dsPic questions

I have some questions about the dsPic and environment:

/*Declare constants/coefficients/calibration data to be stored in DataEEPROM 
*/
int _EEDATA(32) fooArrayInDataEE[] = 
{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0xA,0xB,0xC,0xD,0xE,0xF};

It is working, but i am just curious what is that (32)? :-)  In other code 
samples it's (2), and seems that nothing happens if I put there any 2^n 
number...

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The eeprom read, write, erase routines are working fine, however using icd2 
the eeprom window is not showing the changes, and I get an error message to 
manual refresh request. It's a mistake of my system, or a "feature" of the 
icd2? (I am using the MPLAB 7.50 version, my target is a dsPic30F4013.
(I am sure the routines are perfect, as I can read back the written data 
with the routine, or read the eeprom in programmer mode.)

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I can't find in the manuals, what interrupt priority level is necessary to 
switch the cpu back to normal mode from Sleep or Idle. I found only that if 
"high enough"...  :-)
Of course I can find it with trial-error, but better to have a correct 
description to avoid problems with different chip series etc.

Regards,
 

"mmormota" <mmormota@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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>I have some questions about the dsPic and environment:
>
> /*Declare constants/coefficients/calibration data to be stored in 
> DataEEPROM */
> int _EEDATA(32) fooArrayInDataEE[] = 
> {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0xA,0xB,0xC,0xD,0xE,0xF};
>
> It is working, but i am just curious what is that (32)? :-)  In other code 
> samples it's (2), and seems that nothing happens if I put there any 2^n 
> number...

#define _EEDATA(N) __attribute__((space(eedata), aligned(N)))

It is the alignment space being allocated.
-- 
Regards,
Richard.


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