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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1816351" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>Technically that could be the case, but there are ways the manufacturer can extend life, The write cycle limitation is a specification / certification limit, but is what it is guaranteed to meet and is a minimum. Most chips will last longer since it is a statistcal thing and depends on the quality of their production line when making the chips.</p><p></p><p>I designed aircraft computers, and we had to do a load of analysis on all our components so that we could guarantee a unit life of 20 years. So that is what we did in the military field using expensive components, but an SD meter is using the cheapest ones they can get away with, so they will probably struggle to meet the 1 year warranty period. My computers cost the customer tens of thousands of pounds each, and how much is a Codefree? Big difference.</p><p></p><p>Edit to add: If your meter stores the last 100 readings, say, then it will be some time before it starts to overwrite the locations, so it is not so simple, but something like a timer will probably overwrite every time the meter is turned off and on again so it may be more related to this activity. It comes down to how the OS uses memory and can it swap out bad locations when a fault is detected.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1816351, member: 196898"] Technically that could be the case, but there are ways the manufacturer can extend life, The write cycle limitation is a specification / certification limit, but is what it is guaranteed to meet and is a minimum. Most chips will last longer since it is a statistcal thing and depends on the quality of their production line when making the chips. I designed aircraft computers, and we had to do a load of analysis on all our components so that we could guarantee a unit life of 20 years. So that is what we did in the military field using expensive components, but an SD meter is using the cheapest ones they can get away with, so they will probably struggle to meet the 1 year warranty period. My computers cost the customer tens of thousands of pounds each, and how much is a Codefree? Big difference. Edit to add: If your meter stores the last 100 readings, say, then it will be some time before it starts to overwrite the locations, so it is not so simple, but something like a timer will probably overwrite every time the meter is turned off and on again so it may be more related to this activity. It comes down to how the OS uses memory and can it swap out bad locations when a fault is detected. [/QUOTE]
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