> > I will keep my PP+ firmware as is for prototyping. Increasing the hit
> > rate 3 times will chop the JW life three times as well. For production
> > stuff, the hit rate should be high though.
> >
> > Hmmm. Mchip will sell three times as many JW part now...
>
>      I've talked to some silicon designers to see if I could shed some
>      light on this issue.  I'm not a hardware engineer, and can't go into
>      any real depth on this, but according to the way it was explained to
>      me, increasing the number of programming pulses will not degrade the
>      EPROM cell, since very little current is flowing through the cell
>      after it gets charged up.  The real limiting factors are the
>      transistors that do the address switching when programming.  These
>      switch the 13 volts and are the main things that cause an EPROM
>      part to "age."
>
>      Again, I'm not speaking in an official capacity, and am certainly no
>      authority on EPROM's, but according to all information I can gather,
>      you should see no degradation in the life of JW parts using the new
>      programming algorithm.