N E W  P R O D U C T  -  P R E S S R E L E A S E

 September 30, 2004  -  for immediate release:

ALFAT™ IC Converts Serial Data to
FAT-File for Universal Storage

Pittsford, New York.  ALFAT™ is a new i.c. that makes it very easy to add megabytes of data storage capability to your new design.  ALFAT™ has within it a fully-compiled, linked and programmed 32-bit LPC2114 processor containing a full FAT file system stack, so data can be stored on removable media for reading on any almost PC.

The FAT file system is widely used for data storage and is supported by most operating systems. ALFAT™ saves files and directories in standard FAT file system format so stored data can be accessed from any device that supports FAT file system, such as a PC, most digital cameras and MP3 players. Simply, send your data to ALFAT™ using a serial port or SPI and ALFAT™ will take care of the rest!  ALFAT™ can be easily used with any microcontroller, including the popular PIC, AVR, and Basic Stamp, and can save a great deal of time and money when adding this great feature to your product.

With file access speeds of up to 70kb/s, ALFAT™ supports Compact Flash, Multi Media Card and Secure Digital memory cards. ALFAT™ firmware is field upgradeable through simple commands on UART or SPI, or through a file on the connected media, and even supports hard-disks using a standard IDE cable.   FAT32, as well as the older FAT16 and FAT12 formats are supported.     

Applications for ALFAT™ include: data loggers, picture viewers, MP3 players, digital cameras, file transfers between PCs and automated machines, etc.

ALFAT DEV is a fully-built and tested development board for ALFAT chip to demonstrates how powerful ALFAT chip is. You can test ALFAT functions using serial port (RS232) on a PC, and use the ready-made MMC/SD connector for memory cards. It's very flexible - so you can control ALFAT chip from your microcontroller or using RS232 port (serial) on your PC.

(More at http://www.ghielectronics.com/ALFAT%20DEV.htm)