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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>nRF52833 - What does nWRITE = 2 mean?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/64000/nrf52833---what-does-nwrite-2-mean</link><description>Could you please explain for nRF52833, what nWRITE = 2 means? 
 
 infocenter.nordicsemi.com/.../nRF52833_PS_v1.2.pdf page 30 has 
 nWRITE = 2 (Number of times a 32-bit word can be written before erase) 
 
 But code that erases a page then writes to a</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 13</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:03:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/f/nordic-q-a/64000/nrf52833---what-does-nwrite-2-mean" /><item><title>RE: nRF52833 - What does nWRITE = 2 mean?</title><link>https://devzone.nordicsemi.com/thread/261235?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2020 15:03:05 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">137ad170-7792-4731-bb38-c0d22fbe4515:dcb3ab15-093c-4de3-8cea-ca40a93a91aa</guid><dc:creator>haakonsh</dc:creator><description>[quote user=""]But code that erases a page then writes to&amp;nbsp;a single&amp;nbsp;word 32 times by clearing 1 bit at a time seems to work.[/quote]
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;seems to work&amp;quot; and guaranteed to work by the specification are two different things.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If&amp;nbsp;you write to a word more than twice before erasing there&amp;#39;s a significant probability that you will encounter data corruption.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>