10.6.1 Starting from Reset

The internal reset is immediately asserted when a reset source goes active. The internal reset is kept asserted until the reset source is released and the start-up sequence is completed. The start-up sequence includes three steps, as follows.
  1. The first step after the reset source has been released consists of the device counting the reset start-up time. The purpose of this reset start-up time is to ensure that supply voltage has reached sufficient levels. The reset start-up time is counted using the internal 128kHz oscillator.
    Note: The actual supply voltage is not monitored by the start-up logic. The device will count until the reset start-up time has elapsed even if the device has reached sufficient supply voltage levels earlier.
  2. The second step is to count the oscillator start-up time, which ensures that the calibrated internal oscillator has reached a stable state before it is used by the other parts of the system. The calibrated internal oscillator needs to oscillate for a minimum number of cycles before it can be considered stable.
  3. The last step before releasing the internal reset is to load the calibration and the configuration values from the Non-Volatile Memory to configure the device properly. The configuration time is listed in the next table.
There are two start-up time options which will be supported :
  • Normal start-up time: 64ms
  • Fast start-up time: 8ms
Table 10-2. Start-up Times when Using the Internal Calibrated Oscillator with Normal start-up time
ResetOscillatorConfigurationTotal start-up time
64ms6cycles21cycles64ms + 6 oscillator cycles + 21 system clock cycles (1)
Table 10-3. Start-up Times when Using the Internal Calibrated Oscillator with shorter startup time
ResetOscillatorConfigurationTotal start-up time
8ms6cycles21cycles8 ms + 6 oscillator cycles + 21 system clock cycles (1)
Note:
  1. After powering up the device or after a reset the system clock is automatically set to calibrated internal 8MHz oscillator, divided by 8