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EEPROM Write
The microcontroller on the Arduino board has 512 bytes of EEPROM: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEPROM) memory whose values are kept when the board is turned off (like a tiny hard drive). This example illustrates how to store values read from analog input 0 into the EEPROM using theEEPROM.write() (http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/EEPROMWrite) function. These values will stay in the EEPROM when the board is turned off and may be retrieved later by another sketch.

Hardware Required
- Arduino Board

Circuit
There is no circuit for this example.

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Code
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[Get Code] (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/EEPROMWrite?action=sourceblock&num=1)

See also
E E P R O M . w r i t e ( )(http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/EEPROMWrite) a n a l o g R e a d ( )(http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/AnalogRead) i f ( )(http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/If)

- EEPROM Clear example (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/EEPROMClear) - EEPROM Read example (http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/EEPROMRead) - EEPROM library reference (http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/EEPROM)

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