Letter of volatility

This letter describes volatile, non-volatile, and storage media on the specified product (Table 15). Customers can use this document to comply with security requirements and equipment handling procedures.

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Table 15 Product information

Product information
Model Numbers	Meca500
Manufacturer	Mecademic
Address	1300 Saint-Patrick Street, Montreal, Quebec H3K 1A4, Canada
Engineer	Éric Boutet

Volatile memory

This product is equipped with on-board DDR2 memory, as detailed in the following table.

Table 16 Volatile memory

Size	Type	User modifiable	Function	Process of clearing
512 MB	On-chip DDR3 memory	No	Internal RAM for product operation	Power cycle product

Non-volatile memory

This device uses on-board Flash memory and EEPROM, as detailed in the following table.

Table 17 Non-Volatile Memory

Size	Type	User modifiable	Function	Process of clearing
512 Mbit	FLASH	Yes	Product configurations	Network configuration can be cleared using the Network configuration reset procedure. Other configurations and files cannot be cleared.
		No	Logs	None
Up to 32 GB	SDCARD	Yes	User programs	User programs can be cleared using MecaPortal code editor.
		No	Firmware	None
16 Kbit	EEPROM	Yes	EtherCAT configurations	EtherCAT master

Media

This device is not equipped with any external storage.

Ethernet

This product includes Ethernet ports for data exchange between the robot and connected devices. The robot does not initiate any external network connections without user intervention.

Summary

The Meca500 does not provide a factory reset function. However, it is possible to manually delete user files and restore the configuration as described above.