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3$(# CARDS HAVE 3PEED #LASS 2ATINGS DElNED BY THE 3$ !SSOCIATION 4HE DElNED CLASSES ARE

#LASS  DATA TRANSFER RATE  -"S s

#LASS  DATA TRANSFER RATE  -"S s

#LASS  DATA TRANSFER RATE  -"S s

4HE 3PEED #LASS 2ATING OF A CARD IS LABELED ON THE CARD &IGURE  SHOWS A TYPICAL #LASS 

3$(# CARD 3$(# CARDS ARE IDENTIlED WITH THE LETTERS h(#v LABELED ON THE CARD AS A LOGO

3$(# CARDS ARE NORMALLY SHIPPED WITH THE &!4 lLING SYSTEM PRELOADED ON THE CARD 4HESE

CARDS ARE USED IN APPLICATIONS REQUIRING HIGH CAPACITIES SUCH AS VIDEO RECORDERS -0 PLAYERS

AND GENERAL LARGEVOLUME DATA STORAGE AND BY USERS IN GENERAL WHO WANT HIGHER PERFORMANCE

FROM THEIR HIGHEND DIGITAL DEVICES

,IKE STANDARD 3$ CARDS 3$(# CARDS COME IN THREE TYPES NORMAL 3$(# MINI3$(# AND

MICRO3$(#

3.9 Memory Card Readers

-EMORY CARD READERS ARE USUALLY IN THE FORM OF SMALL DEVICES WITH MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCKETS

COMPATIBLE WITH VARIOUS MEMORY CARDS &IGURE  SHOWS A TYPICAL MEMORY CARD READER 4HE CARD

READER IS NORMALLY CONNECTED TO THE 53" PORT OF THE 0# AND MOST CARD READERS ACCEPT MOST OF THE

POPULAR CARDS AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET /LD CARD READERS ARE BASED ON THE 53"  SPECIlCATION

WITH  -BS WHEREAS NEW CARD READERS ARE BASED ON THE 53"  SPECIlCATION WITH A MAXIMUM

DATA TRANSFER RATE OF  -BS 7HEN A MEMORY CARD IS INSERTED INTO IT THE DEVICE AUTOMATICALLY

DETECTS THE CARD AND ASSIGNS A DRIVE LETTER TO THE SLOT WHERE THE CARD IS INSERTED $ATA ON THE CARD CAN

BE READ AS lLES OR lLES CAN BE COPIED TO THE CARD USING THE STANDARD 7INDOWS %XPLORER FUNCTIONS

Figure 3.9: Class 6 SDHC Card

Figure 3.10: A Typical Memory Card Reader

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