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MicroSD cards' SBC days are numbered


For years, SBCs that aren't Raspberry Pis experimented with eMMC and M.2 storage interfaces. While the Raspberry Pi went from full-size SD card in the first generation to microSD in every generation following (Compute Modules excluded), other vendors like Radxa, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, etc.

My GoPro's slot is so poorly placed I've damaged both my fingernail and a microSD card trying to use the infernal push-push mechanism in the tiny battery compartment. But back to the topic of this post: despite what many commenters on my YouTube videos think, Raspberry Pi still holds the lion's share of the entire SBC market. Similarly, microSD cards are great for recording and transferring files like photos and videos for mobile devices—whether phones, drones, or small cameras.

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