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flash drive or other type of storage device?

dottedquaddottedquad Posts: 11
edited 2007-03-02 14:22 in BASIC Stamp
I was wondering if there are any stamps or kits to work with the stamps for storage?

-Thanks,
Rich

Post Edited (dottedquad) : 3/1/2007 3:06:03 AM GMT

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2007-03-01 04:37
    How much storage do you need and does it have to be a PC compatible flash drive or SD card type storage? If you only need 128K to 512K bytes, a couple of conventional EEPROMs can be easily attached to any Stamp and there are plenty of examples of their use complete with code to read/write data.

    If you need more, GHI Electronics and FTDI both make an interface for USB flash drives that communicate via a serial connection and could certainly work with a Stamp. Parallax is experimenting with the FTDI device (called the Vinculum VDIP1) and will probably have some Stamp code examples eventually, but not at present.
  • ForrestForrest Posts: 1,341
    edited 2007-03-01 04:38
    Here are a few flash storage solutions that work with Stamps

    www.sddatalogger.com/

    www.ghielectronics.com/details.php?id=1&sid=2

    www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=8215
  • UnsoundcodeUnsoundcode Posts: 1,532
    edited 2007-03-01 06:52
    Hi Rich, FTDI also make a unit called the Vdrive2 specifically designed to store data on USB mass storage and interface via serial/spi. The file system is FAT32 so you can create data,files and directory's with a Stamp microprocessor and later transfer them to your PC. I have one up and running right now, it wasn't particularly difficult and I am pretty impressed with it's capabilities. Mouser sell them for $26.80 and you can pick up a 1gig thumdrive for around $15 dollars.

    http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntt=vdrive2

    Jeff T.
  • dottedquaddottedquad Posts: 11
    edited 2007-03-02 01:21
    Hrmm i'm an electronic newbie but love to program. I figured why not kill two birds with one stone. Learn a new programming language and electronics at the same time ehhh. I have so many electronic/programming projects floating around my head and where to start first!? I'll check out all these links and see what I can learn and do.

    One of these days I was hopping to get Linux on some sort of storage device and utilize Linux as the embedded program/software. Thanks for all your guy's input.

    -Thanks,
    Rich

    Post Edited (dottedquad) : 3/2/2007 2:14:51 AM GMT
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2007-03-02 14:22
    Rich,
    As the owner of the company that sells the SD Data Logger www.sddatalogger.com I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have about it.

    Bean.

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