3.5" Floppy Disk Drive Question

Jul 14, 2003 2 Replies

Hello,



I am looking for information on what the pins on a standard IDE 3.5" floppy disk drive do. That is, I know that pin 20 is "Step Pulse", pin 22 is "Write Data", pin 8 is "Index", etc., but I cannot find information on what the pin's functions are. I need the information so I can build a circuit that can read/write data from/to the drive. I've have looked all over the place for the information, including the Internet and a major research library but I have been unsuccessful. If anyone knows what the pins on a standard IDE 3.5 inch floppy disk drive do or could offer any advice on any resource to check, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you in advance for any help.



Thanks, Scott H.


Uhm...

Just get a controller chip and use that... it's why they exist.

BTW, most of the pin labels are pretty self explanetory. "Step Pulse" is a pulse telling the drive to step the head. "Index" pulses when the index hole makes one revolution, etc.

research

advance for

This is what came out of google in less than a minute:

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Good luck,

HiJaak!

PS: The Amiga interface is the same as the PC interface.

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