9.3.1 Reset Levels
The reset sources on EFR32 can be divided in two main groups; Hard resets and Soft resets.
The soft resets can be configured to be either DISABLED, LIMITED, EXTENDED or FULL. The reset level for soft reset sources is
configured in the xxxRMODE bitfields in RMU_CTRL.
Table 9.1. Reset Levels
RMU_CTRL_xxxRMODE
Parts of System Reset
DISABLED
Nothing is reset, request will not be registered in
RMU_RSTCAUSE
LIMITED
Everything reset, with exception of CRYOTIMER, RFSENSE, DE-
BUGGER, RTCC, VMON and parts of CMU, RMU and EMU.
EXTENDED
Everything reset, with exception of CRYOTIMER, RFSENSE, DE-
BUGGER, and parts of CMU, RMU and EMU.
FULL
Everything reset, with exception of some registers in RMU and
EMU.
The reset sources resulting in a soft reset are:
• Watchdog reset
• Lockup reset
• System reset request
• Pin reset
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Pin reset can be configured to be either a soft or a hard reset, see
for details
Note:
LIMITED and EXTENDED resets are synchronized to HFSRCCLK. If HFSRCCLK is slow, there will be latency on reset assertion.
If HFSRCCLK is not running, reset will be asserted after a timeout.
Hard resets will reset the entire chip, the reset sources resulting in a hard reset are:
• Power-on reset
• Brown-out reset
• Pin reset
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RMU - Reset Management Unit
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