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--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Wagner" <jim_d_wagner@...> 

> This is incorrect. You can read an infinite
> number of times. Only writes are limited.

This is also not really correct.  You can write all you want to, 
although only writing bits from one to zero will succeed.  The 
write/erase cycle endurance tells you how many times (minimum) you can 
erase a bit that has been written to zero or, perhaps, how many times 
you can erase a sector in which any of the bits have been written to 
zero.  It's the erase that counts.  Since erases are sector based, each 
sector wears out independently of the others.  In practice, you can 
think of the endurance limit as the number of times you can reprogram 
the chip, which is probably what you meant.

Graham.