Flash Destroyer kit protoype
Flash Destroyer kits are being assembled and should ship shortly. This is Seeed’s test-build of the kits, everything looks good. The Flash Destroyer kit is available for $30, including worldwide shipping.
Category Archives: Flash Destroyer
Free PCB Sunday Flash_Destroyer build
IPenguin got a free Flash Destroyer PCB on Free PCB Sunday. He used sockets with the 7-segement displays so different colors can be swapped in later. There’s a build log with lots of photos in the forum. On May 30, … Read more
Flash Destroyer wrap up
11,494,069 is the final write-verify cycle count for the Flash Destroyer. Since the flash destruction ended on Tuesday, we’ve been playing with the EEPROM to understand how the failure behaves. We found a ticking data time bomb. Broken bits can linger … Read more
Flash Destroyer: Dead at 11.49 million
Some time between 8:00 and 9:00 UTC the Flash Destroyer reached 11.49 million write cycles and detected a verify error. The final count is 11,494,06X, the last digit is X because we won’t know what it is until we read … Read more
Free PCB Sunday: Flash Destroyer
We go through a lot of prototype PCBs, and end up with lots of extras that we’ll never use. Every Sunday we give away a few PCBs from one of our past or future projects, or a related prototype. PCBs … Read more
Flash Destroyer firmware update
The Flash Destroyer was offline briefly for a firmware update (live stream here). In anticipation of rolling over to 10 million write-verify cycles, we’ve added a decimal point that shows the millions place. When it hits 10 million the least … Read more
Flash Destroyer passes 6 million writes
James managed to catch a screenshot of the Flash Destroyer as it hit 6,000,000, thanks James! The EEPROM is specified for 1 million writes at the voltage and temperature extremes listed in the datasheet. Running at room temperature, this chip … Read more
Flash Destroyer passes 2 million writes
Some time in the last few hours the Flash Destroyer passed 2 million write-verify cycles. jnd points to Microchip application notes 01019A [PDF!] and 00537 [PDF!] that explain the EEPROM endurance characterization process. The higher the temperature, the worse the … Read more
Flash Destroyer approaching 1 million writes
The Flash Destroyer, our new EEPROM tester, is going to reach the first million write cycles in the next few hours (see a live stream here). Can you guess what the final write count will be when the EEPROM dies? … Read more
Prototype: Flash_Destroyer
The most recent documentation is now on the wiki EEPROMs, such as flash memory, store data in electronic devices like cell phones, smart cards, SD cards, and solid-state drives. This type of memory can only endure a limited number of … Read more
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