High Voltage Activation Mode
This option displays only for AVR devices with this option.No High Voltage
-
Default setting.
Simple High Voltage Pulse
- The tool will try to activate the
interface by issuing a high voltage pulse. This procedure is safe if the pin is
configured as an input.
User Power Toggle
- In this mode the user will be
prompted to toggle power on the target device. Once the tool detects that
the power returns it will issue a high voltage pulse before the target device
pin is configured, making the activation procedure as gentle as possible.
Programming AVR Devices with UPDI
MPLAB PICkit 4 supports using the high-voltage mechanism to activate the AVR
®
Unified Program and Debug
Interface (UPDI). On low pin count AVR devices with UPDI, the UPDI pin can be configured as GPIO or RESET by
configuring the RSTPINCFG configuration bits. To do further programming, the MPLAB PICkit 4 will have to use a
high voltage pulse to reactivate the UPDI interface. When using the high voltage pulse, you must make sure that all
circuits connected to the UPDI wire can tolerate a pulse of at least 12V.
GPIO vs. UPDI Operation:
When using a high voltage pulse to reactivate the UPDI interface, the reactivation is only temporary, but it will retain
the UPDI functionality until the next reset. After the next reset, the pin will go back to the configuration as specified by
the RSTPINCFG configuration bits. To have the pin configured as UPDI after a reset, the user will have to change the
RSTPINCFG configuration bits back to UPDI.
It is possible to perform a debug session when the RSTPINCFG is configured to GPIO, but the pin will be temporarily
configured as UPDI, and the pin will not operate as a GPIO pin.
Table 10-11. SYSCFG0 RSTPINCFG[1:0] Configuration Bits
Values
Function
0x0
GPIO
0x1
UPDI
0x2
RESET
0x3
Reserved
Debugger Function Summary
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