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EEPROM

update()

Description

Write a byte to the EEPROM. The value is written only if differs from the one already saved at the same address.

Syntax

EEPROM.update(address, value)

Parameters

address: the location to write to, starting from 0 (int)

value: the value to write, from 0 to 255 (byte)

Returns

none

Note

An EEPROM write takes 3.3 ms to complete. The EEPROM memory has a specified life of 100,000 write/erase cycles, so using this function instead of write() can save cycles if the written data does not change often

Example


#include <EEPROM.h>

void setup()
{
  for (int i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
    // this performs as EEPROM.write(i, i)
    EEPROM.update(i, i);
  }
  for (int i = 0; i < 255; i++) {
    // write value "12" to cell 3 only the first time
    // will not write the cell the remaining 254 times
    EEPROM.update(3, 12);
  }
}

void loop()
{
}
 
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