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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 1 Description Dedicated to fulf ill the demanding requirements of perform ance-conscious photographers, Transcend proudly releases its Ex treme 400X CompactFlash cards. W ith its am azi ng perform ance , the T[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 2 Specificat ion * Note: 24-hours chamber t est on ASUS S triker 2 Extreme, 1GB RAM, W indows ® XP Version 2002 SP3. Interface Specificati on Drivers No Device Driver Required ATA/ATAPI 7 PIO Mode 0 - 6 Mult[...]

  • Page 3

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 3 Note : 25 , according to IDE to CF card transferring board test on AS US P4S800-MX, 1GB RAM, IDE interface support UDMA6, W indows ® XP Version 2002 SP2, CrystalDiskMark, c opied file 100MB * Note: FAT32 f[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 4 Block Diagram[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 5[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 6 Pin A ssignments and Pin Ty pe PC Card Memory Mode PC Card I/O Mode True IDE Mode 4 Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Ty pe Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Ou t Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Ou t[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 7 PC Card Memory Mode PC Card I/O Mode True IDE Mode 4 Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type Pin Num Signal Name Pin Type In, Out Type -HIOE 7 HSTROBE 8 34 -HIOE H[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 8  Input Leakage Current Note: In Tab le 1 below, x refers to the characte ristics described in ta ble 2. For example, I1U indicates a pull-up resistor with a type 1 input charac teristic. Table 1: I nput L[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 9  Output Drive Characteristics Table 4: Output Dri v e Characteri stics Ty pe Parameter Symbol Conditions MIN TYP MA X Units 1 O utput Voltage Voh Vol Ioh = -4 mA Iol = 4 mA Vcc -0.8V Gnd +0.4V Volts 2 O u[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 10 Signal Descri ption Signal Name Dir. Pin Description A10 – A00 (PC Card M em ory M ode) A10 – A00 (PC Card I /O Mode) A02 - A00 (True IDE Mode ) I I 8,10,11,12, 14,15,16,17, 18,19,20 18,19,20 These addr[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 11 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -CE1, -CE2 (PC Card M em ory M ode) Card Ena ble -CE1, -CE2 (PC Card I /O Mode) Card Ena ble -CS0, -CS1 (True IDE Mode ) I 7,32 These input signals are u sed both to select [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 12 Signal Nam e Dir. Pin Description -INPACK (PC Card M em ory M ode except Ult ra DMA Protocol Active) -INPACK (PC Card I /O Mode ex cept Ul tra DM A Proto col Acti v e) Input Ackn owledge -DMARQ (PC Card M e[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 13 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -IOW R (PC Card M em ory M ode– Except Ult ra DMA Protocol Active) -IOW R (PC Card I /O Mode – Except Ultra DM A Proto col Acti v e) -IOW R (True IDE Mode – Ex cept Ul[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 14 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -REG (PC Card M em ory M ode– Except Ult ra DMA Protocol Active) Attribute Memory Select -REG (PC Card I /O Mode – Except Ultra DM A Proto col Acti v e) This signal is u[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 15 Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -VS1 -VS2 (PC Card M em ory M ode) -VS1 -VS2 (PC Card I /O Mode) -VS1 -VS2 (True IDE Mode ) O 33 40 Voltage Sense Signals. -VS1 is grounde d on the Card and sense d by the H[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 16 Electrical Specif ication The following tab les indicate all D.C. Char acteristics f or the CompactFlash Storage Card. Unless othe rwise stated, cond i tions are: Vcc = 5V ± 10% Vcc = 3.3V ± 5%  A bsol[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 17  Input Pow er  I nput Characteristics for UDMA mode >4 In UDMA modes greater than 4, the followin g characteristics apply . Vol tage output high and low values shall be met at the source c onnector[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 18  Signal Interface Electrical specifications shall be maintained to ensure data reliabili ty . Additiona l requirements ar e necessary for Advanced Timing Modes and Ultra DMA modes operations. See next se[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 19 state and 10 0 A h igh s tate, i ncluding pull-up resistor. The ca rd s hall be able to drive at leas t the f ollowing load 10 while meeting all AC timi ng requirements: 50 pF a t a DC current of 400 A low [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 20  Ultra DMA Electrical Req uirement s  Host and Card signal capacitance limi ts for Ult ra DMA ope rati on The