Where do I need to start to get a MCU to talk to a HDD? the HDD dosnt have to talk to a pc as well in the normal sense. The HDD is for storing burst's of data, then later it can spit it out to a pc via another MCU if needed over serial or usb. The data will be wireless and come in bursts of upto 1mbps, for speed I think it best to drop into FRAM or SRAM and have a RTOS plonk it on the HDD as and when there is a break in data.
Has anyone got a sata or pata HDD to talk to a micro?
My problem is I dont know where to start, part of me think's some kind of FAT File system, while bits think that wouldnt be needed? The reason for the HDD is purely size etc and the fact I realy dont want to store the data on a SD card or something like that, what I want is something the size of a laptop HDD, infact I want a laptop HDD connected to a MCU, the micro isnt decided yet but will be pic 32bit (just started with them) or ARM big boy CORTEX4 or CORTEX3, unless I find a mad way of using a 8 bit chip , the radio link is a 8051 with built in transceiver, it has spi and i2c usart etc for comms to talk to FRAM/SRAM another MCU or the HDD direct depending on what I find out. So anyone got a start point for me to google?
Has anyone got a sata or pata HDD to talk to a micro?
My problem is I dont know where to start, part of me think's some kind of FAT File system, while bits think that wouldnt be needed? The reason for the HDD is purely size etc and the fact I realy dont want to store the data on a SD card or something like that, what I want is something the size of a laptop HDD, infact I want a laptop HDD connected to a MCU, the micro isnt decided yet but will be pic 32bit (just started with them) or ARM big boy CORTEX4 or CORTEX3, unless I find a mad way of using a 8 bit chip , the radio link is a 8051 with built in transceiver, it has spi and i2c usart etc for comms to talk to FRAM/SRAM another MCU or the HDD direct depending on what I find out. So anyone got a start point for me to google?