1.2.7 File System Service

The MPLAB Harmony File System Service (SYS_FS) provides an application programming interface (API) through which a utility or user program requests services of a file system. Some file system APIs may also include interfaces for maintenance operations, such as creating or initializing a file system and verifying the file system for integrity.

The File System service is really a framework designed to support multiple file systems (native file system) and multiple media in the same application. Examples of native file systems are FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, the Microchip File System (MPFS), littleFS and FileX.

MPFS is a read-only file system, which is used to store the files that do not change for example Web pages, images, etc. Each of these native file systems have a common set of APIs that can be used to access the files of that particular native file system.

File system features include the following:

• Support for multiple file system (FAT, MPFS, littleFS, FileX)

• Supports multiple physical media (NVM, SPI/QSPI FLASH, SPI/I2C EEPROM, SD card, eMMC, USB Host MSD, RAM)

• More physical media can be interfaced with the FS, once the driver is available for the media

• Modular and Layered architecture