[En-Nut-Discussion] Ethernut 5.0 Schematic Preview

[Harald Kipp]

Ole Reinhardt wrote:

> This seems to be a 8 bit interface NAND flash? Will it be possible to
> use a 16 bit type and connect D7 to D15 as well? This would speed up
> nand flash access. An os like linux would use the nand flash as mass
> storage device. 8 bit access could be a real bottleneck.

Hi Ole,

Do you really think, that using an 8 bit NAND Flash would make that much 
difference? I know that you had bad experience with the slow NOR Flash 
access on Ethernut 3, but it's a big difference between reading data 
from an 8 bit device or running code in an 8 bit device.

The problem with large 16 bit chips is, that there are only a few types 
available in the Gigabit range and the availability may cause problems. 
And no, there is definitely no more space available for a second one. 
The board is fully packed on both sides.

Harald