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Looking to store settings or data in your embedded project, but you are using a PIC® MCU without an internal EEPROM and your design doesn't have an external EEPROM? The virtual EEPROM driver included in the CCS C Compiler adds the ability to use the PIC® MCU's re-programmable flash memory as data storage. This driver also performs write balancing, which allows the developer to write to a specific location several times without fear of wearing out the endurance of the flash memory. The virtual EEPROM driver recently was updated to add support for PIC16 and to optimize the memory usage when used on 8-bit PIC® MCUs (PIC16, PIC18, etc).
To add this library into your project, simply #include the file virtual_eeprom.c. The function init_virtual_eeprom() needs to be called to initialize access to the virtual EEPROM. write_virtual_eeprom() can be used to write a value to a location, and read_virtual_eeprom() can be used to read the value at a specified location. The last two erase pages of the PIC's re-programmable flash are used as storage for the virtual EEPROM system.
Here is an example of usage:
#include <virtual_eeprom.c>
void test_virtual_eeprom(void)
{
init_virtual_eeprom();
write_virtual_eeprom(0, 55);
write_virtual_eeprom(1, 65);
write_virtual_eeprom(2, 75);
printf("%urn", read_virtual_eeprom(0)); //should say '55'
printf("%urn", read_virtual_eeprom(1)); //should say '65'
printf("%urn", read_virtual_eeprom(2)); //should say '75' }
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