I read that an mp3 player is a hard drive to music. Can i reprogram it to make a hard drive?

[seaels1218]

I have an idea to build a robot but need a hard drive. Hard drives are too expensive.

 

[Gam3r01]

Why not use flash storage? You know, like a 8GB or whatever flashdrive? Thats typically what most people use for storage on robots.

 

[rgd1101]

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Question from seaels1218 : "I read that an mp3 player is a hard drive to music. Can i reprogram it to make a hard drive?"

I have an idea to build a robot but need a hard drive. Hard drives are too expensive.

 

[vrumor]

If hard drives are too expensive, how are you going to afford any other components for your robot? Hard drives are cheap.

 

[th3p00r]

why not get a rasberry Pi?

 

[Math Geek]

the old ipods were a spinning hdd. would not be too hard to pop it out and format it. the newer ones are all flash memory. may as well go with a flash drive if you're gonna use flash memory anyway. probably cheaper than an mp3 player as well.

rasperry pi would be a solid option as well. pretty small and there are a ton or resources for how to use them in many different projects.

 

[jdlech2]

Most non apple mp3 players already have the option for simple data storage. Whether they be spinning drives or flash drives, you still need the controller card circuitry. A better bet would be a simple raspberry pi with a $14 SD card. Or just tear into an old laptop for a hdd. Robots generally don't need GBs of storage.