with the new SMAD21 Topboard: no real* EEPROM anymore ?

Hi Dirk,

This is a known limitation of the M0 MCU's.

There is a workaround that functions on the Industruino D21G: use this library for flash storage: https://github.com/cmaglie/FlashStorage

Here is a modified example that shows the re-starts on the Industruino LCD:

/*
  Store and retrieve an integer value in Flash memory.
  The value is increased each time the board is restarted.

  This example code is in the public domain.

  Written 30 Apr 2015 by Cristian Maglie
  Modified for Industruino D21G by Tom, June 2017
*/

#include <FlashStorage.h>

// Reserve a portion of flash memory to store an "int" variable
// and call it "my_flash_store".
FlashStorage(my_flash_store, int);

// Note: the area of flash memory reserved for the variable is
// lost every time the sketch is uploaded on the board.
#include <UC1701.h>
static UC1701 lcd;

void setup() {
  SerialUSB.begin(9600);
  //  while (!SerialUSB)  {};
  lcd.begin();

  int number;

  // Read the content of "my_flash_store" and assign it to "number"
  number = my_flash_store.read();

  // Print the current number on the serial monitor
  SerialUSB.println(number);

  lcd.setCursor(1, 1);
  lcd.print("FlashStorage demo");
  lcd.setCursor(1, 3);
  lcd.print("re-starts: ");
  lcd.print(number);
  
  // Save into "my_flash_store" the number increased by 1 for the
  // next run of the sketch
  my_flash_store.write(number + 1);
}

void loop() {
  // Do nothing...
}

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Answered on 6/29/17, 8:20 AM

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thanks Tom, I know this library, but when you (or the customer) updates the firmware (flash the MCU), everything is gone ... >>This is a known limitation of the M0 MCU's. yeah, so since this is known, I would have expected, that you put some small (serial) EEPROM or FRAM onto this new topboard, -> so that one can easy migrate an (EEPROM-using) application from the "old" topboards to the new topboard... ;-)

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on 6/29/17, 10:26 AM

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thanks Tom,

I know this library,
but when you (or the customer) updates the firmware (flash the MCU),
everything is gone ...

>>This is a known limitation of the M0 MCU's.
yeah, so since this is known,
I would have expected, that you put some small (serial) EEPROM or FRAM onto this new topboard,
-> so that one can easy migrate an (EEPROM-using) application from the "old" topboards to the new topboard...

;-)

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Answered on 6/29/17, 10:25 AM

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