host interf ace signal capacitance at the hos t c onnector shall be a ma xi mum of 25 pF f[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 21  Printed Cir cuit Board (PCB) Trace Requirements for U ltra DMA On any PCB for a host or device supporting Ultra DMA:  T he longest D[15:00] trace shall be no m ore than 0.5" longer than either S[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 22  Attribute Memory Read Timing S pecification Attr ibute Memory access t ime is def ined as 300 ns. Detailed t iming specs are shown in Table below Speed Version 300 ns Item Sy mbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. M[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 23  Conf igurati on Reg ister (Attribu te Memory) Write Timing Specif ication The Card Conf iguratio n write access tim e is defined as 250 ns. Detailed timing specif ications are shown in Table below. Tabl[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 24  Commo n Memory Read Timing Specifi cation Cy cl e Time Mode: 250 ns 1 20 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Sy mbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Output En able Access T[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 25  Comm on Memo ry Write Timing Specific ation Cy cl e Time Mode: 250 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Sy mbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Setup be fore HW[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 26  I /O Inp ut (R ead) Timing Specifica tion Cy cle Time Mode: 250 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Symbol IEEE Sy mb ol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Delay after HIOE t[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 27  I/O Output (W r ite) T iming Specification Cy cl e Time Mode: 255 ns 120 ns 100 ns 80 ns Item Symbol IEEE Sy mbol Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Max ns. Min ns. Ma x ns. Data Setup be fore HIO[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 28  True I DE PIO Mod e Read/Wri te Timing Sp ecificatio n Mode Item 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Note t0 Cycle time (mi n ) 600 383 240 180 120 100 80 1 t1 Address V alid to HIOE/HIOW setup (min) 70 50 30 30 25 15 10 t2[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 29[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 30  True IDE Mult iwor d DMA Mod e Read/W rite Timing S pecificati on Item M ode 0 (ns) Mode 1 (ns) Mode 2 (ns) Mode 3 (ns) Mode 4 (ns) Note t O Cycle time (min) 480 150 120 100 80 1 t D -HIOE / -HIO W ass[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 31  True IDE Ultra DM A Mode Read /Write Timin g Specifi cation Ultra DMA operations can take place in any of the three basic inte rface modes: PC Card Memory mode, PC Card I/ O mode,[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 32 and True I DE (the original mode to supp ort UDMA). The u sage of signals in each o f the modes is shown in Table 24: Ultra DMA Signal Usage In Ea ch Interfa ce Mode UDMA Signa l Ty p e Pin # (Non UDMA MEM[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 33 An Ul tra DMA capabl e devi ce shall retain the p r eviously selected Ultra DMA mode after executing a software reset sequence or the sequence caused by receipt of a DEVICE RESET com mand if a SET FEATURES[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 34 Notes: 1) All timin g measuremen t switching points ( low to high and high to low) s hall be taken at 1. 5 V. 2) All signal transitions f or a timing parameter shall be measu red at the c onnector specifie[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 35 4) T he p arameter tLI shall be measure d at th e co nnector of the sende r o r rec ipient that is res ponding to an in coming transition f rom the recipient o r sender respe ctively . Both the inc oming s[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 36 Notes: 1) T he p arameters t UI, tM LI : (Ultra D MA Data-In Bu rst Devi ce Term ination Tim ing a nd Ultra DMA Data-In Burst Host Termination Tim ing), an d tLI indicate sender-to-rec ipien t or recipient[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 37 Name Comment Mi n [V/ns] Max [V/ns] Notes S RISE Rising Edge Slew Rate f or any signal 1.25 1 S FALL Falling Edge Slew Rate for any signal 1.25 1 Note: 1) The sender shall be tested while driving an 18 inc[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 38 Card Configurat ion The Com pactFlash Storage Cards is identified by appropriate information in the Card Infor mation S tructure (CIS). The following c onfiguration registers are used to coordinate the I/O[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 39 Table: PC Card Memory Mode UDMA Func tion -CE2 -CE1 -DMA RQ -INPA CK -DMA CK -REG STOP -HIO W -DMA RDY -HIOE (R)-WA IT (W) STROBE -WA IT (R)-HIOE (W) DMA CMD A 10- A 00 Operation 1 1 1 X X X X No XX Standb[...]

