On 08/06/2015 10:35 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/6/15 8:30 AM, Jay Jaeger wrote:
I wouldn't mind one as well -- I have a handful of Pertec
drives that it
would be nice to be able to talk to. One that handles
multiple
interface speeds would be a plus.
I suppose I could always design one.... ;)
Formatted Pertec is a fairly simple interface. Chuck has
talked in the past of designing one, and some of the
gotchas with the interface.
Yes, I hacked up one of my CNC control boards to make it
into a read-only adapter for Pertec formatted drives. Works
well, but is pretty slow. I've thought that using the PRU
(attached 32-bit, 200 MHz micorcontroller) on the Beagle
Bone would make a really great formatted Pertec interface.
One problem is limited memory directly on the PRU, I haven't
learned yet how to use the bulk system memory from the PRU.
Jon
