10.10 Program and Debug Interface Disable (PDID)

After activating the Program and Debug Interface Disable (PDID), the only way to write to the reprogrammable Flash memory (Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) is from the code executing on the device, chip erase or other re-programming attempts through the debug port will fail. Also, any attempt to read out any device content (NVM memory, RAM memory, and so on) will fail.

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