Interface for personal digital assistant accessory
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1. A system, comprising:
- at least one personal digital assistant (PDA);
at least one of;
fifty (50) female sockets, and sixty eight (68) female sockets, on the PDA, the female sockets being electrically compatible with personal computer memory card interface architecture (PCMCIA) requirements, the sockets being connected to processing components within the PDA;
at least one component detachably engaged with the PDA; and
plural compression-loaded male pins on the component engaging respective female sockets on the PDA without the need for a sled.
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Abstract
A PCMCIA component such as a modem is connected to a PDA by means of a component interface that eliminates the need for a “sled”. The interface includes 68 or more female sockets (for full PCMCIA) or 50 female sockets (for mini-PCMCIA) on the PDA and compression-loaded male pins on the component that electrically engage sockets on the PDA. The PCMCIA component is held to the PDA without using a sled.
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1. A system, comprising:
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at least one personal digital assistant (PDA);
at least one of;
fifty (50) female sockets, and sixty eight (68) female sockets, on the PDA, the female sockets being electrically compatible with personal computer memory card interface architecture (PCMCIA) requirements, the sockets being connected to processing components within the PDA;
at least one component detachably engaged with the PDA; and
plural compression-loaded male pins on the component engaging respective female sockets on the PDA without the need for a sled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A personal computer memory card interface architecture (PCMCIA) component, comprising:
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a component substrate; and
plural compression-loaded male pins on the substrate, the pins being engageable with respective female sockets on a PDA. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for engaging a component with a portable computer, comprising:
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providing at least sixty eight sockets on one of;
the component, and computer;
providing plural pins on the other of;
the component, and the computer, the pins being compression loaded such that when the component and computer are engaged the pins are biased against the sockets; and
holding the component onto the computer without using a sled. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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