Sending data to thumb drive

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I need to send data from my PIC to a storage device. I would like that device to be a USB thumb drive. Since both the PIC and the USB are "slave" devices, is it possible to do this and what would be involved?

Thanks,

iso9001 · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 262

Run.... Run away quickly! There is a lot more work to this then you think. Also, combining slave devices isn't going to work. You need 1 master to talk to any number of slaves.... Where is you master ?

Look into MMC cards instead. They are driven over SPI, and be read or written to directly by the PIC or a PC. They are CHEAP. Large capacity. You don't even 'need' to implement a complicated file system for them. Etc Etc Etc.

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rwyoung · Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 563 Location: Lawrence, KS USA

http://www.ghielectronics.com/USBwiz.htm
Or just buy your own ARM7 and do it all for yourself.
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iso9001 · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 262

Thats pretty cool!

Expensive, but I could see a use if you needed SMS or FAT in a hurry.

Eugeneo · Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 155 Location: Calgary, AB

I could see were this would be useful. Has anybody actually used this.

asmallri · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 1634 Location: Perth, Australia