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Hi all,
I am developing a HW and SW solution that includes a SPI flash device from the family S25FS512S. I couldn't find a reference as for do I need to have a wear leveling algorithm for the SPI access or not. My application includes writing a maximum of 100 times per page throughout the life of the product. I am not worried about wear leveling but about bad blocks. Is it possible that blocks will become bad during operation if I am well below the 100,000 erase cycles? If there is a chance for bad blocks, what is the recommended handling of files on the flash device?
I appreciate any comments
Thanks,
zohar
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Hi Zohar,
There are no bad blocks to manage in any NOR Flash. Cypress guarantees 100% good blocks in our SPI and Parallel NOR Flash. The same is written here: Bad Blocks in NOR Flash Devices – KBA219740
For your future reference on wear leveling please kindly refer our Application Note below:
http://www.cypress.com/documentation/application-notes/an98521-wear-leveling
Regards,
Nada
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Hi Zohar,
There are no bad blocks to manage in any NOR Flash. Cypress guarantees 100% good blocks in our SPI and Parallel NOR Flash. The same is written here: Bad Blocks in NOR Flash Devices – KBA219740
For your future reference on wear leveling please kindly refer our Application Note below:
http://www.cypress.com/documentation/application-notes/an98521-wear-leveling
Regards,
Nada
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Thank you Nada for your help
Zohar