My top 3 choices are: 1- OTP 2- OTP 3- One Time Programmable (equiv of a prom) the memory is nonerasable John > Hi, all. > I'm on a proyect to build a small and very dumb controller to drive a stepper > motor, the program just start when one pin go to low state and move the > motor at about 80pps for 10 seconds, that part is O.k. works fine, > but It must work fine at the space for about a week, shuttle nominal > altitude, so the question is: which kind of device to do this is better: > EEPROM, EPROM or FLASH??. > > I know that radiation and high enery particles erases most memories but > if the enclosure is good they will need more than a month, may be more to > erase at least 1 bit (I'm talking about EPROM) but I have no idea about > the other kind of memories EEPROM and FLASH. > have someone an idea which will be the difference in this enviroment? > I need to make a decision about the pic to use for that app. > thanks!. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com