[sdiy] Re: Digi-Mod [was: source for many, small, simple PCB's ?? for educational use]

[Seb Francis]

>> Now I just hope I can get all the software written and functioning 
>> before I run out of flash write-cycles ... 100 cycle min  / 1000 
>> cycle typ. endurance is kind of low - much lower than older dsPICs.  
>> The only thing that gives me some hope is that this is spec'ed over 
>> -40 to 85C, so perhaps at 20-30C one can get a lot more cycles?
>
> Cross my fingers - I have been using the same board / chip for 
> development on a couple of different projects and haven't run out of 
> flash cycles yet. I'd guess I'm probably in the 200-300 cycles range 
> and it's still working fine.
>

That's good to know :)

I wonder how you know when they go bad though .. hopefully immediate 
verification errors, or could the memory change its state at a later stage?

Seb