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Firewire SD card reader DIY
Posted by: Tron on 2012-05-04 09:04:35
Firewire SD card reader DIY:

Despite the speed increase depends on several factors, is easy to obtain 3X (or even more) compared to USB 1.1.

Just put a IDE SD Card reader into a Firewire/IDE enclosure 😉

I'd tried out inside a computer, connected directly to IDE cable, despite the speed is even better, I'd have problems whith ISO formatted cards.

As my English is very bad, and a picture worth more than 1000 words:

Outside.jpg

Inside.jpg

Screen.jpg
Posted by: ClassicHasClass on 2012-05-04 16:49:38
Neat! Is it bus-powered, too?
Posted by: Tron on 2012-05-05 00:53:12
Neat! Is it bus-powered, too?
No. But can be done. Just using a bus-powered enclosure.

A 2.5 FireWire/IDE bus-powered enclosure, and a 2.5 IDE SD Card Reader can be also combined as an better alternative.
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