Memory Stick Specifications

[Wade]

I am looking for a copy of Sony's Memory Stick Specifications to make a
starage device. I want to be able to read and write to a Memory Stick Pro
Duo card. Sony has a www.memorystick.org site and they want you to pay
over $5000.00 for a one year membership. I just want to use it for hobby
reasons and not to make any licensed hardware. Does ANYONE have a copy of
the memory stick spec? Please let me know. Thanks, Wade

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

I am looking for a copy of Sony's Memory Stick Specifications to make a
starage device. I want to be able to read and write to a Memory Stick Pro
Duo card. Sony has a www.memorystick.org site and they want you to pay
over $5000.00 for a one year membership. I just want to use it for hobby
reasons and not to make any licensed hardware. Does ANYONE have a copy of
the memory stick spec? Please let me know. Thanks, Wade

My guess is that there is a pretty strict NDA attached to that
membership, so current members are not likely to give you the
information you want.

Does it have to be a Sony memory stick? If you use a USB stick, the
protocols and specs are widely available. You could look at the source
code of the various USB drivers in the Linux kernel for a start.