micro P2 internal card reader

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Bruce Watson

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I'm building a new NLE computer, and interested in the upcoming Panasonic AJ-PX270 camera which uses micro P2 cards. This has me looking for a multipurpose internal card reader such as the Rosewill RDCR-11003 to include in my NLE computer build. But I want one that can also read the micro P2 cards. But for micro P2, all I can find is the Panasonic AJ-MPD1G. Besides being way expensive, this is not what I want. I don't need something else with a cord to loose on my desk. Just sayin'.

Micro P2 has been out for more than a year now hasn't it? Where are the card readers? Or am I missing something?
 
kabtv said:
Sandisk got one, usb3 for less than $50.
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Really? I've been looking at Sandisk's website and can't find one that will read micro P2. But my vision isn't what it used to be, maybe I just can't see it (they don't call me "dyslexia boy" for nothing). Got a link?
 
Micro P2 = UHS II

or you can take any usb3 sd card reader like i do for the moment...
 
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I'm showing UHS-II to be SDXC ultra high speed class 2 cards. The Panasonic micro p2 cards are different. Look at the second picture to see the contacts on the back of the card. The micro P2 card has more and different physical connections. Different encoding too (ECC of some kind?).

While a micro P2 card might fit into an SDXC reader, I don't think it can be read by an SDXC reader unless it has the proper contacts.
 
Mike Warren said:
I don't know if MicroP2=UHS-II in terms of communication format, but they do appear to have the same extra contacts, so I'd be surprised if they weren't compatible.
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Dang! How'd I miss that? They do have the same contact patterns! Now I see what Kabtv means. Sorry, I'm slow tonight. Thanks for that link.
 
kabtv said:
...but you won't obtain the reading speed UHS II can give.
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Which is what I want, of course. Sigh...

So I've redone my search, and I can't find a single internal multi-card reader that can read micro P2 (at full speed). I can find ones that read SDXC UHS-I, but not UHS-II.

Maybe I'm expecting too much, but it looks like the SDXC v4.0 (UHS-II) spec. was released in June 2011, two and a half years ago. Where are the frellin' card readers? Sigh.... again.
 
Better late than never:
[h=1]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011NLXC5O
StarTech.com USB 3.0 Internal Multi-Card Reader with UHS-II Support[/h]
 
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