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Unread 07-01-2007, 12:47
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Re: How would I interface a flash drive to the RC?

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Originally Posted by dcbrown View Post
and the MMC/SD daughter board that can be used with the above board.

AC164122 - PICtail Daughter Board for SD & MMC Cards
Not sure if this is still relevant, but our programming mentor showed up at one of our preseason meetings with a little SD card reader similar to the one linked above. I don't remember all the details, but I believe it needed 6 Digital I/Os on the controller and you could read text files off it (his idea was to use it to hold a few pages of stuff that constantly changes like auton programs) so you don't have to recompile and reload your code so much (during programming sessons, we have students who only hold the 50ft program cable, and on command will plug it in and "PROG" the RC)

I'm not sure if he's done any further testing with it, but if you're interested (or anyone else for that matter) I can talk to him about it. I believe the cost of the board was no more than $50
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