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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” Portable S olid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 De scri pti on De scri pti on De scri pti on De scri pti on Transc end’s 1.8" Solid State Drive (SSD) ad va nced, eSATA / USB 2.0 external s torage devic[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” Portable S olid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Spe cif ic ati ons Spe cif ic ati ons Spe cif ic ati ons Spe cif ic ati ons Phy sical Specification Form Factor 1.8 inch solid state drive Storage Capacities 32[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” Portable S olid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Pac ka ge Dim en sio ns Pac ka ge Dim en sio ns Pac ka ge Dim en sio ns Pac ka ge Dim en sio ns Below figure illustrates the Transc end 1.8 inch P or table Soli[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Pin As sig nm ent s Pin As sig nm ent s Pin As sig nm ent s Pin As sig nm ent s Pinouts (USB) Pin No. Pin Name 01 VCC 02 USB- 03 USB+ 04 VS S Pinouts (eSA TA) P[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Blo ck Dia g ram Blo ck Dia g ram Blo ck Dia g ram Blo ck Dia g ram[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Re liab il ity Re liab il ity Re liab il ity Re liab il ity Wear-Leveling algorithm The controller sup ports static/dy namic wear lev e ling . W hen the hos t w[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 S S S S ATA In ter fa ce AT A I nte rfa ce AT A I nte rfa ce AT A I nte rfa ce Out of bank signaling There s hall be three Out Of Band (OO B) signals used/detec[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 COM RESET COMRESET alway s originates from t he host controller, and forces a hardware reset in the device. It is indicated by transm ittin g bursts of data sep[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 2. Some condition in the host causes the host to issue COMRESET 3. H ost releases COMR ESE T . Onc e the condition causing the C OMRESET is released, the host r[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Figure 6 : comin it sequence Description: 1. Host/device are pow ered and operating normally wit h some form of active comm unication. 2. Some condition in the [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 times) at any given speed. T he host should allow for at least 873.8 us (32768 nomi nal Gen1 Dword times ) after detecting the re lease of C OMW AKE to receive [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Description: 1. Host/device power-off - Host and device power-off. 2. Power is app lied - Host side signal conditioning pul ls TX and RX pairs to neutral state [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 A TA command register This table with the following paragraphs summ arizes the A T A com mand set. Command Table PA RAMETERS USED Command Name Code SC SN CY DR [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 W RITE DMA CAh or CBh O O O O O X W RITE DMA EXT 35h O O O O O X W RITE DMA FUA EXT 3Dh O O O O O X W RITE FPDMA QUEUED 61h O O O O O O W RITE MULTIPLE C5h O O [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 AT A Co mma n d Sp eci fi cat ion s AT A Co mma n d Sp eci fi cat ion s AT A Co mma n d Sp eci fi cat ion s AT A Co mma n d Sp eci fi cat ion s CHECK POWER MO D[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Identify Device Information Default Value Word Value F/V Description 0 0040h F X X X V X General configuration bit-significant inform ation: 15 0 = ATA device 1[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 51 0000h F 15-8 PI O data transfer cycle tim ing mode 7-0 Re served 52 0000h X O bsolete 53 0007h F F F X 15-3 Reserved 2 1 = the fields repor t ed in wo rd 88 [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 76 0206h F F F F F F Serial ATA Capabilities 15-11 Reserved for Serial ATA 10 1 = Supports Phy Event Counts 9 1 = Supports receipt of host initiated pow er mana[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 82 302Bh X F F F X F F F F F F F F F F F Comm and and feature sets supported 15 O bsolete 14 1 = NOP comm and supported 13 1 = READ BUFFER com mand supported 12[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 85 3029h X F F F X V F V V V V F F X V V Comm and and feature sets supported or enable 15 O bsolete 14 1 = The NOP comm and is supported 13 1 = The READ BUFFER [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 88 2 03Fh V V V V V V V F F F F F F F Ultra DMA modes 15 Reserved 14 1 = Ultra DMA mode 6 is select ed 0 = Ultra DMA mode 6 is not selected 13 1 = Ultra DMA mod[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 119 4000h F F F F F F F Comm ands and feature sets supported (Continued from words 84:82) 15 S hall be cleared to zero 14 S hall be set to one 13-6 Reserved 5 1[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 IDLE (E3h) This com m and causes the device to set BS Y, enter the Idle m ode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. If sector count is non-zero, the automatic p[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 REA D M ULTIPLE (C4h) This com m and performs similarly to the R ead Sectors c omm and. Interrupts are not generated on each sector, but on the transfer of a bl[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 SET FEA T URES (EFh) This comm and set pa r ameter to Features register a nd set drive’s o per ation. F or transfer mode, parameter is set to S ec tor Count r[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 SMART REA D DATA This com m and returns 512-by te SMART Data Structure to the host with PIO data-in protocol. The register file has to contain D0h for Features [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 The attribute ID informati on is listed in the follo wing table Detail Information ID Description Byte Description E5h Halt System ID, Flash ID 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 EBh Good B lock Coun t, S ystem Block Count 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Good Block Count (High By te) Good Block Count Good Block Count (Low By te) Sy stem(F ree) Block Cou[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 SMART DISA BLE OPERATIONS Disables the SMART function. Upon receiving the comm and, the drive disables all SMAR T operations. T his setting is maintained when t[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 WRITE BUFF ER (E8h) This com m and enab l es the host to w r ite the contents of one 512-by te block of data to the device’s buffer. WRITE DM A (C A h) W rite[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 WRITE SECT OR(S) (30h/31h) W rite data to a specified num ber of sectors (1 to 256, as specified with the Sector Count register) from the specified address. Spe[...]

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    T T T S S S 3 3 3 2 2 2 / / / 6 6 6 4 4 4 / / / 1 1 1 2 2 2 8 8 8 G G G S S S S S S D D D 1 1 1 8 8 8 M M M - - - M M M 1.8” P ortable Solid State Drive Transcen d Inf ormation Inc . V1.2 Orde rin g Inf orm atio n Orde rin g Inf orm atio n Ord erin g Inf orm ati on Orde rin g Inf orm atio n The above technical informat ion is based on industry st[...]