If you’ve used portable electronic devices at any time since 1994, chances are that you’ve used Compact Flash—also known as CompactFlash or CF. CompactFlash was one of the earliest forms of flash memory on the market, and it is one of the most successful. Despite the fact that it has been around for decades, […]

  Serial ATA, more commonly known as SATA, is a popular interface used in both hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs). SATA 2 SSDs are solid state drives that use the SATA 2.0 revision. Though SATA 2.0 is not the newest version of the SATA interface, it is still used as a […]

  M.2 is a small, rectangular solid state drive (SSD) designed to be used in small form factor devices. It offers the power and reliability of an SSD in a size that makes it compatible with even the smallest devices. M.2 is a top pick of designers and OEMs who need a drive that doesn’t […]

  Electronic applications are designed to be used by a wide array of people and industries. Computers and smartphones, for instance, are typically designed to be used in the consumer and commercial markets, in which individuals use devices for personal purposes. Industrial applications are different. These devices are used in a variety of industries, often [&helli

    The August 2019 announcement by Microsoft that they would no longer be supporting Windows Embedded 2009 or Windows Embedded POS Ready 2009 left many OEMs, designers, and industrial users questioning what decisions they should make about embedded operating systems (OS) in the future. Would it be better to opt for another Windows OS, […]

  The trends in tech design are pushing in two seemingly incongruent directions: devices are becoming smaller than ever before, but they are also becoming more powerful. This means that the embedded memory used in them has to be small in size, but big in speed and capability. Enter the microSD card. As the smallest […]