Re: In Application Programming (IAP) Performance

Nov 08, 2006 1 Replies


Hi,


>
> I am currently looking into the IAP features of the Atmel AT89C51CC03,
> and having difficulty understanding (or finding information) on the
> performance.
>
> As far as I can tell, the user application sets up the data to be
> written to flash, along with the page and byte address, and then calls
> the AIP API which resides in a seperate flash array (FM1). This API
> actually performs the flash write and then returns to the user
> application. The user code must disable interrupts prior to the API
> call.
>
> I cannot find out how long the API function takes i.e. How long will my
> application be stalled ?
>
> Can anybody point me to this information, or provide a simple
> calculation of the form
>
> Total Time = (Number of Bytes * TimePerByte us) + FixedOverhead us
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steven

Hi,



I was hoping for a faster response ;-(



Can anyone suggest an alternative (or better) forum for 8051 based discussions ?



Thanks,



Steven



I guess the Flash Programming User Manual or the datasheet of the microcontroller will have this information. You can try in their site.

rgds venky

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