[Robotgroup] Cool Hack-- Use old Floppy cable as an SD/MMC socket!

[Def Egge]

At 15:32  2008-05-20, you wrote:
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 >http://uanr.com/sdfloppy/
 >
 > From the above link:
 >
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 >You can attach an SD camera memory card to any 
home brew DIY project
 >that has a few I/O pins, using ordinary 
connectors you probably have
 >right ow.
 >SD cards are very popular for this purpose, 
because they only need a
 >few
 >pins (using SPI mode), and can be driven with 
simple "bit-bashed" SPI
 >
 >serial communications protocol, using free device drivers readily
 >available on the Internet.
 >
 >Until now, the big holdup for using an SD card in many home brew
 >projects has been the fact that SD sockets are 
not available at your
 >local store, are not cheap (especially after 
shipping), and require
 >ordering and waiting for them to arrive.
 >
 >But wait no longer! You can do it now! If not 
just laying around, or
 >inside an old unused computer, you may have a 
spare connector inside
 >the
 >computer you are reading this with right now. ;-)
 >
 >My computer has an unused 5.25 floppy drive 
card edge connector just
 >hanging off the end of the floppy drive cable, 
ready to snip off with
 >a
 >pair of scissors (with the computer unplugged, of course). If you
 >don't
 >have one, one of your friends may be able to 
part with one of theirs.
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 >
 >Keen! I think I have dozens of these old 5 1/4" 
floppy cables laying
 >about. :)
 >
 >Vern
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It must be in the air....  I was at Fry's the 
other evening and two guys looking (and 
grimacing) at the prices on large USB drives were 
discussing the use of large SD cards and floppy 
drive cables as cheaper alternatives to large USB drives.


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All the best....

Mike