From: Keith O. <kso...@gm...> - 2005-10-30 20:33:06
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Michael M. Butler wrote: >I wrote: > > > >>>Caveat: Some CF cards _need_ 5V. >>> >>> > >My intent was not to talk about battery stacks. I wanted to warn >regular folks who could be thinking: "Oh! gumstix stuff just needs { 4 >| 3.x } volts, in fact _5v is too much_". <-- That's not necessarily >so. > >I wonder what a CF WiFi card would do with a "newer" gumstix-supplied >4 volt supply. > >Perhaps someone should find out and report the result. > > Good points. Perhaps they should offer an optional supply with a switch( like you can get at Radio Shack) for 5v, 4.5v, 4v, 3.5v, etc. -- Keith Olson K-Soft Consulting |