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Originally Posted by Shinigami2057
Just remember that EPROM and EEPROM are two different things - the first is Erasable, although only through strong UV light, while EEPROM is Electronically Erasable. The PIC18F has the latter, which is lucky for us  |
To clarify further - the above is 100% correct - to erase an EPROM you need to expose it to Ultraviolet (UV) light for some minutes - not practical on a robot. To erase an EEPROM, you send an electrical signal to it - very practical on a robot.
To program either, you send it electrical signals.
Looking at it another way: Both are non-volatile ROM, but an EEPROM is more like RAM.
Don