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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Flash behaviour after exceeding endurance limit</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/17612/flash-behaviour-after-exceeding-endurance-limit</link><description>Hi, 
 I have an nRF52 chip that has likely exceeded the flash endurance limit. 
 I am observing that after an ERASEALL, not all bits are erased, but after retrying ERASEALL multiple times eventually all bits become 1. 
 I have 2 questions. 
 Are these</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:35:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/17612/flash-behaviour-after-exceeding-endurance-limit" /><item><title>RE: Flash behaviour after exceeding endurance limit</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/67723?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2016 02:35:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:2eac3176-1e8a-47f8-a672-a1a12e0c6c58</guid><dc:creator>Roger Clark</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I presume you are using the flash for data storage rather than reprogramming the device thousands of times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In which case, as you seem to have exceeded the life of the flash, you should probably consider a different storage strategy or using external storage of some form that does not have the limitation of flash memory. e.g MRAM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>