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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/libraries/EEPROM/examples/eeprom_write/eeprom_write.ino b/libraries/EEPROM/examples/eeprom_write/eeprom_write.ino
index c047887..f07446c 100644
--- a/libraries/EEPROM/examples/eeprom_write/eeprom_write.ino
+++ b/libraries/EEPROM/examples/eeprom_write/eeprom_write.ino
@@ -8,31 +8,51 @@
#include <EEPROM.h>
-// the current address in the EEPROM (i.e. which byte
-// we're going to write to next)
-int addr = 0;
+/** the current address in the EEPROM (i.e. which byte we're going to write to next) **/
+int addr = 0;
-void setup()
-{
-}
+void setup(){ /** Empty setup. **/}
void loop()
{
- // need to divide by 4 because analog inputs range from
- // 0 to 1023 and each byte of the EEPROM can only hold a
- // value from 0 to 255.
+ /***
+ Need to divide by 4 because analog inputs range from
+ 0 to 1023 and each byte of the EEPROM can only hold a
+ value from 0 to 255.
+ ***/
+
int val = analogRead(0) / 4;
- // write the value to the appropriate byte of the EEPROM.
- // these values will remain there when the board is
- // turned off.
+ /***
+ Write the value to the appropriate byte of the EEPROM.
+ these values will remain there when the board is
+ turned off.
+ ***/
+
EEPROM.write(addr, val);
- // advance to the next address. there are 512 bytes in
- // the EEPROM, so go back to 0 when we hit 512.
+ /***
+ Advance to the next address, when at the end restart at the beginning.
+
+ Larger AVR processors have larger EEPROM sizes, E.g:
+ - Arduno Duemilanove: 512b EEPROM storage.
+ - Arduino Uno: 1kb EEPROM storage.
+ - Arduino Mega: 4kb EEPROM storage.
+
+ Rather than hard-coding the length, you should use the pre-provided length function.
+ This will make your code portable to all AVR processors.
+ ***/
addr = addr + 1;
- if (addr == 512)
+ if(addr == EEPROM.length())
addr = 0;
+
+ /***
+ As the EEPROM sizes are powers of two, wrapping (preventing overflow) of an
+ EEPROM address is also doable by a bitwise and of the length - 1.
+
+ ++addr &= EEPROM.length() - 1;
+ ***/
+
delay(100);
}