Andre Abelian wrote:

> From: Gerhard Fiedler=20
>=20
>> Andre Abelian wrote:=20
>>=20
>>> Finally I got sst 32mb flash working now my next thing to do is to
>>> come up a saving and reading back method like how to keep track of
>>> beginning of data and how to count total number etc. The length of
>>> each data is 150 bytes and each time PIC will turn off its power.
>>> this is similar to saving jpg images and reading back but in my
>>> case I do not need to use FAT system. all I need is to save data
>>> and keep counting and read back. delete part is going to delete all
>>> together. my question is what's the best way of dealing with large
>>> memory like this.=20
>>=20
>> Depends a lot on how many you want to store and how you need to
>> access them -- sequentially? sequentially in chunks? random access
>> by some key? random access by position?
>
> sequentially

Then the only thing you have to do is store the index number of the next
chunk to write (initially 0) in something persistent like an EEPROM --
right?

Gerhard
--=20
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