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2.3 Additional components
The ALIX board has all connections but need two more components: CompactFlash
card as a storage device and wifi card as Input and Output device.
2.3.1 CompactFlash card
The CompactFlash card used in this project is CompactFlash Kingston 4 GB standard
card.
Figure 2.3 – CompactFlash Kingston 4GB standard card
This card is designed for basic storage without speed requirements. It storages the
Operating system and all programs made.
2.3.2 Wifi miniPCI card
This board doesn’t have hardware to connect by wifi so it is necessary to use an
external hardware. To get a wifi connection is plugged in miniPCI connector a wifi
miniPCI card [5]. At same time, this card is connected with an antenna, as is shown in
Figure 2.5.
Figure 2.4 – Wifi miniPCI card
Figure 2.5– Wifi antenna, Wifi miniPCI card
and board
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