Re: CM11A EEPROM longevity question.

[Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dave - much appreciated.  (I have a user who is loading
schedules twice a day and I wondered whether he might expect a
CM11A failure after a couple of years for that reason.)

Regards,
Charles Sullivan

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:26:35 +0000, Dave Houston wrote:

> Mine all use a Microchip 24LC08B. The datasheet 24LC08B says it's good for
> 1,000,000 erase/write cycles. You should be able to rewite a memory location
> 10,000 times a day for 100 years.
>
>      http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/21710c.pdf
>
> Charles Sullivan <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I've read that the number of times an EEPROM can be
>>rewritten before it fails can be fairly low (~1000)
>>for some older EEPROMs.
>>
>>Can anyone familiar with the EEPROM chip in the
>>X-10 CM11A tell me if this is likely to be the case
>>with the CM11A?
>>
>>Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Charles Sullivan