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07/06/09 07:28
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#166753 - Does it need a file system?
Responding to: ???'s previous message
If you want to simply read PC files, and/or write files that a PC can read, then you will also need a PC-compatible file system - whether you use a USB stick or some other device.

I think the Vinculum has FAT support built-in;

Other "FAT-on-a-chip" solutions are available;

Several open-source software FAT implementations are available for "small" microcontrollers.

The alternative is to just have the 8051 access the storage medium at its "raw" sector level, and then create a PC utility to allow the PC to access it.

You need to more fully define your requirements!

Once your requirements are clearly & fully defined, then you can consider whether an 8051 is a suitable target for your application...

List of 14 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
pen drive            01/01/70 00:00      
   yes and no            01/01/70 00:00      
      Vinculum economics?            01/01/70 00:00      
         generally I would agree            01/01/70 00:00      
   Does it have to be a USB pen drive?            01/01/70 00:00      
      The market want PEN drive            01/01/70 00:00      
         Limiting            01/01/70 00:00      
         For which applications?            01/01/70 00:00      
            how many CURRENT PCs can write 'cards'?            01/01/70 00:00      
               All of them?            01/01/70 00:00      
               3 out of 5            01/01/70 00:00      
         Agreed.            01/01/70 00:00      
   Does it need a file system?            01/01/70 00:00      
      it does            01/01/70 00:00      

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