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How to store one bit without the use of an IC? [duplicate]
I am trying to store a bit of data from a circuit, but I don't want to use an IC like an EEPROM chip. Is it possible to store one bit with a transistor or something else to that effect?
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How do modern displays output data to pixels? [closed]
Do new displays still write pixels one at a time? I thought this was the case until I saw a video showing slo-mo footage of a display, in which it was clear that all of the pixels are on at the same ...
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User controlled storage devices existence
Today's memory devices have a lot of logic embedded before data is actually written onto the NAND pages.
An example could be wear levelling algorithm , FTL functionalities etc.
The typical life of a ...
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data storage, FPGA to mass storage device
For a project I am working on I need to transfer, without loss of information, continous data bursts at a maximum of 48 MB/s from an FPGA to a mass storage device.
An SD card device (with appropriate ...
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Best hard drive for portability, vibrations, and continuous plug and unplug
Im going on deployment soon and i need a hard drive to take on the go with me. Atleast 8TB. I already have 7.23TB worth of files ready to transfer. I will be plugging it into various devices quite ...
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Is only a firmware limitation the fact that some camera can't store photo in RAW format? [closed]
I was interested in understanding if from the point of electrical engineering storing the RAW data of the sensor directly into the memory of the camera require special hardware. Could be more ...
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How did old games from 8-bit era game consoles store music? [closed]
Some time ago I found that the audio of a game called Ninja Gaiden 1 (NES) is around 1 hour. This is excluding the sound effects like jump and hit e.t.c. Then I found that the entire game size is ...
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I've seen many conflicting answers online: For optical storage, does a pit represent a '1' bit or does a land represent a '1' bit?
I've seen many conflicting answers online so:
When reading an optical disk, which one of these is true:
A 'pit' represents 1 and a 'land' represents 0
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A 'pit' represents 0 and a 'land' ...
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How to convert raw radar sensor data into custom compressed data format for efficiently storing and archiving on file system
The binary raw data from the SAR sensor is processed in fpga and outputted as hex. Now, this data we currently store as ASCII in .txt files. However, it takes lots of space in storing.
Is there an ...
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Flash storage: How do I know the remaining writing cycles without relying on SMART?
Flash storage such as SSD has a SMART system like HDDs.
But USB sticks and SD cards lack that.
Optical storage has error/quality scanning that can predict failures early, while error correction is ...
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Flash storage: Limited read cycles?
Comment from http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/356185/nand-flash-retention-using-usb-charger/356190?noredirect=1#comment855287_356190 claims that reading from flash storage is no lossless ...
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How does a CD or DVD burner produce submicron lines separated by submicron distances?
What mechanism(s) are used to achieve repeatable submicron spacing between concentric tracks in a DVD, CD, or other optical writer? I want to understand the minimal set of hardware used to achieve ...
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Is it possible to read the memory from a Holtek HT46R064B OTP(!) chip?
I am trying to get data from a Holtek HT46R064B. I know that the Chip is an OTP (One-Time Programmable) Chip. I ask myself if it is possible to read some parts of its memory.
In my case the chip is ...
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is it possible to design a SD 3.0 controller in UHS-ii/uhs-i mode using simplified specifications?
I've been for while looking to store a sampled data up to the rate of 30MBytes/s, an SD 3.0 host controller core in uhs-ii/uhs-i mode fits the requirements.
i'm not planning to buy SD full spec and ...
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Fake a panasonic battery to revive camera to copy photos from internal memory
Got this camera from a friend, battery door broken, no cables, no battery. There are some important photo's on this camera that I want to copy from internal memory to SD card. We first want to try ...
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Why are NOR flashes still used when NAND flashes have a bigger size?
I've seen a few systems that uses a NOR flash to boot from, and a NAND for a bigger filesystem. I've also seen a system with only NAND gets corrupted after files being written to and verified correct.
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What data is stored in an eeprom that’s not in the flash memory? [closed]
I’m wondering generally what information is stored in an eeprom that’s different than what’s in the flash drive that contains firmware?
Mostly in mobile devices. Does the eeprom contain user settings ...
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CPU-Multiplier Overclocking causing (silent) data corruption?
There have been a large number of threads regarding CPU overclocking and damage to electrical components in the past. Mostly, however, these questions were directed at how increased voltage and the ...
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Is there any kind of backup for the data that is deleted during NAND flash block erase? [closed]
In NAND Flash, the whole block is erased.How is the data in that block that is not intended to be erased, gets recovered after it is erased? Is there some kind of Flash Memory Management Unit that ...
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Datalogger storage calculation
How to calculate the required storage capacity of a data logger given the measurement time sampling rate and resolution?
I want to log two voltages at 1Hz rate for 3 months continuously and looking ...
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Save data on sim card using micro-controller
SIM cards come in various data capacities, from 8 KB to at least 256 KB. All allow a maximum of 250 contacts to be stored on the SIM,
Is it possible to save data (other then contacts) in sim card, ...
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Why optical disk CD/DVD use spiral tracks, as opposed to cocentric tracks used in hard disks and floppy disks?
I'm not sure this is the community in which should I ask this question, if it isn't, I'm willing to transfer it.
According to this article:
Track positioning also follows two different methods ...
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Preserving state of variables in RAM on Power Failure
I'm developing a code with Nuc240(ARM Cortex M0) Microcontroller.
Where I need to store the value in some of the variables to the Internal Data Flash.
I use ISP procedure for this, but i have seen the ...
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physical 0 and 1 signals in communication and storage systems
How are 0 and 1 signals actually encoded in today's communication and storage systems? Would their actual encoding cost the same or differently? My intuitive guess is that there must always be some ...
