> Hi Mike,
> No need for DOS compatibility - the data is custom.
> Flash or EEPROM makes no difference - non volatile is what I need.
> The smart card I've seen so far are quite small... 2K-bits (256 bytes)
> I need about 16K-bytes or more to store all of the data required.
> The data doesn't change very often. (maybe every 30/60  days or so)
> Needs to plug into customers equipment with no hassles at all.

MultiMedia memory card is easy to interface, you can
use SPI mode, available at http://www.sandisk.com

Friendly Regards

Octavio Nogueira
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ProPic tools - low cost PIC programmer and emulator
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----- Original Message -----
From: David Duffy <avd@UQ.NET.AU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: Flash Card in Oz [EE]


>
> At 06:00 PM 5/23/00 +1000, you wrote:
> >Hi David,
> >
> >I've done some work with SmartMedia, problems are :-
> >It's quit hard to work with if you want it to be dos compatible (read is
> >easy write is a bitch on a device like a PIC only a little memory).
> >It's much larger than what you are looking for.
> >It's relativly expensive.
> >
> >What about standard memory only (dumb) smartcards ?
> >They are cheap, readily avaliable, well supported, and pretty robust.
> >They tend to be EEPROM rather than flash, is this a problem ?
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >Mike Cornelius                  Internet: mike@bytethis.com.au
> >Byte This Interactive           Phone:    +61 2 9310-2157
> >PO Box 1342 Strawberry Hills    FAX:      +61 2 9319-3948
> >NSW 2012 Australia              URL:      http://www.bytethis.com.au
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> >[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of David Duffy
> >Sent: Tuesday, 23 May 2000 4:37 PM
> >To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> >Subject: Flash Card in Oz [EE]
> >
> >
> >Hi all,
> >Has anyone in Australia used flash cards with a PIC before?
> >I need about 16-32KB of flash memory as a removable card.
> >Farnell & RS have some stuff but way too expensive for me!
> >Anyone using something that's easy to get & fairly cheap?
> >Regards...