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2008-04-30
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2008-04-30
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Someone put this question into a FAQ! It certainly comes up often enough.
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2008-04-30
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microSD, miniSD, and SD are fully compatible electrically, so conversion should be as simple as expectable.
But if I had an N810, and were contemplating such adaptation, I'd do an adapter for the external slot. Maybe the internal slot, too.
But if I had an N810, and were contemplating such adaptation, I'd do an adapter for the external slot. Maybe the internal slot, too.
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2008-04-30
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Originally Posted by Benson
I've considered the external slot but I believe there is a switch on the small plastic 'door' requiring it to be closed for the card to be seen. (This could be problematic for trying to hot swap a card in an extended socket). Perhaps a very small cable could be used an a hole/slot made in the door or perhaps a ribbon type cable (the type found in cameras to swivel the screen or jet printers to allow head travel) but I have no idea where these might be avaialble (I've looked in Digikey, Mouser and other online electronic stores w/o sucess).
microSD, miniSD, and SD are fully compatible electrically, so conversion should be as simple as expectable.
But if I had an N810, and were contemplating such adaptation, I'd do an adapter for the external slot. Maybe the internal slot, too.
I picture the full size slot on the back to be only just bigger than the SD card itself so it would be hardly noticeable. Something like the way a MiniSD fits into a full size SD adapter. Obviously there are some electronics necessary as well but upon opening some of the card readers I see that the guts don't take up that much space.
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2008-04-30
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Yup, ribbon cable, (like an IDE cable) or, ideally, flex cable (what you're talking about), that's what I was thinking of.
Hot swapping the external card, assuming no great modifications to the door, is this simple:
Open door to miniSD slot, wait to make sure it doesn't fail to umount it, then swap card; close door to make card available.
If you want to go hacking around, removing the door switch and wiring up one on the full-size slot would be even better, but if you can do it with a flex cable and maybe paring a tiny bit off the door, you don't risk injuring a ~$400 device.
Hot swapping the external card, assuming no great modifications to the door, is this simple:
Open door to miniSD slot, wait to make sure it doesn't fail to umount it, then swap card; close door to make card available.
If you want to go hacking around, removing the door switch and wiring up one on the full-size slot would be even better, but if you can do it with a flex cable and maybe paring a tiny bit off the door, you don't risk injuring a ~$400 device.
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2008-05-01
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Originally Posted by Benson
Yup, ribbon cable, (like an IDE cable) or, ideally, flex cable (what you're talking about), that's what I was thinking of.
Hot swapping the external card, assuming no great modifications to the door, is this simple:
Open door to miniSD slot, wait to make sure it doesn't fail to umount it, then swap card; close door to make card available.
If you want to go hacking around, removing the door switch and wiring up one on the full-size slot would be even better, but if you can do it with a flex cable and maybe paring a tiny bit off the door, you don't risk injuring a ~$400 device.
Opening door sounds like a simple solution. I certainly don't want to open it up and hack. Thanks for ref to 'flex cable'. Might do a bit more searching for this term.
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N810, OS 2008 5.2008.43-7 (Diablo)
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Derek
I do wonder how hard it would be to make/modify a reader that does work (perhaps the micro reader you mentioned) to take the full size card. My thought is to attach the reader ln the back of the tablet and have a short cable to bend round and plug in to the microUSB port.
I welcome any suggestions or comments to make this (or something similar) happen.
N810, OS 2008 5.2008.43-7 (Diablo)
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