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RE: [lpc2000] Re: Cheap SD Flash File System

2005-11-10 by Joel Winarske

> FAT12 is more complex than FAT16 when dealing with FAT 12-bit FAT
> entries that span a sector.  A lot of SD cards are formatted FAT12 by
> default, so FAT16 is no good...  Its requirements are also pretty high,
> requiring a 1K static buffer.  The PRLLC implementation (and mine for
> that matter) can run with a 512-byte static or dynamic buffer.

On XP it's formatting a 128MB SD card with FAT16 by default.  The card out
of the package was FAT16.  I haven't tried a smaller card to see if there's
a difference.

Joel

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