On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 08:20:13AM -0700, Bob Axtell wrote:
> But because they are popular with digital cameras, incredible prices for 
> SD cards are seen;
> Walgreen's (a retailer in US) sells 32M SD cards for $11 USD.
> 
> The internet will have even cheaper prices. Make sure that what you buy 
> is already formatted
> properly (the above are).

One question: Where do you get a connector for the beast in singles with
cheap shipping. ? I'm thinking about using SD/MMC cards over compact flash 
because of the clocked serial interface (SPI I believe) which matches up
very well with the PIC SSP.

Digikey has a connector for $1.47 but you know their shipping/handling
policies.

BAJ
> 
> --Bob
> 
> Shawn Tan Ser Ngiap wrote:
> 
> >On Friday 12 November 2004 03:52 pm, Pedro Drummond wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>What about SD cards ? How are they ranked ? (price, speed, no. of pins,
> >>ease of use) ?
> >>
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >The SD cards are the same as MMC cards, with some extra software and 
> >circuitry that handles the 'safe' mode.. when running in an 'unsafe' mode, 
> >it works like an MMC.. So, for speed and pins and ease of use, they should 
> >be similar... as for price, they should be a tad more expensive..
> >
> >cheers..
> >
> >with metta,
> >shawn tan.
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