Re: [NTLK] 3.3V ATA flash cards and 3.3V wireless network cards discrepancy

From: Gabriela & Radek (biciste_at_emailplus.org)
Date: Wed Dec 11 2002 - 01:15:58 EST


Paul,
thank you for explanation!!!
Radek

On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 09:04 PM, Paul Guyot wrote
>
> Of course you can.
> ATA Support negotiates the voltage between the card and the Newton.
> Your Newton can do 3.3 so can the card so ATA Support configures it
> in 3.3 mode to be sure to draw as less as possible power from your
> battery.
>
> The WaveLan driver doesn't do that. It uses the card in 5V mode
> whatever the card says. If you have a card that doesn't accept more
> than 3.3V, it will fry it.
>
> The thing is that ATA Support handles nearly everything from card
> recognition to talking to the card. The WaveLan driver is a plug-in
> for the Lantern DDK and therefore Hiroshi has less possibilities.
>
> Paul
>

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