Reading, writing, erasing flash (16F88)

[RussMartin]

Possibly because PIC16's are not really designed to do what you have in mind. Of 93 PIC16's that are listed on MicroCHIP's website, only 6 have self-write capability (which is what allows you to do what you trying to do). OTOH, of 155 PIC18's, 135 of them have self-write. AFAIK, ALL 24-bit core devices (PIC24F/H, dsPIC30 and dsPIC33) have this capability . . .

Thanks for the suggestion. Yes, I am aware that, according to the online chart, only 6 of 99 16-series devices (the '88 and the members of the '88x family) have the capability. The 16F88 was recommended to me by another member of this forum as a good starting point for what I want to attempt since I was looking for a quick alternative to using EEPROM in a '648A.

Charles, good to hear from you again! That's the kind of clear, concise information I appreciate. I'm going to do an empirical test of my trial hypothesis with a similar approach on a 16F88 using a counter and loop now that I have some sort of concept of what's going on "under the hood" and why.