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Reverse Engineering Microcontroller ATmega16PA to locate the security fuse bit of mcu atmega16pa, crack mcu atmega16pa fuse bit and readout embedded Heximal from mcu atmega16pa eeprom and flash memory;

First Analog Comparator conversion may be delayed, If the device is powered by a slow rising VCC, the first Analog Comparator conversion will take longer than expected on some devices.

Problem Fix/Workaround

When the device has been powered or reset, disable then enable the Analog Comparator before the first conversion.

Interrupts may be lost when writing the timer registers in the asynchronous timer, The interrupt will be lost if a timer register that is synchronized to the asynchronous timer clock is written when the asynchronous Timer/Counter register (TCNTx) is 0x00.

Problem Fix / Workaround

Always check that the asynchronous Timer/Counter register neither have the value 0xFF nor 0x00 before writing to the asynchronous Timer Control Register (TCCRx), asynchronous Timer Counter Register(TCNTx), or asynchronous Output Compare Register (OCRx).

IDCODE masks data from TDI input

The JTAG instruction IDCODE is not working correctly. Data to succeeding devices are replaced by all-ones during Update-DR.

Problem Fix / Workaround

If ATmega16 is the only device in the scan chain, the problem is not visible. Select the Device ID Register of the ATmega16 by issuing the IDCODE instruction or by entering the Test-Logic-Reset state of the TAP controller to reverse engineering out the contents of its Device ID Register and possibly data from succeeding devices of the scan chain. Issue the BYPASS instruction to the ATmega16.

Registers of preceding devices of the boundary scan chain.

If the Device IDs of all devices in the boundary scan chain must be captured simultaneously, the ATmega16 must be the fist device in the chain.

Reverse engineeringing EEPROM by using ST or STS to set EERE bit triggers unexpected interrupt request.

Reverse engineeringing EEPROM by using the ST or STS command to set the EERE bit in the EECR register triggers an unexpected EEPROM interrupt request.

Problem Fix / Workaround

Always use OUT or SBI to set EERE in EECR.

First Analog Comparator conversion may be delayed

If the device is powered by a slow rising VCC, the first Analog Comparator conversion will take longer than expected on some devices.

Problem Fix/Workaround

When the device has been powered or reset, disable then enable the Analog Comparator before the first conversion.

Interrupts may be lost when writing the timer registers in the asynchronous timer

The interrupt will be lost if a timer register that is synchronized to the asynchronous timer clock is written when the asynchronous Timer/Counter register(TCNTx) is 0x00.

Problem Fix / Workaround

Always check that the asynchronous Timer/Counter register neither have the value 0xFF nor 0x00 before writing to the asynchronous Timer Control Register(TCCRx), asynchronous Timer Counter Register(TCNTx), or asynchronous Output Compare Register(OCRx).

IDCODE masks data from TDI input

The JTAG instruction IDCODE is not working correctly. Data to succeeding devices are replaced by all-ones during Update-DR.

Problem Fix / Workaround

If ATmega16 is the only device in the scan chain, the problem is not visible.

Select the Device ID Register of the ATmega16 by issuing the IDCODE instruction or by entering the Test-Logic-Reset state of the TAP controller to reverse engineering out the contents of its Device ID Register and possibly data from succeeding devices of the scan chain. Issue the BYPASS instruction to the ATmega16 while reverse engineeringing the Device ID

Registers of preceding devices of the boundary scan chain. If the Device IDs of all devices in the boundary scan chain must be captured.

Reverse Engineering Microcontroller PIC16HV610 is a process to locate the fuse bit of mcu and unlock pic16hv610 protection, extract mcu code from pic16hv610 memory;

Reverse Engineering Microcontroller PIC16HV610 Program

We can Reverse engineering Microcontroller PIC16HV610 Program, please view the Microcontroller PIC16HV610 features for your reference:

High-Performance RISC CPU:

· Only 35 instructions to learn:

– All single-cycle instructions except branches

· Operating speed:

– DC – 20 MHz oscillator/clock input

– DC – 200 ns instruction cycle

· Interrupt capability

· 8-level deep hardware stack

· Direct, Indirect and Relative Addressing modes

Special Microcontroller Features:

· Precision Internal Oscillator:

– Factory calibrated to ±1%, typical

– User selectable frequency: 4 MHz or 8 MHz

· Power-Saving Sleep mode

· Voltage range:

– PIC16F610/616: 2.0V to 5.5V

– PIC16HV610/616: 2.0V to user defined maximum (see note)

· Industrial and Extended Temperature range

· Power-on Reset (POR)

· Power-up Timer (PWRT) and Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST)

· Brown-out Reset (BOR)

· Watchdog Timer (WDT) with independent oscillator for reliable operation before Reverse engineering Microcontroller

· Multiplexed Master Clear with pull-up/input pin

· Programmable code protection

· High Endurance Flash:

– 100,000 write Flash endurance

– Flash retention: > 40 years

Low-Power Features:

· Standby Current:

– 50 nA @ 2.0V, typical

· Operating Current:

– 20 ìA @ 32 kHz, 2.0V, typical

– 220 ìA @ 4 MHz, 2.0V, typical

· Watchdog Timer Current:

– 1 ìA @ 2.0V, typical

Peripheral Features:

· Shunt Voltage Regulator (PIC16HV610/616 only):

– 5 volt regulation

– 4 mA to 50 mA shunt range

· 11 I/O pins and 1 input only

– High current source/sink for direct LED drive

– Interrupt-on-Change pins

– Individually programmable weak pull-ups

· Analog Comparator module with:

– Two analog comparators

– Programmable on-chip voltage reference (CVREF) module (% of VDD)

– Fixed Voltage Reference

– Comparator inputs and outputs externally accessible

– SR Latch

– Built-In Hysteresis (user selectable)

· Timer0: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit programmable prescaler

· Enhanced Timer1:

– 16-bit timer/counter with prescaler

– External Timer1 Gate (count enable)

– Option to use OSC1 and OSC2 in LP mode as Timer1 oscillator if INTOSC mode selected

– Timer1 oscillator

· In-Circuit Serial ProgrammingTM (ICSPTM) via two pins

PIC16F616/16HV616 only:

· A/D Converter:

– 10-bit resolution

– 8 external input channels

– 2 internal reference channels

· Timer2: 8-bit timer/counter with 8-bit period register, prescaler and postscaler

· Enhanced Capture, Compare, PWM module:

– 16-bit Capture, max. resolution 12.5 ns

– 16-bit Compare, max. resolution 200 ns

– 10-bit PWM with 1, 2 or 4 output channels, programmable “dead time”, max. frequency 20 kHz