AVR-Chat

--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Jesper Hansen" <jesperh@t...> wrote:
> 
> Did you also look at the capacities and prices, Dave ?   ;-)


Compac Flas is 256 meg for about $40.00 and the MMC is 256 meg for 
about $50.00  

the MMC only has about 6 pins for data while the CF requires 
considderably more lines.

The MMC and SD (Secure Digital) cards share the same form factor, but 
as I understand the SD cards are eclipsing the MMC cards.  A price 
check shows the SD 256meg for about $43.00 so is really close to the 
CF cards.

I guess the reason I was looking at the MMC/SD stuff was the small 
pin count and the large spacing for the pins.  the CF pins were too 
close together for my abilities to make a home brew board.

But, it looks like IBM ported their hard disk into the CF form so 
gigbytes will be available.

Dave