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jasonbar

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #120 on: May 18, 2012, 10:50:17 AM »
I just came across this thread & read through all 8 pages of goodness.

I am *very* impressed with the speed & quality of the development. Well done!

Put me down for a pre-order, please--this sort of work should be encouraged & rewarded.

Thanks!
-Jason
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gameofyou

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #121 on: May 19, 2012, 07:14:26 AM »
Quote from: jasonbar on May 18, 2012, 10:50:17 AM
I just came across this thread & read through all 8 pages of goodness.

I am *very* impressed with the speed & quality of the development. Well done!

Put me down for a pre-order, please--this sort of work should be encouraged & rewarded.

Thanks!
-Jason

Thanks, I appreciate it!
 
Good news, it looks like they shipped the circuit boards slightly ahead of schedule.  So I should still be able to open orders around the June 4th time-frame.
 
I will post a photo, when I receive the boards.
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spenoza

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #122 on: May 19, 2012, 04:54:55 PM »
When you open orders, will you be accepting PayPal payments?
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SamIAm

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #123 on: May 20, 2012, 02:20:49 AM »
If you'll ship to Japan, please count on setting one aside for me. :)
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Bernie

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #124 on: May 20, 2012, 05:34:12 AM »
Hell yeah.  Cant wait to get a couple these bad boys.
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Nando

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #125 on: May 20, 2012, 06:40:09 AM »
In!
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gameofyou

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #126 on: May 20, 2012, 12:23:45 PM »
Quote from: spenoza on May 19, 2012, 04:54:55 PM
When you open orders, will you be accepting PayPal payments?

Yep.  Paypal, and optionally credit card (through paypal checkout).
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gameofyou

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #127 on: May 23, 2012, 11:39:53 AM »
Got the production boards today:
 

 
Now I just have to build one and make sure I didn't jack anything up with the new usb connector, or any of the other minor changes I made.
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mrhaboobi

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #128 on: May 23, 2012, 12:13:54 PM »
sweet looking.. keen to get one :)
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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #129 on: May 23, 2012, 12:26:06 PM »
have you thought about using a microsd card slot (expandable/removeable memory) instead of flash chips, or would that be more expensive?
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Nando

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #130 on: May 23, 2012, 01:15:45 PM »
Quote from: storino03 on May 23, 2012, 12:26:06 PM
have you thought about using a microsd card slot (expandable/removeable memory) instead of flash chips, or would that be more expensive?

This has always made more sense to me, but the price range could be a killer. Maybe. Or just make the board and let people get their on SD cards.

Great job!
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TheOldMan

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #131 on: May 23, 2012, 01:31:30 PM »
SD Cards are serial in nature. The pce is parallel.

To use SD cards, you would have to build 2 serial-parallel circuits (one for adresses, one for data) and a clock circuit running about 8x as fast as the pce. Not to mention the latches and such you would need.

Now you might do it with a compact flash card....Charlie has done that, iirc.
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gameofyou

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #132 on: May 23, 2012, 01:55:12 PM »
Quote from: storino03 on May 23, 2012, 12:26:06 PM
have you thought about using a microsd card slot (expandable/removeable memory) instead of flash chips, or would that be more expensive?

There's a little more to it than that.  Like TheOldMan said, SD cards have a serial interface.  It would require a lot more design (and cost) than what I have done.
 
Having said that though, maybe I will create a higher cost version HuCard design at some point in the future.  I haven't really thought about it yet.
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Bernie

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #133 on: May 23, 2012, 04:51:14 PM »
This is f*cking amazing.  It looks sweet..  Please hurry so I can send you money..  :) 
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Frank_fjs

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Re: Low cost Flash Hucard
« Reply #134 on: May 23, 2012, 09:44:41 PM »
Awesome work, am eagerly watching this thread to see the final product come to fruition. :)
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