  • Page 40

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 40  A ttribute Memory Function Attribute mem ory is a space where CompactFlas h Storage Card identification and conf iguration information are stored, and is limited to 8 bit wide ac cesses o nly at even a[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 41  Configuration Option Regist er (Base + 00h in A ttribute M emo ry )[...]

  • Page 42

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 42  Card Configuration and Statu s Register (Base + 02h in A ttribute Memory )[...]

  • Page 43

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 43  Pin Replacemen t Register (B ase + 04h in A ttribute Memory )[...]

  • Page 44

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 44  Socket and Copy Register (Ba se + 06h in A ttribute Memory )[...]

  • Page 45

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 4 5 I/O T ransfer Funct ion The I/O transfer to or from the CompactFlash Storage ca n be e ither 8 or 16 bits. W hen a 16 bit accessible port is addressed, the signal -IOIS16 is asser ted by the CompactFlash [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 46 T able: PC Ca rd I/O Mode UDM A F unction -CE2 -CE1 -DMA RQ -INPA CK DMA CK -REG STOP -HIOW -DMA RDY -HIOE (R)-WA IT (W) STROBE -WA IT (R)-HIOE (W) DMA CMD A 10- A 00 O peration 1 1 1 X X X X No XX Standb [...]

  • Page 47

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 47 Comm on Memory T ransfe r Function The Com mon Mem ory transfer t o or from the CompactFlash Storage can be either 8 or 16 bits. Function Code DMA -REG -CE2 -CE1 A 0 -OE -WE D15-D8 D7-D0 Standby Mode None [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 48 T rue IDE M ode I/O T ransfer Function The CompactF lash Storage Card can be configur ed in a T rue IDE Mode of operation. The Com pactFlash Storage Card is configured in this mo de only when the - OE inpu[...]

  • Page 49

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 49 Host Configuratio n Requireme nts for Master/Slav e or New Timin g M odes The CF Advan ced Timing m odes include PCMCIA P C Card s ty le I/O m odes that are faster than the original 250 ns cy cle time. T h[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 50 CF-A TA Drive Regis ter Set Def inition and Protocol The Compa ctFlash Storage Card can be configured as a high perform ance I/O device through: a) The standard PC-AT disk I/O address spac es 1F0h-1F7h, 3F[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 51  I /O Prim ary an d Seco ndary Address Con figur ation s Table: Prim ary and Seco ndary I /O Decoding[...]

