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6 Bootload Communication Protocol: 8-bit
6.4 Erase Flash

Enables the bootloader to initiate erase commands to the memory driver.

1 MCC Melody Bootloader: 8-bit
2 User Interface
3 Unified Bootloader Host Application (UBHA)
4 Use Case Examples

This section explains how to configure various bootloaders using MPLAB® X IDE and MCC Melody.
5 Verification Schemes
This section discusses the various methods of application verification provided to the users by the bootloader module.
6 Bootload Communication Protocol: 8-bit
- 6.1 Read Version
  
  Enables the bootloader to read the version information from the configuration bits of the device.
- 6.2 Read Flash
  
  Enables the bootloader to interface with various memory drivers used by 8-bit PIC and 8-bit AVR chips.
- 6.3 Write Flash
  
  Enables the bootloader to write data to specified address locations.
- 6.4 Erase Flash
  
  Enables the bootloader to initiate erase commands to the memory driver.
- 6.5 Read EE Data
  
  Enables the bootloader to read bytes out from the EEPROM memory.
- 6.6 Write EE Data
  
  Enables the bootloader to write some number of bytes to the EEPROM memory.
- 6.7 Read Config
  
  Enables the bootloader to read the configuration words out of the chip’s memory.
- 6.8 Write Config
  
  Enables the bootloader to write to the configuration word range of memory.
- 6.9 Calculate Checksum
  
  Enables the bootloader to calculate and return a checksum value over a given range of memory addresses.
- 6.10 Reset Device
  
  Enables the bootloader to initiate the device’s software reset cycle
7 References
Microchip Information

6.4 Erase Flash

Enables the bootloader to initiate erase commands to the memory driver.

Summary

This is the command to clear or reset memory values in the Flash portion of memory. An important note about this command is that the erase address must be aligned to the first address of an erase row. Any attempt to erase with an address not at the beginning of a row will be rejected with an address error code.

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