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life of a stamp

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2000-06-14 13:12 in General Discussion
hiya

does anyone know how long a stamp is suppose to last?

thanks

jeff

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-06-12 21:30
    > hiya
    >
    > does anyone know how long a stamp is suppose to last?

    I think a stamp is suppose to be good until it is canceled.

    Seriously, I think I remember reading somewhere in the manual that there is
    a limit to the number of times the EPROM can be written and if you are only
    writing it when you program it seemed like you would have to reprogram every
    minute for 2 years or something to wear it out. If I remember correctly,
    they did caution that if you have your program constantly writing to the
    EPROM you could induce failure quite rapidly.

    Tim
    [noparse][[/noparse]Denver, CO]
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-06-12 22:04
    --- In basicstamps@egroups.com, TETTRA@a... wrote:
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    > hiya
    >
    > does anyone know how long a stamp is suppose to last?
    >
    > thanks
    >
    > jeff

    Jeff -

    Until you see smoke, or the EEPROM write life is exceeded. There is
    documentation on the Microchip website <www.microchip.com> regarding
    that issue on the BS-2. For the BS-2 SX, refer to the Parallax
    website
    <www.parallaxinc.com>.

    Regards,

    Bruce
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-06-13 01:38
    I think the EEPROM fails after 1,000,000 writes or something like that.
    -William
    Original Message
    From: <TETTRA@a...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 3:42 PM
    Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] life of a stamp


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    > hiya
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    > does anyone know how long a stamp is suppose to last?
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    > thanks
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    > jeff
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2000-06-14 13:12
    i thought they could be licked only once, and then were done.

    Norm & Monda
    Cozy MK IV #202
    Ford V-6 Powered
    Original Message
    From: "Tim Goldstein" <timg@k...>
    To: <basicstamps@egroups.com>
    Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:30 PM
    Subject: Re: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] life of a stamp


    > > hiya
    > >
    > > does anyone know how long a stamp is suppose to last?
    >
    > I think a stamp is suppose to be good until it is canceled.
    >
    > Seriously, I think I remember reading somewhere in the manual that there
    is
    > a limit to the number of times the EPROM can be written and if you are
    only
    > writing it when you program it seemed like you would have to reprogram
    every
    > minute for 2 years or something to wear it out. If I remember correctly,
    > they did caution that if you have your program constantly writing to the
    > EPROM you could induce failure quite rapidly.
    >
    > Tim
    > [noparse][[/noparse]Denver, CO]
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
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