# Using the external flash memory

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/using-the-external-flash-memory/1216>\
**Category:** Firmware\
**Created:** [January 3, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-the-external-flash-memory/1216 "2014-01-03T14:43:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![zach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/zach/32/20714_2.png) [@zach](https://community.particle.io/u/zach)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/using-the-external-flash-memory/1216/8 "2014-01-21T04:56:40Z")

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Not officially supported yet, but if you want to live on the edge:

> **[Let's get (non)volatile](https://community.particle.io/t/lets-get-non-volatile/2200/3)**
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> One option is to use the external flash; the Core has 2MB of external flash, of which we’re only using 0.5MB, and the remaining space is reserved for the user. Here’s a quick interface written up by @zachary, but not yet integrated into our code:...

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