FIELD: information technology.
SUBSTANCE: one version of the booting a host device from a peripheral device through an MMC/SD interface, with power terminals, a data bus with data bus terminals, a clock line with a clock terminal and a command line with a command terminal involves: transmitting power to the power terminals, and setting to low the command terminal of the said MMC/SD interface during power-up and monitoring the data bus for a start bit of data transmission.
EFFECT: broader functionalities of MMC and SD cards without changing the set of characteristics of the memory cards, provision for backward compatibility.
52 cl, 6 dwg
