| ??? 10/12/06 13:24 Read: times |
#126303 - Not necessarily Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
The correct question is "which processor can I use for reading a memory stick". Not necessarily. FTDI certainly seem to be aiming this at existing products that want to add the capability to read a USB stick: FTDI's CEO., Fred Dart said: (my emphasis)
We anticipate that these devices will be especially popular for adding USB Flash Drive connectivity to a wide range of consumer and industrial products. To date, lots of embedded systems have relied upon an RS232 port for configuration, firmware update, etc. This can be rather cumbersome, as it requires a PC or somesuch to carry the data to the unit. Although suitable portable PC/PDA/etc devices are readily available these days, RS232 ports are getting less so! :-( Now that USB sticks are so cheap and ubiquitous, they offer a very attractive way to carry data to & from an embedded system - and FTDI seem to be chasing the market for retrofitting such capability to existing designs. Sure, if you're starting from scratch, you'd start with this as one of your requirements as input to your processor selection... |
| Topic | Author | Date |
| At last! a USB Host Controller! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| It is now on the ftdi shop | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| So it is! | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I like it | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| pity it's not '51 :-) | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Hmmm... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| I wouldn't care... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| wrong question - also an addition | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| Not necessarily | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| sure, it should have been "which processor or a | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| CY7C67300 | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| sure | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| plug'n'play | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| If the hat fits... | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| on the comparison | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
| cypress devboard | 01/01/70 00:00 | |
See also USBWiz | 01/01/70 00:00 |