Thomas N wrote:
.........
>Is there any way to overcome this problem?  Any work-around?  I tried to put
>the big cap at the data flash supply to retain its power (for 10ms), but
>during the write operation, the data flash consumes lots of current (20 mA),
>so it's too much for the cap.
>

I = C dv/dt

.02A / 470uF = 42v/sec = 0.4v / 10msec

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