Every time one of us flashes an Arduino’s internal memory, a nagging thought in the backs of our minds reminds us that, although everything in life is impermanent, nonvolatile re-writable memory is ...

“You can’t put new wine in old bottles” – so the saying goes. But you would if you’re a hacker stuck with a radio built in 2005, which looked like it was put together using technology from 1975.

Last week I spent most of my leisure time studying nonvolatile memory chips. The result was a better understanding of Arduino’s EEPROM. This might look like novice work, but I hope my thoughts will ...