Floppy drive interfacing

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penoy_balut

New Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #1

Sirs,
Where can I find tutorials on microcontroller and floppy (3.5") drive interfacing?
Thanks

 

panic mode

Well-Known Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #2

may i ask...why? floppy is dead.
long live flash and specially serial versions like SD...
are you looking just for pinout (easy to find on web) or addressing?
check wiki for details (and the reference links)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk

 

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penoy_balut

New Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #3

Sir,
I need to store data from a remote location and floppy seems to be the easiest (not for me) and cheapest data storage available.

 

akg

New Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #4

i will the other way round , storing it in sd card will more viable (non volatile,no fungus,higher storage,small size, faster read/write, solid state design etc..).

 

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penoy_balut

New Member

• Sep 12, 2006

• #5

Sir,
can you give us some informations about mcu sd cards interfacing and protocol?

 

Nigel Goodwin

Super Moderator

Most Helpful Member

• Sep 13, 2006

• #6

penoy_balut said:

Sir,
I need to store data from a remote location and floppy seems to be the easiest (not for me) and cheapest data storage available.

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Floppy isn't practical, it's requirements are too great for a micro-controller, forget that idea and use flash memory cards (of some type), there are plenty of examples on the net.