Connectors evolve with SD card standards

A Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jun 8, 2006

Tyco Electronics has become an industry leader in the market of standardised SD memory card readers through the growth of its Secure Digital connector product line.

Tyco Electronics has become an industry leader in the market of standardised SD memory card readers through the growth of its Secure Digital connector product line.

The SD memory card has been a groundbreaking bridge of media configuration, which has united digital media formatting worldwide.

By linking assorted forms of digital equipment, the SD memory card stores digital files without requiring a computer.

Tyco Electronics, an Executive Board member of the SD Association (SDA) standards committee, has kept pace with developments in Secure Digital technology and is equipped to offer connector solutions to meet customer needs.

The reduced-sized, user-friendly SD card and card reader meet the digital storage and recording needs of a variety of popular consumer electronics including digital cameras, camcorders, PDA's, MP3 players, cellphones, photo printers, computers, and more.

Tyco Electronics offers three configurations of the SD card reader connectors, including full size SD, Mini SD, and Micro SD memory card readers, to support the wide variety of sizes in consumer electronic equipment.

Eric Himelright, Product Manager, Tyco Electronics Secure Digital Products comments on the broad range of SD memory card usability saying: "The tremendous market penetration and various configuration options of Secure Digital make it the easiest and best choice for consumer removable memory card needs".

With optional push/push mating from the memory card to the card reader, Tyco Electronics' Secure Digital reader products are designed to be user-friendly, while protecting the memory card connecting points.

The high-speed, high-density memory recording and data transfer rate of SD cards and readers further add to the advantages of SD storage.

The SD Memory card has the broad interoperability and compatibility needed to ensure that a variety of consumer electronic applications will continue to expand far into the future.