Replacing SCSI with flash?
Jim Brain
brain at jbrain.com
Fri Jan 4 13:04:56 CST 2008
Alexandre Souza wrote:
>> I'm assuming that this is on-topic as the equipment I wish to use
>> this in is microprocessor controlled (68000) piece of test equipment
>> - the Fluke 9100 series of microprocessor test fixtures.
>
> Wow!!! Great!!!
>
>> What my group of friends (Tech Tools Mail List) are looking for is a
>> cost effective replacement for the ancient SCSI drives with flash
>> being an optimum solution, but trying to find the most cost effective
>> solution...
>
> What is the address of this list? Got interested :oD
>
>> Anyone have suggestions?
>
> Do you know how simple SCSI and SCSI-2 is???
>
> Why not a simple microcontroller (AVR!!! AVR!!! connected to a SCSI
> bus and to some cheap-serial-memory like SD/MMC cards? It can be done
> easily and cheaply, and you would have the advantage of (pseudo?)FAT
> compatibility. Or at least device image distribuition thru the net.
> BASCOM (www.mcselec.com) has a nice BASIC compiler for AVRs and good
> examples of SD interfacing. Maybe worth a look :o)
>
If this develops into a project, I'd like to know. I have a need to do
some solid state SCSI. I also know AVRs and FAT FS.
Jim
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