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Using STM32 to transfer a file via bluetooth
So far I have been doing projects with Arduino, RPi, ATtiny etc. But now I have project in mind where these things doesnt seem to suit. I need your help.
OK, now on the project:
I have a file on my ...
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Design Question: 20 MS/s data acquisition
Let me preface that I am fairly new at working with sampling high speed signals. Specifically, I want to do some processing on slightly corrupt NTSC signals. For this, I need to sample at above 14.3 ...
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Refreshing flash memories. Does it work?
We all know that the flash memories have data retention time of around 10..20 years.
But what if we need to design a device that has to work for 1000 years?
The obvious solution is to make a flash ...
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Write operations on eMMC chip (not SPI) with data incoming from MCU
I'm working on integrating an eMMC ship to a FPGA.
As for now, the initialization is working fine, I've managed to receive the CSD and CID registers properly, and I can select and move the chip to ...
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SPI data storage devices: (micro)SD card, DataFlash, or serial EEPROM?
I am revisiting some of my design habits, and one of them is under serious scrutiny: the go-to SPI-based storage device is (micro)SD cards, for their price-to-capacity ratio and generally higher ...
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Record video from webcam w/o microcontroller [closed]
I managed to salvage a webcam from a broken laptop, and I'm looking to use it to record video in a small package to attach to a rocket. However, I need to record the video to some data medium like a ...
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Does manufacturing different sized hard drives cost the same amount? [closed]
Is there a major difference in the cost of manufacturing, say for example, a 1 TB hard drive as compared to a 250 GB hard drive? Is it the same when hard drives get even as big as 8 TB?
If no, then ...
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What is the best way to store date & time in eeprom using less bit possible?
I want to save data associated to a timestamp (like a datalogger) along a month, in a very small memory (probably only 1024bytes). I was thinking using epoch time to save timestamp but it already take ...
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M48Z02 SRAM unexpected data loss
I'm using a M48Z02, a 5 V 16 Kbit ZEROPOWER SRAM.
In absence of power, according to datasheet information, this device can hold data for years:
A [...] package houses the M48Z02 silicon with a long-...
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Is there an IC that can shift-in, store and shift-out serial data [closed]
I want to storing serial data from an Arduino, and make it available for a second Arduino to read. Is there an IC that can receive serial data, store it, and send it out when needed?
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How long until my eMMC is dead?
I got some feedback from our software team. Apparently we're writing twenty 4KB blocks per second. I have a 4GB eMMC. The eMMC has a max number of P/E cycle of 3000.
I'm making the assumption that ...
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Using SPI Nor Flash as storage memory in Vehical tracker device
I am designing a Vehicle Tracking device. I need a storage memory of 2Mb to 8Mb to store data from MCU. Based on what my MCU supports, I am planning to use SPI NOR Flash as a storage Device. As I know ...
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Mass Storage for Embedded Applications
What are my options if I need to deal with relatively large amounts of data on an embedded processor? I've found storage around ~2-4GB with an SPI controller, but I'm thinking about something in the ...
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Finding the maximum storage of a CD from measurements of pits and lands?
Full disclosure: This is schoolwork. I'm not asking for anyone to solve this for me, I am only asking if I'm on the right track with my thinking.
I have imagery of a CD from an atomic force ...
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DMM Hack to Log Amps: [closed]
I have a spare DMM (Digital MultiMeter) that I would like to use to log the displayed data at 1 sample/sec.
What would be the least expensive way to mod the DMM to log the data that appears on the ...
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Crypto key handling in a uC
What are the general guidelines for handling a cryptographic keys?
I know that saving them in plaintext is generally frowned upon, does this hold for true uCs where no user code is run?
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Non-volatile storage system made up of logic gates [duplicate]
So, I don't want all my data blown away every time I turn off my system, so how would I create a storage system that doesn't use batteries but also keeps the data that I have stored?
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Can we know the limit of the number of times information can be stored/retrieved in computer chips - hard disks and RAM?
I was wondering whether the memory storage of a single memory area in computer semiconductors is limited in terms of the number of times it can be used. I'm also wondering what will happen to the data ...
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How to capture values displayed on 16x2 LCD
I have an inexpensive in-line DC Wattmeter that I often use to measure yield from Solar Panels / Modules and other energy sources with reasonable accuracy and resolution. It has a 16x2 LCD display (...
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How to store more waveform after trigger and less before?
I have a Rigol DS1074Z and can't figure out how to lower the time the scope spends pre-sampling to open up more memory for the actual data I want to see.
Here is a nice image that will hopefully ...
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SD card access slows down with many files
I'm working on a data logger application using a MSP430F5529 running at 2 MHz and a SD card using FatFs. The SPI interface is already running at maximum frequency.
However I am seeing very erratic ...
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What's the best storage method? [closed]
I was wondering about what's the best storage method to save files to in order to save it from natural dynamics like earthquakes, tsunamis, or just to keep them along times...
We all know that there ...
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Is it possible to store data in molecules? [closed]
Is it possible to store data in charged molecules? If so, how? If not, why not?
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Easiest & cheapest way to use embedded filesystem on SD card [closed]
I want to build a cheap, basic project which logs data to an SD card that can be removed and read using a normal card reader in a computer.
Requirements are fairly basic so performance is not ...
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Is there any possibility of dissecting a microchip to get data from its internal memory?
There are many devices that perform various cryptographic operations inside their microchips. One of their key feature is that the secret keys are stored inside of the hardware and never leave it. ...
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Data compression for large amount of binary data
In an embedded application of mine, the device generates a large amount of instrumentation data that is stored every few minutes in an NVM, such as a set of EEPROMs or a Data Flash. This data is ...
