How to make a SATA disk logic board?

[yyrkoon]

Having basic knowledge of electronics I was curious where I could find information concerning hard drive logic boards (the PCB on the botom side of most hard drives). I've googled, and have found nearly zero information on the subject, and a friend of mine who has been an E.E. for nearly 25 years, knows very little as well (hes a radio staition engineer).

My motivation is simple: After seeing tons of Flash disks hitting the market over the years, Im interrested in making a solid state drive myself, as a project (not using Flash memory). Also I do understand that I will have to have some sort of 'memory addressing translation' working, but am a bit lost when it comes to the other nessisary steps for talking with the actual ATA/SATA controller.

Anyhow, basicly what I DO know is that the logic boards on a regular PATA/SATA drive would have servo controls, head potition controls, so that information, I probably wouldnt need, but any other information anyone could link me to would be greatly apprciated.

 

[SuperFungus]

i would check the IEEE website. www.ieee.com

 

[pm]

So you want to make a SATA disk using DRAM?

I wrote up a long reply about using Flash to do this, and then re-read your post and saw "(not using Flash memory)". I'm confused. What do you want the SATA IC to interface to?

This has some information on SATA: http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_Serial_ATA.html

 

[pm]

Ack. Re-read original post. Not what OP wanted at all. Suggestion erased.

 

[yyrkoon]

Thanks for the links guys, first link, is crap (sorry to the poster, but its true), second link, I've already found, and is pretty useless

 

[Mark R]

Here you go

 

[johnos]

ummmmm the link u provided doesnt work, it goes to https.com...and when u remove the https.com part it wants u to pay money to get the specs.....
im just interested in this.....so its no biggie for me....but no real help for the original poster unless he wants to pay

 

[pm]

yyrkoon, I still don't understand what you are trying to do. And some of the links at the bottom of the "pretty useless" link that I posted were to IC vendors selling SATA interface IC's...