John Wilson <wilson(a)dbit.dbit.com> wrote:
> I think it's how they load the flash drive in the first
> place.
Which means that they can remove the connector and use
a bed-of-nails sort
of device instead.
> and a socket for
> the amazingly tiny SMT flash ROM itself would be pretty expensive...
Actually, SSOP and TSOP production sockets can be had
for under $1.
Well, in a USD 99,- machine even 10 cents are a thing
worth to be considered.
Gruss
H.
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