21 Dec
2009
21 Dec
'09
9:43 a.m.
On Dec 20, 2009, at 12:37 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Yes. They could easily put more memory in there of course. I
hope they do.
I've had an iButton in a nice leather fob, almost fully exposed,
on my keyring in my pocket for about eleven years now. That's a
pretty harsh environment (getting crunched up against keys, etc) but
it still works wonderfully. The engraved serial number and part
number have long since worn off.
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
iButtons?
Much smaller than a meg or two, but might be useful for
some of the things you're talking about. And they're absolutely
indestructible.
They're on the right track. Sealed stainless can, 1-wire operation.
Toss 'em in your pocket, drop them in your coffee, no harm. But 8KB
(64Kb) is much too small. At least someone's thinking about the
matter... How long will an SD card survive being immersed in
Coke? Don't laugh-
-I recently rescued a QIC cart that had that gummy stuff in its
innards--for over a decade. With a new tension band, after cleaning,
it read fine.
Wow, that's impressive. I can't think of any consumer-grade
memory technology (except iButtons of course) that would survive that.
-Dave