PIC MCU + USB Chip + USB hard drive = Lot's of sapce
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 3:30 pm
I have an external USB hard drive and would like to know:
Is it possible to use a 18F series MCU and a USB chip to make connection to an external USB hard drive?
Any article ???
Mark
Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 2838 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:28 pm
You would have to implement a USB host. You would be better off using the IDE interface.
MikeValencia
Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 238 Location: Chicago
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:40 pm
Mark's right. At this point, you can't make a USB host out of any PIC out there.
Guest
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 9:46 pm
Mark wrote:
You would have to implement a USB host. You would be better off using the IDE interface.
Do you have any reference for PIC to IDE?
Thankx
Mark
Joined: 07 Sep 2003 Posts: 2838 Location: Atlanta, GA
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2005 4:44 am
Your best bet would be to look at the MP3 sites. Some of them have ATA or IDE interfaces. The IDE interface is the easy part. The hard part is the FAT file system. If you search, you should be able to find some code out there. I cannot release the code that I have.
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