors: 0 to 27)
1
0
0
Upper quarter (eight sectors: 24 to
31)
Lower three-quarters (24 sectors: 0 to 23)
1 0 1 Upper half (sixteen sectors: 16 to 31) Lower half (16 sectors: 0 to 15)
1 1 0 All sectors (32 sectors: 0 to 31)
none
1 1 1 All sectors (32 sectors: 0 to 31)
none
1. The device is ready to accept a Bulk Erase instruction if, and only if, all Block Protect (BP2, BP1, BP0) are
0.
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