Re: What's inside a USB flash drive?
- From: Anton Erasmus <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:38:18 +0200
On 14 Jun 2005 20:01:57 -0700, cs_posting@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>Has anyone opened up a commodity USB flash drive?
>
>Obviously there is a customized USB-capable microcontroller in there.
>What I'm wondering is if there is a seperate flash memory chip with a
>standard interface that could be scavenged for use in projects (since
>implementing the _host_ side of USB in a micro is sadly unrealistic at
>present).
>
>Yes, it's easy to talk to compact flash and similar cards and the
>prices aren't that different. But curiousity is a factor.
The USB Flash devices I have opened had at least 2 chips. One the
controller which connect directly to the USB connector, and the others
standard TSSOP flash devices. I suspect that the controller chip might
have some sort of configuration which adapts it for the specific flash
devices used.
Regards
Anton Erasmus
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