Graphically visualizing the erasure of a 16kbit #EPROM with a UV source in 16 seconds!

This time lapse shows all of the bits being flipped from 0 to 1 over about a 24 minute period. The first bit flips at 8 minutes.

What's fascinating to me is the bits "twinkle" as they flip back and forth before settling.

#RetroComputing #TimeLapse

@paulrickards I find it fascinating that structures appear in the image during the erasing process. I speculate that those are caused by metal routing layers partially shadowing the memory array underneath them, such that the shadowed bit cells erase more slowly. It seems as if you used the EPROM's memory array as an image sensor to capture low resolution images of its own metal routing layers! 💚