Questions tagged [eeprom]
Electronically Erasable ROM is a type of memory available on most boards. It is used for storing persistent data. Use the tag for questions about the EEPROM library or the hardware.
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Attiny84 with external eeprom-write and read beyond 255
Just starting with external EEPROM and ATTiny's. I am successfully writing and reading to the 24LC64 chip using the following code with TinyWireM (thanks to other help on the forums). However, I ...
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Bitwise Operator in Arduino Code Question
What is the below Arduino code doing?
I am not familiar with the '+' with regard to bitwise operations. Just getting familiar with this stuff.
return ((four << 0) & 0xFF) + ((three << ...
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Can I run Arduino code on a 6502?
I've been doing projects with the arduino boards for a long time and accordingly also with the libs from adafruit etc. But that was too boring for me and I wanted to get more into the matter, so I ...
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How does erasing the EEPROM work?
The datasheet for the ATmega328P contains this table, which describes bits 4 and 5 of EECR:
EEPM1
EEPM0
Programming Time
Operation
0
0
3.4ms
Erase and write in one operation (atomic operation)
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Arduino IDE EEPROM put() then read() returns different data on ESP32
I'm trying to understand how to read/write a UID struct from miguelbalboa to EEPROM to persist a card ID across system restarts on my ESP32-S3 through the Arduino IDE. I expected Put/Get/Read to be ...
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What is wrong with the way I write and or read the EEPROM adresses?
Consider:
#include <EEPROM.h>
byte guifactor1 = 1;
byte guifactor2 = 2;
byte guifactor3 = 3;
byte guifactor4 = 4;
byte guifactorgas = 5;
byte guifactorwater = 6;
volatile unsigned long ...
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Can I improve EEPROM lifetime by not changing bits?
In my current project I need to store the current elapsed time in hours to retrieve it in case of power loss. Since I am using a Arduino Nano I would ideally like to use the built in EEPROM without ...
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Why is EEPROM commit not registering int values?
if(jsonDoc["delayOn"].as<int>() <= 255 && jsonDoc["delayOff"].as<int>() <= 255 && jsonDoc["delayUnitOn"].as<int>() <= 2 &&...
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why is my char array empty
following sketch will run totally fine and as expected :
#include <Wire.h>
#include "SparkFun_External_EEPROM.h"
ExternalEEPROM ExtEEPROM;
char username[33] = "";
char ...
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Erratic behaviour using a DUE with the Microchip 24FC64 EEPROM chip?
I am attempting to read and write from/to an EEPROM chip, and have got access to this 64 kbit device.
It appears I can write to the device and read from it, but there appears to be some strangeness ...
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How to set the eeprom initial value when flashing an ESP32
As I use the EEPROM to persist data such as for provisioning the WiFi (SSID and password), I'd like to make sure that the very first time the ESP32 runs, it finds the initial '\0' for the SSID so that ...
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Read & Write to EEPROM
I need to implement EEPROM Read & Write functionality to my project.
I've been learning how to use the EEPROM on the last few days, however I'm struggling to Read & Write Strings to EEPROM.
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How to change variable/sketch through a GUI
Over the past few months, I've been working on a wearable computer mouse using an Arduino and a 9-dof sensor. Most of the sketch is complete, and works as expected.
Recently, I started investigating ...
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UNO's Internal EEPROM "read" returns incorrect values when it precedes "write"
I am an Arduino instructor and I was preparing some material on the utilization of the Arduino UNO's internal EEPROM when I encountered a problem.
The problem is, I am trying to show the original ...
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Arduino Mega as a EEPROM Programmer for Winbond W29EE011 memories
I'm trying to use my Arduino Mega as an EEPROM memory writer. For this project, besides my Arduino Mega, I use an SD Card module, an LCD display and two push buttons to handle the events. Inside the ...
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nRF52 non-volatile storage/recall of a variable - is there a simple solution?
I have an Arduino program written for the nRF52 with which runs for a pre-set time-value (i.e. 2 minutes) before shuts off automatically. The variable time-value can be changed via BLE-write by the ...
