Sandisk Extreme Pro?

[Grant]

Has anyone tried a Sandisk Extreme Pro microSD card in any of the
Beagleboard iterations? It is said to be the fastest microSD card
around:

http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/06/19/sandisk-launches-worlds-fastest-microsd-cards/

Also, my UHS-I card just died after a week or two of flawless and fast
operation:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007JTKLEK

I've read about other such mishaps, and I'm wondering if this could be
because the Beagleboard (and many SD card readers such as mine) aren't
UHS host devices and so presumably don't drop the voltage from 3.3v to
1.8v as the UHS-I spec calls for?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#UHS_Speed_Class

- Grant

[SuperJet]

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[Andrew Bradford]

On Sun, 7 Oct 2012 01:40:00 -0700
Grant <email...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone tried a Sandisk Extreme Pro microSD card in any of the
> Beagleboard iterations? It is said to be the fastest microSD card
> around:
>
> http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/06/19/sandisk-launches-worlds-fastest-microsd-cards/

No, but I'd like to. They're a bit pricey for my taste.

> Also, my UHS-I card just died after a week or two of flawless and fast
> operation:
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B007JTKLEK
>
> I've read about other such mishaps, and I'm wondering if this could be
> because the Beagleboard (and many SD card readers such as mine) aren't
> UHS host devices and so presumably don't drop the voltage from 3.3v to
> 1.8v as the UHS-I spec calls for?

In order to comply with the SD card spec, all UHS cards must support
3.3 V signaling and power. If you see page 13 of the simplified SD
card physical spec version 3.01 [1], you can read more about this.

[1]:https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/pls/simplified_specs/

Running a UHS card at 3.3 V as an SDHC card should have no impact on
life of the card.

-Andrew

[Grant]

>> Has anyone tried a Sandisk Extreme Pro microSD card in any of the
>> Beagleboard iterations? It is said to be the fastest microSD card
>> around:
>>
>> http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/06/19/sandisk-launches-worlds-fastest-microsd-cards/
>
> No, but I'd like to. They're a bit pricey for my taste.

I'll be able to test one out in about 10 days and I'll report back.

- Grant