Difference between revisions of "STM32 W25Qxx LittleFS"
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== Miscellaneous Links == | == Miscellaneous Links == | ||
| − | + | * [[STM32 W25Qxx|STM32 W25Qxx Library]] | |
* [https://github.com/lbthomsen/stm32-w25qxx-littlefs Source on Github] | * [https://github.com/lbthomsen/stm32-w25qxx-littlefs Source on Github] | ||
* [https://github.com/littlefs-project/littlefs LittleFS on Github] | * [https://github.com/littlefs-project/littlefs LittleFS on Github] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 19 April 2022
While working on STM32 W25Qxx I briefly experimented with getting FATFS up and running on the flash device. I quickly realised that this is a really poor idea. The problem is that W25Qxx flash devices has got a limited number of writes. FATFS works on some fixed tables and these tables will be updated on each file write. A typical W25Qxx got a number of guaranteed writes around 100000. If you imagine a system that update a file every second, this could mean that sector will wear out in < 2 days.
A much better approach is to use a file system with built-in wear levelling and fortunately LittleFS is just that.