D. Schouten <PICLIST@mitvma.mit.edu> wrote:

> What I was noticing in the datasheets, was the relatively high current
> consumption of these parts reaching 15mA in write mode. Is this normal
> with Flash parts? If I look at the same parameter of a 256kb EEPROM
> chip from Microchip it is only 3mA. Since my application is battery
> powered I would like to store my data as power efficient as possible.

Daniel:

You have to look at the TIME required to write to the memory, too; if
writes to the EEPROM take more than five times as long as writes to the
flash, the flash parts are more power-efficient.

-Andy

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=== Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
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