Re: Flash and EEprom

From: John Smith (kd5yikes_at_mindspring.com)
Date: 10/31/04 

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:22:41 -0600

"Al Borowski" <al.borowski@EraseThis.gmail.com> wrote in message
news:4184ee9d$0$31908$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> terry wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is the difference between flash memory and eeprom?
>
> As far as I know, with EEPROM you can erase/reprogramme individual bytes.
> You can only erase/reprogramme Flash in banks of many bytes. Use google
> for more details.
>
>
> Which one is more reliable?
>
> No idea - look at some datasheets.
>
> cheers,
>
> Al
>
>>
>> Thanks!

Also, if what I've been using is typical, flash has a write-life. That is,
after so many erase/write cycles (50,000) it may begin to fail.

John

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