Month: January 2016

SLC SD cards were introduced with the SD Card specification in 1999 by the SD Association. In fact, many of the cards at that time were made exclusively with SLC NAND since that was the predominant memory at the time.Over the years, memory used in mainstream SD Cards has gone through two major changes. First, the...

Industrial Grade CFast cards are a follow on to the successful Industrial CompactFlash cards which have been used in embedded applications for decades. CFast is in a very similar package as the Compact Flash cards, but has a SATA electrical interface. The higher performance and support by the CompactFlash Association makes Industrial CFast cards a compelling...

Limited physical space on some embedded OEM designs creates the need for an equally small flash storage card. The Industrial microSD card at 11mm x 15mm x 1mm is capable of meeting many of these constrained space designs requirements. The microSD card was originally designed by SanDisk to meet the needs of SMART phone and other small...

Industrial Grade CompactFlash cards have been the work horse for memory storage in embedded applications for two decades. This article looks at how they’re used in the system, different varieties and options available. Due to their long history of success in industrial applications, Cactus plans to continue production of the Industrial CompactFlash cards for at least...