Reconfigurable interface for small disk drives

Details Reconfigurable interface for small disk drives Reconfigurable interface for small disk drives

1997-06-03

1999-06-29

Sheikh, Ayaz R.

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

Particular coupling structure

385427, 385285, G06F 1300

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active

059180684

ABSTRACT:
An electronic circuit apparatus is provided for electronic circuits and devices, comprising a component disk drive, a disk controller, and a programmable interface for dynamically adapting the component drive to communicate over a predetermined bus architecture to an external application. The interface is programmed by the disk controller using one of a library of microcode sets stored on the component drive. Alternatively, a microprocessor independent of the disk controller programs the interface from microcode stored in solid state memory. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus further comprises an application circuit and the programmable interface adapts the component drive for use by the circuit. In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a subcircuit that communicates with an external application over a predetermined bus architecture, and the programmable interface adapts the subcircuit for such communication.

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