  • Page 52

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 52  C ontig uou s I/O Map ped Addressin g W hen the sy st em decodes a conti guous block of I/O registers to select the Com pactFlash Storage Card, the registers are accessed in the block of I/O space deco[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 53  Me mory Mapp ed Addressing W hen the Com pactFlash Storage Card registers are accesse d vi a mem ory references, the registers appear in the comm on m emory space windo w: 0-2K by tes as follows:  T[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 54  C F-ATA Registers The following section describes the hardware registers used by the host software to issue comm ands to the CompactFlas h device . These r egisters are often collectively ref erred to [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 55  Feature Register (A ddress - 1F1h[171h]; Offset 1, 0Dh Wr ite Onl y ) This re gister provides inform ation regarding fea tures of the Com pactFlash Storage Card that the host can u tiliz e. This regist[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 56 Bit 2 (HS2): when operatin g in the Cy linder, Head, Sector mod e, this is bit 2 of the head num ber. It is Bit 2 6 in the Logical Block Address m ode. Bit 1 (HS1): when operatin g in the Cy linder, Head, [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 57  Device Control Register (A ddress - 3F6h[376h]; Offset Eh) This register is used t o control the CompactFlash Storage Card i nterr upt requ est and to is sue an AT A soft reset to the card. This regist[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 58  Card (Dri ve) A ddress Regist er (Ad dr ess 3F7h[377h]; Offset Fh) This regi ster is provided for compatibility wi t h the AT di sk drive interface. It is r ecomm ended that this register not be mapped[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 59 CF-A TA Command Set CF-ATA Com mand Set sum marizes the CF -ATA com m and set with the paragra phs t hat follow describing the individual comm ands and the task f ile for each. Command Code FR SC SN CY DH [...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 60 28 Security Disable P assword F6h – – – – Y – Not Support 29 Security Erase Prepare F3h – – – – Y – Not Suppo rt 30 Security Erase Unit F4h – – – – Y – Not Suppo rt 31 Securit[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 61  Check P ow er Mode - 98h or E5h If the CompactFlash Storage C ard is in, going to, or recov ering from the sleep mode, the Compac tFlash S t orage Card sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to 00h ,[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 62  Erase Sect or(s) - C 0h This comm and i s used to p re-erase and condition data sectors in advance of a W r ite without Erase or W rite Multiple witho ut Er ase com man d. Th ere is no data transfer as[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 63  Identi fy Device – E ch Bit -> 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7) ECh C/D/H (6) X X X Drive X Cy l High (5) X Cy l Low (4) X Sec Num (3) X Sec Cnt (2) X Feature (1 ) X The Identify Device com mand en abl[...]

  • Page 64

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 64 Word A ddress Default Value Total By tes Data Field Ty pe Inform ation 51 0200 h 2 P IO data tr ansfer cycle timing mode 52 0000h 2 Obsol ete 53 000Xh 2 Field Validity 54 XX XX h 2 C urrent numbers of cyli[...]

  • Page 65

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 65 162 0000h 2 Ke y management s chemes supp orted 163 0092h 2 CF A dvanced Tr ue IDE Timing Mode Capability and Setting 164 8D9Bh 2 CF Advanced PC Card I/O and Memory Tim ing Mode Ca pability 165-175 0000h 2[...]

  • Page 66

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 66 same as the number of cylinders.  Word 3: D efault Number of Heads This field contains the number of translated heads in the default translation mode.  Word 6: D efault Number of Sectors per Track Th[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 67 current translation mode.  Current Capacit y This field contains the product of the curr ent cy linders tim es heads times sectors.  Multiple Sector Setting Bits 15-9 are reserved and shall be set to[...]

  • Page 68

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 68 Multiwo rd DMA transfer cycle time. T his field defines, in nanoseconds, the cy cle time that, if used by the host, may opti m ize the data transfer from by reducing the probabili ty that the CompactFlash [...]

  • Page 69

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 69 and W rite DMA Queued comm ands. Bit 2 of word 83 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the CFA f eature set. If bit 3 of word 83 i s set to one, the Com pactFlash Storage Card suppor[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 70 Bit 9: 1 = Ultra DMA mode 1 is selected, 0 = Ultra DMA mode 1 is not selected Bit 8: 1 = Ultra DMA mode 0 is selected, 0 = Ultra DMA mode 0 is not selected Bits 7: Reserved Bit 6: 1 = Ultra DMA mode 6 and [...]

