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19 years ago

USB Flash Drive

I have a Altera DE2 board with a Cyclone II FPGA on it. I"m working a project that would benefit from being able to write to a USB Thumb Drive. The board has a USB host port available. However I am unable to figure out how to gain access to this device or find a component that would allow me to access the Thumb Drive. Has anyone worked with this before and could offer some advice.

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    19 years ago

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    originally posted by wenninra@Nov 25 2006, 05:26 PM

    i have a altera de2 board with a cyclone ii fpga on it. i"m working a project that would benefit from being able to write to a usb thumb drive. the board has a usb host port available. however i am unable to figure out how to gain access to this device or find a component that would allow me to access the thumb drive. has anyone worked with this before and could offer some advice.

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    Hi , wenninra

    You can try out "http://nioswiki.jot.com/WikiHome/OperatingSystems/UsbHost", I used thumb USB testing the "UsbHost" (USB ISP1362 driver) , that it can be able to access, so it&#39;s ok.

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    Faye
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    originally posted by faye@Nov 25 2006, 10:59 PM

    hi , wenninra

    you can try out "http://nioswiki.jot.com/wikihome/operatingsystems/usbhost", i used thumb usb testing the "usbhost" (usb isp1362 driver) , that it can be able to access, so it&#39;s ok.

    regards

    faye

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    This could work but inorder to do so I would have to run uCLinix if I&#39;m not mistaken here. I was looking to see if anyone had ever built a component that could just be added using the SOPC builder and possible a driver that would go along with that.
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    14 years ago

    I am also trying to do the same using sopc. Can you please guide me. Note that I am new to fpga.