Mattias Engstrvm wrote:
>
> Clyde Smith-Stubbs wrote:
> >
> > Thus spake Tony Matthews (tony@MAGICNET.NET):
> >
> > > I have a few others so my question is was 200 times to much.My
> > > program is nearly complete and it writes accumulated values to eeprom
>
> Just for the fun of it, try this if you have a chip that refuses further
> programming:
>
> Take your useless chip, put it in the oven, 150 degrees for 2 hours.
> See what happens :-)
> I have heard that this should reduce the number of excess electrons
> storing up in the memory cells (they gain thermal energy and are capable
> of escaping the potential wells), giving you a number of xtra
> programming runs.
> If it works, you can always use them for the final version once
> you got something to implement.
>
> (haven't tried it myself)
>
> Regards, Mattias
I thought ? the data sheet I thought it said >1000 cycles I should of
double checked before posting .But then I would not have elicited this
particular response. Thought provoking is'nt it.It was the way it failed
that prompted me to post though.ZAP it was gone.Tony M.