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07/24/09 13:34
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 		 #167815 - A microcontroller != flash memory controller
Responding to: ???'s previous message
1) The memory card holder costs money. And has lower reliability than if you solder the chip.

2) A small microcontroller seldom has any memory controller for handling a flash memory. You may get a physical interface for operating on raw flash sectors. This leaves it to the application to try to add some form of wear leveling, and to perform many concatenated writes to a single flash sector before the most recent data is copied to a new sector and the first sector is erased.

3) The SD memory may export a FAT32 file system, but the memory controller in the card hides the mapping between file system sectors and the actual flash sectors.

Using a SD memory means that your application can just concentrate on the FAT32 file system, which is way simpler than working with raw flash sectors.

List of 28 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
Embedded SD Memory - anyone seen any?            01/01/70 00:00      
   what's the point?            01/01/70 00:00      
      A microcontroller != flash memory controller            01/01/70 00:00      
         of course not, it's just one task of many ;-)            01/01/70 00:00      
            You actually gain a lot            01/01/70 00:00      
               whatever            01/01/70 00:00      
                  even more to the roots            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Solderability not a problem            01/01/70 00:00      
            There are advantages            01/01/70 00:00      
      Memories can be purchased separately.            01/01/70 00:00      
         memories... of the shelf...            01/01/70 00:00      
            Pricey and consumes a lot of processor pins            01/01/70 00:00      
               an interesting overview            01/01/70 00:00      
               Is 8 pins a "lot of pins"?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not SD - the linked memory            01/01/70 00:00      
                     is 17 a very large number? ;-)            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Show me your solderable SD module            01/01/70 00:00      
                           there's nothing to prevent you from soldering a micro-SD            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That's stretching it a bit            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Every extra pin needed can be very expensive            01/01/70 00:00      
   There's cheap SD with PCI            01/01/70 00:00      
      Oddly enough ...            01/01/70 00:00      
         connector issue            01/01/70 00:00      
         The only "issue" is their connector            01/01/70 00:00      
            as opposed to MMC, which uses the same connector            01/01/70 00:00      
   Found it - "iNand"!            01/01/70 00:00      
      how does its cost compare            01/01/70 00:00      
         Dunno            01/01/70 00:00      

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