Carey Fisher wrote:
> Olin Lathrop wrote:
>   
>> William Chops Westfield wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Um.  Do people version-control their board files, complete with
>>> something visible on the board?e(s)
>>>     
>>>       
>> I certainly do.
>>
>> ******************************************************************
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>> consultant in 2004 program year.  http://www.embedinc.com/products
>>   
>>     
> Our Boards have the Assembly # and bare board # combined as in : 
> "AS/PCB100123 Rev C" printed in silkscreen along with our name and 
> copyright date(s).
>  This business would be a mess without Configuration Control!!!!!!
>
> The only issue I am struggling with is how to ID and track firmware 
> revisions???  Especially since I occasionally ICSP an updated or bespoke 
> firmware version on one or more specific units.  We don't track specific 
> PCBs by S/N - maybe we should?  How do others do this?
>
> Carey (Rev 0)
>   
A location or two is reserved in the EEPROM that represents the firmware
revision. The EEPROM is always
enabled for reading on my designs.

Otherwise, you can REALLY get screwed up.

--Bob

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