Conclusion: Interfacting with RAM? (Say, 32kbyte or more)
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Based on this response and others, I've read between the lines and
come up with the following conclusion:
1: Yes. If you're willing to pay too much for it.
2: Maybe, if you're willing to play with a strange format.
3: EEPROMs aren't that bad.
4: You won't find the easy-interface low-cost RAM you're looking for.
It really sounds like that nobody has bothered to mass produce a good
interface to commodity RAM (with good features and reasonable price).
Although the RAMPack B did look interesting. (I just didn't like the
19.2kbps interface.)
To specifically respond to one message...
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...> wrote:
> Yes, you may be overlooking something.
> 1. These EEPROMS can 'only' be written something
> like 1,000,000 times. This is fine if you don't want
> to scan video or something.
From what I've seen, 100,000 times are more common in the large memory
modules. I'm working on something that I want a clueless person to be
able to use through PC software and dynamically change. 100k is very
good but I like a number approaching infinity much better. It means I
don't have to worry or explain as much.
come up with the following conclusion:
1: Yes. If you're willing to pay too much for it.
2: Maybe, if you're willing to play with a strange format.
3: EEPROMs aren't that bad.
4: You won't find the easy-interface low-cost RAM you're looking for.
It really sounds like that nobody has bothered to mass produce a good
interface to commodity RAM (with good features and reasonable price).
Although the RAMPack B did look interesting. (I just didn't like the
19.2kbps interface.)
To specifically respond to one message...
--- In basicstamps@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Lane" <allan.lane@h...> wrote:
> Yes, you may be overlooking something.
> 1. These EEPROMS can 'only' be written something
> like 1,000,000 times. This is fine if you don't want
> to scan video or something.
From what I've seen, 100,000 times are more common in the large memory
modules. I'm working on something that I want a clueless person to be
able to use through PC software and dynamically change. 100k is very
good but I like a number approaching infinity much better. It means I
don't have to worry or explain as much.