> > By the way, if someone enables the code protection
> > option during downloading the program to the MCU, do
> > others not have any chance to somehow read the
> > embedded program even if it is code protected?
> 
> They don't.  That's the whole point of code protection.

Or rather: they don't, short of opening the chip and probing it with
specialised gear. But note that there were descriptions around on the
net about how to de-protect a 16C84. There might be similar ways to
crack other chips, though I have never seen such descriptions.

Wouter van Ooijen

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