Issue 150 January 2003
Construct an ATA Hard Drive Controller

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SOURCES & PDF

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Fred Eady has more than 20 years of experience as a systems engineer. He has worked with computers and communication systems large and small, simple and complex. His forte is embedded-systems design and communications. Fred may be reached at fred@edtp.com.

PROJECT FILES

To download the code, go to ftp.circuitcellar.com/pub/Circuit_Cellar/2003/150/.

SOURCES

ATmega128 Microcontroller
Atmel Corp.
(408) 441-0311
www.atmel.com

DK211A-54 2.5" Disk drives
Hitachi, Ltd.
(800) 448-2244
www.hitachi.com

ICCAVR C compiler
ImageCraft Creations, Inc.
(650) 493-9326
www.imagecraft.com

AVR ISP Dongle and ISP software
Kanda Systems
+44 (0) 870 744 6807
www.kanda.com

MAX233
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
(408) 737-7600
www.maxim-ic.com

74HCT573 Octal D-type transparent latch
Philips Semiconductor
www.semiconductors.philips.com

RTL8019AS Ethernet controller
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
+886 (0) 3 578 0211
www.realtek.com.tw

SP233ECT RS-232 Line drivers/ receivers
Sipex Corp.
(978) 667-8700
www.sipex.com

WinHex
X-Ways Software Technology AG
www.x-ways.com