Re: TI-H: Re: Possible Floppy Drive Project
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: TI-H: Re: Possible Floppy Drive Project
USB can go at slower speeds, but they are still too fast for any low priced
uC to think about.
USB host chips are expensive and would be hard to interface using a uC.
Flash memory is getting real cheap and doesn't have the problems disks have
these days.
Grant
>Actually, what I have in mind is to maybe get a usb controller and hack one
>of those usb floppy drives they sell for imac's. From the usb controller to
>a cheap microcontroller and that would hook up to the calc much in the way
>the par. link does. Comments? (preferably from the knowledgable since this
>is a bit bigger then anything I've ever attempted, although reasonably)
>
>-Phil
References: