Introduce the new USB3.0 eMMC reader - it's just fast

#1

Dear community

We are happy to announce a new eMMC reader, the USB3.0 eMMC Reader. It’s made for developers who needs to write the eMMC frequently especially working with OS images. The eMMC reader has the following features:

  • GL3227E USB3.1 Gen1 controller
  • Support HS400 mode
  • Dual mount for eMMC module
  • Support ROCK Pi eMMC modules up to 128GB
  • Compatible with Odroid/PINE64 eMMC module
  • Support GPT partitions
  • Support Linux/Windows/MacOS

Real world usage for 64GB eMMC module.

time sh -c ‘sudo dd if=rockpi4b-ubuntu-bionic-minimal-20190104_2101-gpt.img of=/dev/sdd bs=4M status=progress && sync’

2155872256 bytes (2.2 GB, 2.0 GiB) copied, 6.0156 s, 358 MB/s

544+1 records in

544+1 records out

2282749952 bytes (2.3 GB, 2.1 GiB) copied, 11.966 s, 191 MB/s

real 0m11.989s

user 0m0.008s

sys 0m2.484s

12 seconds to write an image.

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IMG_2080.jpeg5184×3456 1.84 MB

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IMG_2100.jpeg5184×3456 815 KB

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#2

Just talking about eMMC and great readers is the problem of accessing eMMC due to the heatsink.
That card is likely never to get used as even the faff of going from SD -> eMMC is preferable to removing a heatsink each time you need access.
I keep looking at that heatsink that I think it is great, but no easy access to the eMMC is not.

heasink
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Not the greatest of images but you get what I mean or some variation of, even a slotted insert but really its not needed.
Access to the EMMC is though.