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How many times can bs2 be programmed?

aquasapienaquasapien Posts: 25
edited 2006-11-15 15:44 in BASIC Stamp
Simple question that I have never seen a result for. Do they have an average number before the start failing.

I often wondr this as I load and reload my code trying to fix some stupid little thing.

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  • TechnoRobboTechnoRobbo Posts: 323
    edited 2006-11-15 01:55
    This is right out of the Basic stamp editors Help File



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  • aquasapienaquasapien Posts: 25
    edited 2006-11-15 02:13
    So that is what help files are for. I must have been looking with my nose instead of my eyes. Thanks.

    It appears I have no worries about the bs2 reaching its max number of 10 million. I am sure to fry it, drop, dunk it, or crash it before then.
  • allanlane5allanlane5 Posts: 3,815
    edited 2006-11-15 15:44
    True, 'aquasapien'. Note if you use the WRITE keyword in your program to write to the EEPROM, that will lower the lifetime of the location written to.

    This is not usually a problem, but some people have been known to loop on a WRITE. If you do it once a millisecond (as the BS2 can do) you can wear it out in a matter of hours. So as long as you don't do that, you should be fine.

    So, if you have a 'burn, test, oops, fix, recode, reburn, retest' cycle of 5 minutes or so, you can keep that up for years before wearing out the eeprom.
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