It may either be flash or EEPROM, but it's all in the same chip. Skip told me he has fixed a couple of FE5650 units that had the same issues by reprogramming them without issues, so I think it is well worth a try on the 5680A.
Regards, Tom On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Bob Camp <kb...@n1k.org> wrote: > Hi > > Unless we are talking about flash rather than EEPROM, an image may not do > you much good. > > Firmware normally gets stored in flash. That code is at least similar from > unit to unit. > > Calibration data normally gets stored in EEPROM. On a modern Rb there are > a lot of things that are “tweaked” by EEPROM settings rather than fiddling > pots and jumpers. Each EEPROM is unique to a unit. The settings in one may > not be very healthy for another one. > > Again, ignore all this if the objective is a flash re-load. > > Bob > > > > On Oct 20, 2014, at 6:08 PM, Tom Wimmenhove <tom.wimmenh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Skip Withrow contacted me and explained that apparently the FE5650 has a > > tendency to get it's internal EEPROM corrupted when sending commands to > it > > right after power up. This confirms my suspicion that the EEPROM of my > > FE5680A unit suffered the same fate. > > He offered me to reprogram the unit as he has an ST programmer but I > would > > need a donor unit. He would also make the files publicly available. > > Is there anyone out there that would let me or Skip borrow their FE5680A > > unit for a short amount of time to read it out? This would be greatly > > appreciated! > > > > Regards, > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.