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Subject: Re: Storage

From: "Grant Richter" <grichter@...>
Date: 2006-03-16

If you look at the Basic Atom Pro 28M description, it mentions adding 32K of EEPROM on
the carrier board, included in the price.

--- In ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com, "John Loffink" <jloffink@...> wrote:
>
> The BASIC ATOM PRO's Renasas 3664 processor has 32K of Flash, but it is only
> rated at 1000 write cycles. Storing user data there isn't recommended.
>
> We'd have to add some external Flash memory. SPI based Flash reduces pin
> count. Do we even have a chip select pin left? An Atmel SPI 64K x 8 Flash
> is only $1.40, but it only comes in SOIC-8 packages. Therre are no through
> hole versions.
>
> John Loffink
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
> The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:ComputerVoltageSources@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> > Scheidler
> >
> > I've written several sequencers for my PSIM, and for a time spent a lot of
> > hours trying to find a way to allow the program to store information
> > onboard. For example, to take the 64 note values that I had recorded
> > (into an array) and push them into the PSIM's memory so that they would
> > stay there even after power was removed. Then when powered up, the
> > program would grab those 64 stored values and plug them back into the
> > array.
> >
> > I dinked around with PEEK and POKE but never got anywhere. Is this
> > possible to do with the PSIM? If not, is it something that the new module
> > might be capable of?
> >
> > Andrew
> >
> >
>