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Why does this piece of code overflow at 255?
Im having a problem where i got unsinged long variable and i need to increment it in eeprom everytime setup starts and it overflows at 255 back to 0.
unsigned long NumberOfBoots = 0UL;
#define ...
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Reading a flash ROM chip (M45PE20) through SPI with an ATMEGA 2560 -- output only FF's
I'm trying to communicate through SPI to a Flash ROM chip (M45PE20) with an ATMEGA 2560. I'm looking to read the data off the chip, but the output I'm getting is nothing but FF's. I've checked my ...
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Serial.println won't format DEC
This is weirding me out. So I wrote to the EEPROM and I would like to read from the address and format it in Base 10, err... Decimal. The normal number thingy that's not ASCII. But it keeps returning ...
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does EEPROM reset itself when a new code is uploaded?
I have a Nodemcu with which i'm doing a project. So whenever there is a power loss i want values of some of the variables to not be reset, because of that im trying to store the values in EEPROM of ...
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Neo 6m outputting something i as a noob can't understand
So i connected my ublox neo 6m gps breakout board GY-GPS6MV2 to the arduino software serial and got this result, i used resistors and only supplied 3.3v to the board, gps encode library couldn't give ...
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How can I store a value of 1000 over to EEPROM of Arduino Nano?
I need some of your feedback and guidance. In my prototype project powered by Arduino Nano(Space Constraint), it will operate continuously until it reach a maximum of 100 hours. Once it reached 100 ...
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How can I read the data stored in EEPROM although is powered OFF based on the simple code I wrote?
I need help regarding on EEPROM library. Based on the code below, for every 2 sec, I want to store the int for increase where it will keep increasing by 1. Then, I upload to my Arduino Nano and open ...
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Compiling Assembly Script in External EEPROM to Arduino Code
I'm working on a simple game console, and I'm planning to use a cartridge system using an EEPROM. I know that you can read and write data from an EEPROM, but can you compile the data into executable ...
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Reading from EEPROM and writing to addressable LED with limited connections
UPDATE
Clock speed code has been tweaked as per the suggestion from @timemage due to inability for Wire library to reduce to below 30304Hz. Unfortunately problems still persist:
Nothing printed out to ...
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Programming AT24C16 EEPROM with Arduino Nano
I have been trying to program an AT24C16 EEPROM and have set up a circuit as per the attached image.
I have been using the following Arduino code:
#include <Wire.h>
#define disk1 0x50 /...
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EEPROM programmer works with serial monitor but not with pySerial
I'm trying to modify Ben Eater's eeprom programmer to flash a 32K eeprom, since the arduino has 32K of program data total the data wouldn't fit in the program. So I wrote a python program using ...
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Where to store critical data in power outage situation on ESP8266
I want to store a counter that is always changing, but I want it to remain and be able to retrieve it on after a power loss.
It's only one long number data, but as it is always changing, I don't know ...
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Why isn't this EEPROM.get() working?
I am trying to save a string/char to EEPROM with EEPROM.put() and then get the value, but it doesn't work and I get a blank value when I do a EEPROM.get().
I remember this is how it worked on arduino ...
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ESP32: best way to embed certificates
I'm using the Arduino framework on an ESP32 based board. The board has an SD card slot, but I'm not going to use it.
Anyway, I need to store somewhere the certificates. To the the firmware I've just ...
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Is it possible to upload and run code from EEPROM during boot time?
I am having problems while writing custom bootloader, so that it uploads code from EEPROM (for now internal, as I have no external memory in my hands) and writes into flash. After ~2 weeks of ...
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EEPROM Arduino library for ESP8266 is not working
I am trying to use EEPROM library from Arduino framework for my ESP8266 project (NodeMCU). I am using Atom with Platformio.
Initialization of EEPROM is attempted at void setup() in main.cpp:
EEPROM....
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How to convert my Arduino setup to a PIC setup?
I have an arduino setup with LCD, RTC, EEPROM, Reed Switch, AC/DC Buck Converter, 4X4 Keypad.
