Transcend 1.8" StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA) TS20GSJ18 manual

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 1 Description TS20G SJ18 is a USB 2.0 20G B Portable Hard Disk . This device is a 20G B TO SHIBA 1.8” hard disk drive (HDD) installed i n a Portable Hard Disk Enclosure. It is designed to expedite exc hanging huge am ounts[...]

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 2 Block Diagram Pinouts Pin No. Pin Name 01 VCC 02 Control signal USB IDE Interface Controller USB Connect or D0~D15 /WE /RE HDD ... USB- USB+ D0~D15 Crystal 12MHz LED Control line CLK USB- 03 USB+ 04 VSS Pin Identification [...]

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 3 Specificat ion Size L x W x H 95mm x 71.5mm x 15mm Weight 118 g Temperat ure Operatin g 5 ℃ – 60 ℃ Shock resistant Operatin g 250G Non-Op erating 1000G Capacity 20 GBytes Sustained t ransfer rate Read 16.6 MB /sec Wr[...]

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 4 Hard Dri ve Basic Specificati ons: Principal Specification MO DEL M K2004GAL Formatted Cap acity (gigabytes) 20.000 Servo desi gn method Sector Servo Recording method 32/34 TC-EEPR4+PP Recording density Track / mm (T PI) 3[...]

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 5 <*4> Average tim e for 1,000 full s trok e seek s with random head switches . <*5> Typical values are f or the condition of norm al voltage, 25 o C norm al tem perature and plac ing bottom side down. Maxim um v[...]

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    T T T S S S 2 2 2 0 0 0 G 1 G G S S S J J J 1 1 8 8 8 1.8” StoreJet Portable HDD 20GB (TOSHIBA ) Transcend Information Inc. 6 Shock A coustics (Sound Pow er) MK 2004GAL 22dB For idle mode (Spindle in r otating). 26dB Randomly select a track to be sought in such a way that every track has equal p robability of b eing selected . Seek rate(ns) is d [...]