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utFAT - next generation
« on: March 05, 2012, 01:43:21 AM »
Hi All

I wanted to, first of all, point out that there is an updated version of the utFAT user's manual:
http://www.utasker.com/docs/uTasker/uTasker_utFAT.PDF

This now contains some details about FAT16 as well as FAT32 with an improved section concerning FAT its operating details.
More importantly, however, it now has a complete and up-to-date User Interface description.

This update is important since next steps in the project development are being planned. The reason is that the present project state has reached a certain maturity and is now being used in various project and the demand for its functionality is becoming more important in various new application developments in the planning phase. The focuses of the next stage of development are:
- improved SD card insertion/removal management
- improved application control of utFAT and uFileSystem
- LFN write support

The last of the features on this list represents the major development part, and the major additional documentation task.

It is to be noted that the fact that the present version doesn't support LFN writes has been removed from the document (attempts to write simply cut the file name to its 8:3 length limit and so is quite obvious and doesn't cause any corruption) since thsi is now (hopefully) a temporary limitation which will be fully discussed shorrly in the new LFN chapter.

With FAT16 and FAT32 and full LFN support for read and write should make it a very complete solution, so I am lookig forward to the outcome!!

Regards

Mark