PCMCIA card into iPad
Hi
We are an airline, and some of our aircraft use PCMCIA cards to store in-flight telemetry data. I've been asked if it's possible to get the data into an iPad used in the cockpit. This would help us transmit and diagnose any technical problems or events on the aircraft while they are away from base.
Is there a PCMCIA adaptor for the later iPads, or combination of adaptors which might work?
Thanks
Mike
iPad Air
Here is one such pcmcia to sc pc card adapter. Intended for use in Mercedes car.
To read the sd pc card on the ipad look for something like.
Be careful
-- some of the hardware manufactures haven't bothered to write their own ios app but parasite off of some other companies app.
-- some only support picture and video files. It isn't clear which one support none picture files ... if any ...
http://www.go-trust.com/en/ireader/
documentation shows text file
app
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ireader-play/id1106384442?mt=8
Apple is a forward looking company. They try to avoid supporting today's hardware standards 👿. They want to support only tomorrows standards 😀.
PCMCIA card adapters are certainly not on an ipad. ipads have never had usb ports. All input coming from outside the device is expected to come by wifi. [ You can connect the ipad to a computer for backup. There are some gps devices you can attach to the ipad. ]
You could try a pcmcia to usb adapter. You would then have to get the camera connection kit to attach to the ipad. You would then have to find some app to read the data on the pcmcia. You might be able to find some app in the app store that reads a flash drive. You would most likely be hijacking a proprietary app which would have not support and legal issues. All these adapters do not make for a reliable connection.
You could get a pcmcia card that included a wifi transmitter. There are some wifi storage devices that work with the ipad. Some of these wifi devices allow you to insert a usb flash drive. You could could look for a converter.
Perhaps you could look around for a pcmcia card that lets you fit in a camera card. You could then put the camera card into the camera connection kit. You would then have to look around for some app to read the data.
As the camera connection kit implies it is meant to read only files generated by cameras: pictures and videos. To read other file types you will need to buy or build an app.
I'd contact the aircraft manufacturer. Perhaps they are working on an adapter.
I think you are talking about some custom engineering job.
R
Once you find a pcmcia card with a slot for sd pc card, you can try using a wifi sd pc card.
https://www.transcend-info.com/Products/No-401
This pc cards are intended to hold picture. Check out whether they can handle other file formats. You could explore renaming the files to have a .jpg extension. There are apps for ios to rename ".jpg" "picture" files to their real extension.
R
PCMCIA card into iPad
