Hi all,
I've been looking into how to interface huge and cheap consumer flash memory cards with hobby projects powered by an AVR, PIC, or MSP430. A lot of the advice seems to be to use MMC or SD memory cards in SPI I/O mode. That seems like a good approach, but (1) sockets for these cards might be hard for a new hobbyist like me to solder, and (2) I already have a bunch of CompactFlash cards I'd like to use.
How about this PC parallel port CompactFlash adapter, apparently sourced from the RCA Lyra MP3 player?
For $10, this offers the hobbyist a socket and some glue logic and doesn't require SMD soldering.
I have one (bought the Lyra long ago), but I was wondering if anyone has reverse-engineered it for use with microcontrollers. Anybody tried it, or come across something?
Thanks! John