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Which consumes more power: hard drive or SD card/card reader?
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Mar 15, 202612396 viewsConfidence Score0%
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If I want to maximize the battery life on my laptop, where should I store my programs: my magnetic hard drive or my 16GB SD card? If you say hard drive, does a card reader draw significantly more power when a card is inserted (but not accessing it) vs. left empty? If you say sd card, are there sign…
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Wikipedia's article about Secure Digital (SD) says this : The power consumption of microSD cards varies by manufacturer, but appears to be in the range of 66-330 mW (20-100 mA at a supply voltage of 3.3 V). Specifications from TwinMos technologies l…
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