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10/01/06 20:06
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#125538 - options, options....
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Benjamin Khan said:
Is it possible to use the program flash as RAM for temporary storage? Does any microcontroller support such a feature?


Yes, but not AT89x5x. You might want to check out the Rx2's (e.g. AT89C51RD2/ED2, or P89V51RD2, or 'RC2 or 'RB2 for less FLASH).

Howewer, it's as slow as EEPROM would be, limited write time, need to erase before write etc.

However, that still might be good enough.

You might also want to reconsider serial EEPROMs - some of them have page write mode which considerably reduce the per-byte write time (with simultaneously buffered following page within the internal RAM - that's only a few bytes usually.) The nonvolatility would here come just as a bonus.

JW



List of 28 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
large amounts of serial data            01/01/70 00:00      
   Need More Information            01/01/70 00:00      
   Use derivative with more ram            01/01/70 00:00      
   some other options            01/01/70 00:00      
      careful now ... what you want ISN'T EPROM            01/01/70 00:00      
      Message validity            01/01/70 00:00      
      A Possible Simplification? Maybe?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Ramifications            01/01/70 00:00      
            Whoops! Corrections!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Ramifications Acknowledged            01/01/70 00:00      
      trouble            01/01/70 00:00      
         scrolling and serial memory            01/01/70 00:00      
            the problem with scrolling            01/01/70 00:00      
   EEPROM writing            01/01/70 00:00      
      SRAM with a battery            01/01/70 00:00      
      Some Options            01/01/70 00:00      
         RAMTRON; FRAM; MRAM            01/01/70 00:00      
      2x 2k            01/01/70 00:00      
         Power fail recovery            01/01/70 00:00      
            options I will use now            01/01/70 00:00      
               But don't forget ...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Power Loss detector            01/01/70 00:00      
         absollutely            01/01/70 00:00      
   one last question            01/01/70 00:00      
      Flash is Not RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
      FLASH <> RAM            01/01/70 00:00      
         My predecessor did just that            01/01/70 00:00      
      options, options....            01/01/70 00:00      

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