Hi, in harsh environment 100% yes. Flash can be erased by spikes trhrough VCC or (ra rely) I/Os. Jan. > > 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