Thanks for the links, I wasn't looking for Compact Flash interface because I wasn't sure it was 100% compatible with a hard drive interface, and that's what I'm doing. I've heard CF has a "True IDE" interface or something? Does that mean that (aside from pinouts) the CF cards will work exactly the same as an IDE hard drive, software and all? It's too bad I'm too broke to order a PCB from ExpressPCB (or similar), I'm gonna have to point-to-point solder this whole thing, ARG! Oh well, I guess it's cheaper to fix P2P soldering than cutting/jumpering traces on a real PCB. Thanks again for the info, if any has actually done this, and has any experiences, I'm listening. Peace MJ Brush ----- Original Message ----- From: "Byron A Jeff" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [PIC:] Anyone Tried PIC16F877 & IDE > On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:11:45AM -0400, Matthew Brush wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > > Has anyone ever used the PIC16F877 to control a hard drive directly (ie. > > without 8255)? Any comments, suggestions, problems? > > Projects abound. One of the most famous is the PIC to CompactFlash project > posted on Circuit Cellar Ink. Let me see if I have it in my bookmarks... > > (5 virtual minutes later...) > > Nope. And the thought of using an 8255 would make me gag at this point. > > 5 seconds on google points out this page: > > http://www.walrus.com/~raphael/html/mp3.html > > An lo and behold! the CCI article is on Raphael's site here: > > http://www.walrus.com/~raphael/pdf/compactflashOnPicArticle.pdf > > > > > I am planning on making a serial (I2C, SPI, or something) to IDE converter for a future datalogger project. I'm not concerned about speed at all, but I would like to hear about peoples experiences with this or similar setup. > > > > Complete solutions abound. The whole point of IDE was to trivialize the > interface. > > The only question that I have is does the 8 pin data bas always work for IDE > especially CF? > > BAJ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu