How many times can I write to the Stamp
I seem to recall that I can reprogram a stamp many zillions of times.· Can anyone tell me how many?
Also, if I write data to an eprom location or serin data to the stamp, does that count as one of my reprogram events?
If I have a VB application that is constantly writting an update to the stamp at 4800 baud, am I in effect "buring up" the stamp?
Thanks All!
Also, if I write data to an eprom location or serin data to the stamp, does that count as one of my reprogram events?
If I have a VB application that is constantly writting an update to the stamp at 4800 baud, am I in effect "buring up" the stamp?
Thanks All!
Comments
When you download a program to a Stamp, that counts as one time. When you write to EEPROM using the WRITE statement, that counts as one time. Changing a program's variables does not count. Those are RAM locations and do not wear out. Also, there are no limits on reading from the EEPROM.
You could program the BS2 once a minute for a really really long time and not wear it out. The problem comes when people use the "WRITE" keyword to one location and do that under program control once a millisecond -- that will wear out that location of the eeprom in a week or so.