Lpc2000

Dear All,

Sometime ago, I asked the below question to Philips apps. It appears 
they are too busy in handling more important issues as I did not 
receive a reply yet.

The user manual of LPC2214 states that a reserved bit should not be 
set to 1. Is it because of future compatibility issues or is it a 
hardware requirement?, i.e., what if we set a reserved bit to 1. 
will the IC burn or present undefined behaviour?

The reasons is to avoid additional code needed to make sure all 
reserved bits are 0 after accessing used bits of a register.

I appreciate if someone could shed some light on this

Kerem