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Media

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Monitor

Motherboard

 

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Networking

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Notebook Accessory

Power Protection

Printer
 

Removable Storage

Scanner
Sound card
Speaker / Microphone

System / Server
Video Card

 

Video Conferencing

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Software

Game

 

 

Flash Card  Basic Parameters:                              

  • Type: Compact card, MultiMedia Card, ATA, Smart Media, Memory stick.... Make sure your PC, Mac, digital cameras, digital music players (MP3), PDAs, card reader (Adapter) and other devices are compatible with these flash card.

  • Storage Capacity: up to 1G. Bigger flash card lets you store more programs and data.

  • Interface: Data Transfer Rate is directly determined by interface type. Interface comparison.

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USB Compact Flash

store and transfer data, removable and reusable

  • Type I CompactFlash

  • Interface: IDE/ATA and USB, auto-sensing

  • Substained write performance (host to Flash) - 600KB per second (4X-Speed)

  • Data transfer rate to/from host - Up to 10MB/sec (burst)

  • Start-Up Time (sleep to read/write) - <10 ms

  • Data transfer rate (card to PC) - Up to 850KB/Sec

 

 

 

Compact Flash

same

  • Transfer Rate Up to 16.6 MB/sec from host to buffer.

  • Fast read access time under 200ns, with write access time at 10us, typically

  • MTBF: 1,000,000 hours, minimum 10,000 insertions

  • Operating shock: 2,000G maximum

 

 

50-pin card is only one-third the size of traditional PC cards

MultiMedia Card (MMC)

same

  • Clock rate: 0 to 20 MHz (variable)
  • Voltage range: 2.0 to 3.6 volts
  • Data read rate: 20 Mbps maximum for standard MultiMediaCard bus
  • Dimensions: 32 x 24 x 1.4 millimeters
 

 

 

ATA

same

  •  read: 80 mA max

  • write: 80 mA max

  • PC Card Type II size

  • Operating shock: 2,000G maximum

  • Mininum 1,000,000 erase cycles
    Minimum 10,000 Insertions

 

 

Apacer ATA flash card is PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Cards International Association) Type-II with 68 pins.

The Apacer ATA Flash card can be formatted to boot directly from the computer or notebook without the hard disk.

Smart Media

same

  • only one third the size of a credit card.

  • Endurance: 1,000,000 program /erase cycles

 

 

Main Applications

IBM Microdrives same
  • Media transfer rate 32-49 Mbits/sec
  •  Rotational speed 4500 RPM
  • Interface: CompactFlashType II
  • Seek time (typical read) average 15 ms

Miniature Card

 same
  • 60-connection Memory-only Bus
  • DRAM Interface
     Main Applications

 more info

MEMORY STICK same for use with digital cameras, camcorders and computers.

Compact Flash Reader: USB

Read / Write compact flash card

USB connection

 

 

allows users of digital cameras, digital music players (MP3), PDAs and other portable devices to transfer data to and from a PC or Mac.

CompactFlash Card Reader: Parallel same Parallel connection      
CompactFlash Card Adapter: PCMCIA same CompactFlash card 50-pin to PCMCIA 68-pin transfer media      
CompactFlash/CFII Reader: Firewire same FireWire-IEEE1394 interface      
Smart Media Reader: USB Read / Write Smart Media flash card  USB connection      

Smart Media Reader: PCMCIA

same

PCMCIA Type II connection

 

 

 

SmartMedia Card Reader: Parallel same  Parallel connection

Flash card Floppy Adapter

 Read / Write flash card through floppy drive

 

 

 

Simply plug in your flash Card into the adapter and you can transfer data from the flash memory card to your PC

MultiMediaCard/Secure Digital card reader: USB

USB connection

CardMaster: Internal ISA

PC Card Reader

Internal ISA PC Card Reader with ISA controller card.

 

 

 

CardMaster: External SCSI

PC Card Reader

External SCSI connection

CardMaster: External SCSI

SmartMedia/PC Card -Type I/II/III Reader

External SCSI connection

 

 

 

Card reader:

Internal SCSI

CompactFlash/SmartMedia/PC Card-Type I/II/III

Internal SCSI connection

Digital Film Reader: USB

SmartMedia & CompactFlash reader

USB connection

 

 

 

CFII CompactFlash to Type II PC Card adapter

CFII CompactFlash to Type II PC Card

Compatible w/ CFI and CFII, including IBM Microdrives

Memory Stick - Type II PC Card Adapter.

Memory Stick  to Type II PC Card

 

 

 

 

SmartMedia - Type II PC Card Adapter.

SmartMedia  to Type II PC Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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CompactFlash is a small, removable storage device used in a variety of electronic applications, including digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital music players, and test equipment. CompactFlash is used more like a hard drive than RAM — it's designed with flash technology, a non-volatile storage solution that does not lose its information when the power is turned off.

Comparison: Miniature Card, SmartMedia, Small PC Card, Multimedia Card and Compact Flash

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