Nxp B.v.

Bas Van Der Veer

Ata Khan

Pankaj Shrivastava

Greg Goodhue

Prithvi Nagaraj

Rick Varney

One embodiment of the present application includes a microcontroller () that has an embedded memory (), a programmable processor (), and a test interface (). The memory () is accessible through the test interface (). In response to resetting this microcontroller (), a counter is started and the test interface () is initially set to a disabled state while an initiation program is executed. The test interface () is changed to an enabled state&#x2014;such that access to the embedded memory () is permitted through it&#x2014;when the counter reaches a predefined value unless the microcontroller () executes programming code before the predefined value is reached to provide the disabled state during subsequent microcontroller () operation.

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Bas Van Der Veer