What PIC IC will let me connect with all these(40 Pins), and yet accept Arduino Code.
I don't want to ...
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Store & retrieve parameters after sketch update
I have a Generic code for some IOT devices which vary in some parameters ( lets say it is only its MQTT name and subscriptions).
Since I use OTA to update sketch, I'm looking for a way to A) write ...
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Junk values in EEPROM. while writing large values
Facing an issue while writing a large value (like 2000-5000) to EEPROM using EEPROM.put().
For example, While writing 2000 values to address 5 of EEPROM. Some junk values are written automatically to ...
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Error while inputting EEPROM.read() and EEPROM.write()
I am trying to store data in ATmega328 (Arduino Uno) using the following code using tinkercad:
#include <EEPROM.h>
void setup() {
int addr, data=1;
Serial.begin(9600);
for (addr=0; addr&...
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Need help with EEPROM not storing array values on ESP8266 after restart
I am struggling through a program. I am trying to store my uploaded string into an array then write that array to EEPROM. I run the program, upload the new array and store it in the EEPROM. all values ...
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EEPROM not consistent over reboot
I'am using a Wemos D1 mini V3.0.0 (esp 8266 core).
I tried to save a structure in EEPROM memory but all data are lost when i reboot the board.
I am using these basics functions :
int cle_verif = ...
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the use of the Arduino's EEPROM
I want to know the purpose of using the EEPROM because I can't get it,
I mean I know that it can store values for a long time, but I just can't get the goal here
#include<EEPROM.h>
void setup()
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Arduino Uno SD card storage
I am interested in storing accelerometer data to an SD card. Since power consumption is the main consideration of my project, it is important to do as few writes to the SD as possible, because the SD ...
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Arduino Mega keep states after reprogramming
Based on:
https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=440978.0
And some previous experience with Arduinos. What I would like to accomplish here is that I have a 8 channel relay board with the relays in ...
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store multiple of float type on EEPROM
I have 7 float variables.
float temperature, differential, calibration,hta,lta,hha,lha;
I want to store them all on the EEPROM memory, how do I calculate the addresses given that there type is ...
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ESP8266 EEPROM Reading extra character
I am very very new to ESP Programming.
I am trying to store Strings into EEPROM of ESP8266.
I am storing the string into eeprom successfully but while reading it from EEPROM extra character 'd' is ...
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Managing configurations via EEPROM by writing it with the hex file
I've been looking into I2C bootloaders for an ATTINY coprocessor on a board I'm developing, and I ran into a bit of a snag. I have the need to detect what board the main processor's code is running on,...
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Spiffs vs Eeprom on esp8266
In my project, i have some data to save permanently. After some research i got many examples and informations to do that with eeprom. I used it effectively.
After all i decide to deep dive to esp8266 ...
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make EEPROM.h use custom eeprom partition
I created the below partition table for an esp32 and replaced the 'default_8MB.csv' with it.
# Name, Type, SubType, Offset, Size, Flags
nvs, data, nvs, 0x9000, 0x5000,
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How can I save my float 'ave' on the EEPROM continuously?
How can I save my output continuously to EEPROM? Or is this even possible? Please help me out.
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600);
}
void loop() {
static unsigned long count = 0;
static float ...
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EEPROM page rotates while writing to it
The following code intends to read from serial port and write the data byte by byte to a 24LC01B EEPROM.
// 24LC01B PINS
// Pin 1, A0: float
// Pin 2, A1: float
// Pin 3, A2: float
// Pin 4, VSS: GND
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Initalizing library object in own library
EDIT: @Juraj fixed the Issue, changes at the end of the post
I am developing an application to program OneWire ID Chips. I am using the OneWire library (https://github.com/PaulStoffregen/OneWire) and ...
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Stuck in a loop when reading from EEPROM, works if I clear it first
EDIT: The problem was caused by storing a pointer in the EEPROM. Thanks to @KIIV for helping out
Sorry for the enormous of wall of text, I'm trying to pare it down a bit.
I have two Arduino Megas ...
