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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 ptio n De scri ptio n De scri ptio n De scri ptio n Transc end’s 1.8" Solid State Drive (SSD) advanced, eSATA / USB 2.0 external s torage device i[...]

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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 atio ns Spe cif ic atio ns Spe cif ic atio ns Spe cif ic atio ns Phys i cal 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 Trans cend 1.8 inch Portable Solid S[...]

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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 nme nt s Pin As sig nme nt s Pin As sig nme nt s Pin As sig nme nt 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 gra m Blo ck Dia gra m Blo ck Dia gra m Blo ck Dia gra m[...]

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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 ili ty Re liab ili ty Re liab il ity Re liab ili ty Wear-Leveling al gorithm The controller supports stat ic/dyna mic we ar leveling. W hen the ho st w 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 S S S S ATA In ter fac e ATA In te rfa ce ATA In te rfa ce ATA In te rfa ce Out of bank signaling There s hall be three Out O f Band (OOB) signals used/detected [...]

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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 sepa[...]

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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. Host releases COMRESET. Once the c ondition c ausing the COMRESET is released, the ho s t rele[...]

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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 : cominit sequence Description: 1. Host/device are powered and operating normally with some form of active com munication. 2. Some condition in the devi[...]

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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 sh ould allow for at least 873.8 us (32768 nomi nal Gen1 Dword times ) after detecting the release of COMW AKE to rec eive 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 Description: 1. Host/device power-off - Host and device power-off. 2. Power is app lied - Host side signal conditioni ng pulls 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 foll owing paragraphs summ arizes the ATA comm and set. Command Table PA RAMETERS USED Command Name Code SC SN CY DR HD[...]

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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 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 ATA Co mma nd Sp eci fi cat ion s ATA Co mma nd Sp eci fi cat ion s ATA Co mma nd Sp eci fi cat ion s ATA Co mma nd Sp eci fi cat ion s CHECK POWER MO DE (E5h) 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 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 14[...]

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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 timi ng mode 7-0 Res erv ed 52 0000h X Obsolete 53 0007h F F F X 15-3 Reserved 2 1 = the fields repor t ed in word 88 ar[...]

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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 i nitiated 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 Command and feature sets supported 15 Obs olete 14 1 = NOP comm and supported 13 1 = READ BUFFER comm and supported 12 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 85 3029h X F F F X V F V V V V F F X V V Command and feature sets supported or enable 15 Obs olete 14 1 = The NOP command is supported 13 1 = The READ BUFFER com[...]

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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 mode[...]

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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 Commands 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 BSY , en ter the Idle m ode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. If sec tor count is non-zero, the aut omatic[...]

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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 ULT IPLE (C4h) This com m and performs similarly to the Read Sectors comm and. Interrupts are not generated on each sector, but on the transfer of a bloc[...]

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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 and s et driv e’s operation. F or transfer mode, parameter is set to Sector Count regis[...]

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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 wi t h 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 H[...]

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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 Count, System Blo ck Count 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Good Block Count (High Byt e) Good Block Count Good Block Count (Low By te) Sy stem (Free) Block Count[...]

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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 SMART operations. This setting is maintained when 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 WRITE BUFFER (E8h) This com m and enab les the host to write the contents of one 512-by te block of data to the device’s buffer. WRITE DM A (CA h ) W rite data[...]

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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 SECTO R(S) (30h/31h) W rite data to a specified num ber of sectors (1 t o 256, as specified wi th the Sector Count register) from the specified address. Sp[...]

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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 Orde rin g Inf orm atio n Orde rin g Inf orm atio n The above technical informat ion is based o n industry st[...]