  • Page 71

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 71 If set to 1, indicates that this word contains a va lid pow er requirem ent description. If set to 0, indicates that this word does not contai n a power requirement description. Bit 14: RSV This bit is res[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 72 0 Specif ied in word 64 1 PIO M ode 5 2 PIO M ode 6 3-7 Reserved Bits 11-9: Advanced T rue IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected Indicates the current T rue IDE Multiw ord DMA Mode Selected on th e card. Value C[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 73 mode supported by the card when bit 15 is set. Value Maximum PC Card I/O UDMA timi ng mode Supported 0 PC Card I/O UDMA mode 0 supported 1 PC Card I/O UDMA mode 1 supported 2 PC Card I/O UDMA mode 2 suppor[...]

  • Page 74

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 74  Idle - 97h or E3h This c omm and c auses the Com pactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter t he Idle m ode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. If the sector c ount is non-z er o, it is int erpreted as[...]

  • Page 75

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 75 This c omm and alway s fails with the CompactFlash Storage Card returning com man d aborted. Bit -> 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command (7) 00h C/D/H (6) X Drive X Cy l High (5) X Cy l Low (4) X Sec Num (3) X Sec C[...]

  • Page 76

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 76  Read Multipl e - C4h  Read Sector(s) - 20h or 21h  Read Verify Sector (s) - 40h o r 41h  Recalib rate - 1Xh[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 77  Requ est Sense - 03h The extended error c ode is returned to the host in th e Error Register.  Seek - 7Xh  Set Features – EFh[...]

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    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 78 Feature Suppo rted Features 01h and 81h are used to enable and clear 8 bi t data tr ansfer m odes in T rue IDE Mode. If the 01h f eature com mand is i ssued all data t ransfers shall occur on the low order[...]

  • Page 79

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 79 Count register. T he upper 5 bits defi ne the typ e of transfer and the low order 3 bits enc ode the mode va lue. O ne PIO m ode s hall be selected at all times. For Car ds which support DMA, one Multiword[...]

  • Page 80

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 80  Standby Immediate - 9 4h or E0h  Tra nslate Sec tor - 87h Translate Sector I nformation[...]

  • Page 81

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 81  Wear Le ve l - F5h  Write Buffe r - E8h  Write DMA – CA h[...]

  • Page 82

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 82  Write Long Sect or - 32h or 33h  Write Multiple Comma nd - C5h  Write Multiple w ithout Erase – CDh[...]

  • Page 83

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 83  Write Sec tor(s) - 30h or 31h  Write Sec tor(s) without Erase - 38h  Write Verify - 3Ch[...]

  • Page 84

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 84  Error Posting Command Error Register S tatus Register BBK UNC IDNF A BRT A MNF DRDY DWF DSC CORR ERR Check Powe r Mode V V V V V Execute D rive Diagno stic 1 V V V Erase Sec tor(s) V V V V V V V V Flus[...]

  • Page 85

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 85 Command Error Register Status Registe r BBK UNC IDNF A BRT A MNF DRDY DWF DSC CORR ERR Set Multiple Mode V V V V V Set Sleep Mod e V V V V V Stand By V V V V V Stand By Immediate V V V V V Translate Sect o[...]

  • Page 86

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 86  Smart Comm and Set  SMART Command Set SMART Feature Register Values D0h Read Data D5h Read Log D1h Read Attribute Threshold D6h W rite Log D2h Enable/Disable Autosav e D8h Enable SMART Operations D3[...]

  • Page 87

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactF lash Card Transcen d Inform ation Inc. V1.0 87 374 F Conveyance self-test routine recom mended polling time (in minutes) 375-385 R Reserved 386-395 F Firmware Vers ion/Date Code 396-397 F Number of initial invalid b lock (3 96 = MS B, 397 = LSB ) 398-3[...]

  • Page 88

    T T T S S S 1 1 1 6 6 6 G G G ~ ~ ~ 6 6 6 4 4 4 G G G C C C F F F 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 400X CompactFlas h Card Transcend Inform ation Inc. V1.0 88 Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion Ord eri ng In for mat ion The above tec hnical inform ation is based o n industry standard data and has been tested to be r elia[...]