CompactFlash Flash Memory Cards

CompactFlash is a flash memory with an embedded controller that makes it look very much like an IDE device. In fact it has what's called True-IDE mode that makes it look exactly like a minature IDE disk. You read/write the disk using the 8 byte IDE task file and the 16 bit dta bus. The bus can programmatically be reduced to an 8 bit bus if you need to conserve pins.

PIC to CF

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• Roger Raduenz refers to

  /techref/member/rr-usa-p64/cf_inst.htm I have code available which operates as a: PIC data logger to CF Card file; the CF Card filesystem is updated; and the data is readable via Windows PC software.

• http://www.compactflash.org/ Compact flash technical documents
• http://www.chipcenter.com/circuitcellar/february01/c0201ms1.htm "PIC A COMPACTFLASH CARD" interfacting a microcontroller to a CF and IDE

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PIC memory methods

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