2 EEPROM Memory

The EEPROM memory is divided into data zone with slots and a configuration zone made up of several subzones. Each data slots or configuration subzones can be locked independently.

Terms discussed within this document will have the following meanings:

Table 2-1. Document Terms
TermMeaning
BlockA single 256-bit (32-byte) area of a slot in the Data zone. Data slots will have between 1 and 10 blocks. The industry SHA-256 documentation also uses the term “block” to indicate a 512-bit section of the message input. Within this document, this convention is used only when describing hash input messages.
Configuration SubzoneA portion of the Configuration zone that stores device identification or configuration information. Each subzone can be individually locked.
Data Zone SlotA separate portion of the Data zone that stores customer-specific data. Each slot can be individually locked.
KeyIDKeyID is equivalent to the slot number for those slots designated to hold key values.
mode[b]Indicates bit b of the parameter mode.
SRAMContains input and output buffers.
LSB/MSBLeast Significant Byte/Most Significant Byte.
LSb/MSb Least Significant bit/Most Significant bit.