Alternative Hardware Design for Floppy Interface

I think this has been answered several times. Not all formats can be read with standard controller chips. I have several that fall under that type of problem. To make it truly useful, it needs to read the timing of the pulses. It can then use various rules to decode into data or simply keep it as timed data, depending on the purpose. To do this, the tool needs to be able to over sample with enough resolution. Because of the nature of FM/MFM, one needs to over sample 6 to 8 times the bit rate. As David suggested, something like a BlackFin processor would be good. It is designed to handle USB, runs at 400MHz instruction rate from its cache and has a clocked serial port that is able to sample a large amount of data at rates up to 80 MHz clock. Unlike a current x86 processor, it is designed to have more determinist execution times and can keep up with large data transfer rates. Dwight _________________________________________________________________ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Caf?. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctW…