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CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 General Description SanDisk CompactFlash® Memory Card products provide high capacity solid-state flash memory that electrically complies with the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association ATA (PC Card ATA) standard. (In Japan, the applicable standards group i...

Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.2 Features SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards provide the following system features: • Up to 16 GB of mass storage data • PC Card ATA protocol compatible • True IDE Mode compatible • Very low CMOS power • Very high performance • Very rugged ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.5 PCMCIA Standard SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards are fully electrically compatible with the PCMCIA specifications listed below: • PCMCIA PC Card Standard, 7.0, February 1999 • PCMCIA PC Card ATA Specification, 7.0, February 1999 These sp...

Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.7.1 Technology Independence The 512-byte sector size of the CompactFlash Memory Card is the same as that in an IDE magnetic disk drive. To write or read a sector (or multiple sectors), the host computer software simply issues a Read or Writ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.7.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of the SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card is automatic entrance and exit from sleep mode. Upon completion of a command, the card will enter sleep mode to conserve power if no further commands are rece...

CHAPTER 2 Product Specifications For all the following specifications, values are defined at ambient temperature and nominal supply voltage unless otherwise stated. 2.1 System Environmental Specifications Table 2-1 contains environmental specifications which include temperature, humidity, acoustic n...

Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Sleep mode currently is specified under the condition that all card inputs are static CMOS levels and in a "Not Busy" operating state. Table 2-2 Power Requirements DC Input Voltage (Vcc) 100 mV max. ripple (p-p) 3.3V +/- 5% ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Product Specifications 2.3 System Performance All performance timings assume the CompactFlash Memory Card Series controller is in the default (i.e., fastest) mode. Table 2-3 Performance CompactFlash Memory Card Start-up Times Sleep to Write Sleep to Read ...

Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 2.4 System Reliability Table 2-4 Reliability MTBF (@ 25 C) >1,000,000 hours Preventative Maintenance None Data Reliability <1 non-recoverable error in 10 14 bits read <1 erroneous correction in 10 20 bits read 2.5 Physical ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Product Specifications Figure 2-1 CompactFlash Memory Card Dimensions © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 2-5 Rev. 12.0, 02/07

CHAPTER 3 Interface Description 3.1 Physical Description The host connects to SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards using a standard 50-pin connector consisting of two rows of 25 female contacts each on 50 mil (1.27 mm) centers. 3.1.1 Pin Assignments and Types The signal/pin assignments are listed in Ta...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual PC Card I/O Pin Assignments are contained in Table 3-2. Table 3-2 PC Card I/O Mode Pin Assignments Pin No. Signal Name Pin Type I/O Type Pin No. Signal Name Pin Type I/O Type 1 GND – Ground 26 -CD1 O Ground 2 D03 I/O I1Z,OZ3 27 D11 I...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin Assignments Pin No. Signal Name Pin Type I/O Type Pin No. Signal Name Pin Type I/O Type 9 -ATA SEL I I3U 34 -IORD I I3Z 10 A09 I I1Z 35 -IOWR I I3Z 11 A08 I I1Z 36 -WE I I3U 12 A07 I I1Z 37 INTRQ O OZ1 13 ...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card signals are described in Table 3-4. Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description A10-A0 (PC Card Memory Mode) (PC Card I/O Mode) A2-A0 (True IDE Mode) A10-A3 (True IDE Mode) I I 8...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -IOIS16 (PC Card I/O Mode ) -IOCS16 (True IDE Mode ) I/O Operation–When the card is configured for I/O Operation, pin 24 is used for the -I/O Selected is 16 Bit Port (-IOI...

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Figure 3-2 Power Up/Power Down Timing for Systems not supporting RESET t V CC 2V V CC Min. pr V IH t SU (V CC ) -CE1, -CE2 Always Hi-z from system Supplied by pull-up resistor RESET on card (if...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-4 Common and Attribute Memory Write Timing Diagram NOTE 1: Shaded areas may be high or low. NOTE 2: When the data I/O pins are in the output state, no signals shall be applied to the data pins (D[15::0]) by the host system N...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description 3.3.8 I/O Read (Input) Timing Specification Figure 3-5 I/O Read Timing Diagram NOTE 1: All timings are measured at the CompactFlash Memory Card. NOTE 2: Skews and delays from the host system driver/receiver to the card must be accoun...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-13 I/O Read (Input) Timing Specification Item Symbol IEEE Symbol Min. (ns) Max. (ns) -IOIS16 Delay falling from Address t df IOIS16(ADR) t AVISL --- 35 a -IOIS16 Delay rising from Address t dr IOIS16(ADR) t AVISH --- 35 a a. ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-14 contains the specification information related to the I/O Write Timing Diagram. Table 3-14 I/O Write Timing Specification Item Symbol IEEE Symbol Min. (ns) Max. (ns) Data Setup before -IOWR t su (IOWR) t DVIWL 60 --- Data ...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-7 Register Transfer to/from Device NOTE 1: Device address consists of signals -CS0, -CS1 and -DA(2:0). NOTE 2: Data consists of DD(7:0). Table 3-15 Register Transfer to/from Device PIO Timing Parameters Mode 4 (ns) t 0 a Cyc...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description • PIO Data Transfers Figure 3-8 defines the relationships between the interface signals for PIO data transfers. For PIO Modes 3 and above, the minimum value of t 0 is specified by Word 68 in the IDENTIFY DEVICE parameter list. Table ...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The PIO data transfer parameters are defined in Table 3-16. NOTE : SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards do not assert an -IORDY signal. Table 3-16 PIO Data Transfer to/from Device PIO Timing Parameters Mode 0 (ns) Mode 1 (ns) Mode 2 (ns...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description In addition, these registers provide a method for accessing status information about the card that may be used to arbitrate between multiple interrupt sources on the same interrupt level or to replace status information that appears ...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Decoding for the configuration registers is defined in Table 3-18. Table 3-18 Configuration Registers Decoding -CE2 X -CE1 0 -REG 0 -OE 0 -WE 1 A10 0 A9 1 A8- A4 00 A3 0 A2 0 A1 0 A0 0 Selected Register Configuration Option Read X 0 ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description 3.4.2 Configuration Option Register (Address 200h in Attribute Memory) The Configuration Option Register is used to configure the card’s interface, address decoding and interrupt and to issue a soft reset to the CompactFlash Memory C...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Card Configuration and Status Register (con’t) Bit Name Description D7 Changed Indicates that one or both of the Pin Replacement Register CRdy, or CWProt bits are set to "1". When the Changed bit is set, -STSCHG Pin 46 is hel...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Pin replacement changed bit/mask values are contained in Table 3-21. Table 3-21 Pin Replacement Changed Bit/Mask Bit Values Written by Host Initial Value of (C) Status “C” Bit “M” Bit Final “C” Bit Comments 0 X 0 0 Unchanged 1 X 0 1 ...

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-22 Common Memory Function Function Code -REG -CE2 -CE1 A0 -OE -WE D15-D8 D7-D0 Word Read Access (16 bits) H L L X L H Odd Byte Even Byte Word Write Access (16 bits) H L L X H L Odd Byte Even Byte Odd Byte Read Only (8 bits) H...

CHAPTER 4 ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards can be configured as a high performance I/O device through the following ways: • Standard PC-AT disk I/O address spaces 1F0h-1F7h, 3F6h-3F7h (primary); 170h-177h, 376h-377h (secondary) with IRQ 14 (or other available IRQ). • A...

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual a. Register 0 is accessed with -CE1 low and -CE2 low (and A0 = Do not care) as a word register on the combined Odd Data Bus and Even Data Bus (D15-D0). This register may also be accessed by a pairof byte accesses to the offse...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol 4.3 Memory Mapped Addressing When CompactFlash Memory Card registers are accessed via memory references, they appear in the common memory space window: 0-2K bytes as shown in Table 4-4. Table 4-4 Memory Mapped Decoding -REG A...

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 4.4 True IDE Mode Addressing When a CompactFlash Memory Card is configured in the True IDE Mode the I/O decoding is as listed in Table 4-5. Table 4-5 True IDE Mode I/O Decoding -CE2 -CE1 A2 A1 A0 -IORD=0 -IOWR=0 1 0 0 0 0 Eve...

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 4.5.6 Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8) Register (Address–1F4[174]; Offset 4) This register contains the low order 8 bits of the starting cylinder address or bits 15-8 of the Logical Block Address. 4.5.7 Cylinder High (LBA 23-16) Regis...

