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Re: SD card boot sector location

2006-02-21 by derbaier

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Paterson" <bruce.paterson@...>
wrote:
>
> > --- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Paterson" <bruce.paterson@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > 
> > > > There is a short and simple article on using the FAT file 
> > system on 
> > > > MMC/SD cards at
> > > > 
> > > >  http://www.circuitcellar.com
> > > > 
> > > > The article title is "Portable FAT Library for MCU Applications" 
> > > > from issue 176 in March 2005.
> > > 
> > > I know this an old thread but I've just had need to look 
> > into SD cards. 
> > > Anyway, above article I cannot find on the website. I suspect it's 
> > > only in the printed version :(
> > > 
> > 
> > sheesh,
> > 
> > ftp://ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2005/176/Sham176.zip
> 
> Err Thanks, but I'd much rather lean towards Tom's code as it's already
> newlib integrated and debugged. It was the article itself I wanted to
> read as background. No matter.
> 
> Thanks Anyway,
> Bruce
>


Easy search!
http://www.circuitcellar.com/magazine/176toc.htm
********************************QUOTE*********************************
Portable FAT Library for MCU Applications
Ivan Sham, William Hue & Pete Rizun
The DOS FAT file system is the industry standard format for flash
memory cards. You can use a microcontroller to read and write files on
an SD/MMC flash memory card with the FAT system. Read on to learn how
to build a portable FAT library for MCU applications. p.18

Keywords: DOS FAT, SD/MMC, memory card, flash, file system, MSP430 
***************************END QUOTE**********************************
The article costs $1.50 to download, or you can read Tom's
documentation for free in his download package.

-- Dave

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