CHAPTER 5 ATA Command Description This section defines the software requirements and the format of commands the host sends to CompactFlash Memory cards. Commands are issued to the card by loading the required registers in the command block with the supplied parameters, and then writing the command c...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 5-1 Primary and Secondary I/O Decoding Class Command Code FR SC SN CY DH LBA 1 Set Multiple Mode C6h - Y - - D - 1 Set Sleep Mode E6h or 99h - - - - D - 1 Stand By E2h or 96h - - - - D - 1 Stand By Immediate E0h or 94h - - - ...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.3 Erase Sector(s)–C0H This command is no longer recommended. There is essentially no net gain in the use of the Erase Sectors Command and/or the Write Without Erase Commands. This command is supported to guarantee backward comp...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 5-8 Identify Device Information Word Address Default Value Total Bytes Data Field Type Information 51 0200h 2 PIO data transfer cycle timing mode 52 0000h 2 Single word DMA data transfer cycle timing mode (not supported) 53 0...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Table 5-8 Identify Device Information Word Address Default Value Total Bytes Data Field Type Information 163 00XXh 2 CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capability and Setting 164 001Bh 2 CF Advanced PCMCIA I/O and Memory Timing Mode ...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Word 21: Buffer Size. This field defines the buffer capacity of 2 sectors or 1 kilobyte of SRAM. Word 22: ECC Count. This field defines the number of ECC bytes used on each sector in the Read and Write Long commands. Words 23-26: F...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Word 53: Translation Parameters Valid. Bit 0 of this field is set, indicating that words 54 to 58 are valid and reflect the current number of cylinders, heads and sectors. Bit 1 is also set, indicating values in words 64 through 70...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Word 68: Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time With Flow Control. This field indicates in nanoseconds, the minimum cycle time the card supports while performing data transfers using flow control. Words 82-84: Features/Command Sets Suppor...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Bits 0-13 of word 87 are reserved. Bit 14 of word 87 will be set to one and bit 15 of word 87 will be cleared to zero to provide indication that the features/command sets enabled words are valid. The values in these words should no...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual • Bits 2-0: Advanced True IDE PIO Mode Support Indicates the maximum True IDE PIO mode supported by the card. Value Maximum PIO Mode Timing Supported 0 Specified in Word 64 1 PIO Mode 5 2 PIO Mode 6 3-7 Reserved • Bits 5-3: Advance...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Word 164: CF Advanced PCMCIA I/O and Memory Timing Mode Capabilities and Set-tings. This word describes the capabilities and current settings for CFA defined advanced timing modes using the Memory and PCMCIA I/O interface. • Bits 2...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.7 Idle Immediate–95H, E1H This command causes the card to set BSY, enter the Idle (Read) mode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. Table 5-14 Idle Immediate Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7) E1H or 95H C/D/H (6) X Drive X Cyl Hi...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.9 Read Buffer–E4H The Read Buffer command enables the host to read the current contents of the card's sector buffer. This command has the same protocol as the Read Sector(s) command. Table 5-16 Read Buffer Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 C...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.11 Read Multiple–C4H The Read Multiple command performs similarly to the Read Sectors command. Interrupts are not generated on every sector, but on the transfer of a block, which contains the number of sectors defined by a Set ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.12 Read Long Sector–22H, 23H The Read Long command performs similarly to the Read Sector(s) command except that it returns 516 bytes of data instead of 512 bytes. During a Read Long command, the card does not check the ECC byte...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual When the requested sectors have been verified, the card clears BSY and generates an interrupt. Upon command completion, the Command Block registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the last sector verified. If an er...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.18 Set Features–EFH This command is used by the host to establish or select certain features. Table 5-26 Set Features Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7) EFH C/D/H (6) X Drive X Cyl High (5) X Cyl Low (4) X Sec Num (3) X Sec Cnt (2...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description A host can choose the transfer mechanism by Set Transfer Mode and specifying a value in the Sector Count register. The upper 5 bits define the type of transfer and the low order 3 bits encode the mode value. Mode Value PIO Default ...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual If the Sector Count Register contains a valid value and the block count is supported, the value is loaded for all subsequent Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands and execution of those commands is enabled. If a block count is ...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.21 Standby–96H, E2H This command causes the card to set BSY, enter the Sleep mode (which corresponds to the ATA "Standby" Mode), clear BSY and return the interrupt immediately. Recovery from sleep mode is accomplished b...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.26 Write DMA Command–CAH, CBH The Write DMA command in Table 5 33 executes in a similar manner to WRITE SECTOR(S) except for the following: • The host initialised the DMA channel prior to issuing the command. • Data transfers a...

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual DRQ qualification of the transfer is required only at the start of the data block, not on each sector. The block count of sectors to be transferred without intervening interrupts is programmed by the Set Multiple Mode command, whic...

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.2 Error Posting Table 5-43 summarizes the valid status and error value for all the ATA command set. Table 5-43 Error and Status Register a Error Register Status Register Command BBK UNC IDNF ABRT AMNF DRDY DWF DSC CORR ERR Check ...

CHAPTER 6 CIS Description This section describes the Card Information Structure (CIS) for SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards. Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Content Description CIS Function 000h 01h CISTPL_DEVICE Device Info Tuple Tuple Code 002h 04h Link i...

Appendix A Ordering Information A.1 SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card 1 To order SanDisk products directly from SanDisk, call (408) 801-1000. Part Number Capacity Capacity (formatted in bytes) Sectors/Card (Max. LBA+1) No. of Heads No. of Sectors/ Track No. of Cylinders SDCFJ-128-388 128 MB 128,450,5...

Appendix B Limited Warranty I. WARRANTY STATEMENT SanDisk warrants its products to be free of any defects in materials or workmanship that would prevent them from functioning properly for one year from the date of purchase. This express warranty is extended by SanDisk Corporation. II. GENERAL PROVIS...

Limited Warranty SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual All failing products returned to SanDisk under the provisions of this limited warranty shall be tested to the product's functional and performance specifications. Upon confirmation of failure, each product will be analyzed, by whatever me...

Appendix C Disclaimer of Liability C.1 SanDisk Corporation Policy SanDisk Corporation general policy does not recommend the use of its products in life support applications wherein a failure or malfunction of the product may directly threaten life or injury. Accordingly, in any use of products in li...