Halogen Free & RoHS Recast Complaint
CompactFlash Series 6
Specifications for Industrial CompactFlash Card
January 30th, 2013
Version 1.0
Apacer Technology Inc.
4
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Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1, Xizhi, New Taipei City 221, Taiwan
Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889
www.apacer.com
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Features:
CompactFlash Association Specification
Revision 6.0 Standard Interface
– ATA command set compatible
– ATA transfer mode supports:
PIO Mode 6
Multiword DMA Mode 4
Ultra DMA Mode 6
PCMCIA UDMA Mode 5
Capacities
– 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 GB
Performance*
– Sustained read: Up to 110 MB/sec
– Sustained write: Up to 60 MB/sec
Intelligent ATA/IDE module
– Wear-leveling algorithms to substantially
increase longevity of flash media
– Built-in BCH ECC capable of correcting
up to 72 bits in 1KB data
– Supports S.M.A.R.T commands
NAND Flash Type: MLC
Power Management
Power Smart Design
– Built-in 1.2V Power-On-Reset
– Built-in 2.7V Voltage detector for power
fail protection
Temperature ranges
– 0°C to 70°C for operation (Standard)
– -40°C to 85°C (extended temperature)
– -40°C to 100°C for storage
Operating voltage for read and write
– 3.3 V
– 5.0 V
Power consumption (typical)*
– Active mode: 265 mA/5.0V
– Standby mode: 1 mA/5.0V
Connector Type
– 50 pins female
Physical Dimensions
– 36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm
RoHS Recast Compliant
– Complies with 2011/65/EU
Halogen Free
*Performance and power consumption may vary depending on capacities, flash configuration or host system settings.
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Table of Contents
1.GENERAL DESCRIPTION ..................................................................................................... 3
1.1 PERFORMANCE-OPTIMIZED CONTROLLER ............................................................................................................3
1.1.1 Power Management......................................................................................................................................3
1.1.2 RAM..............................................................................................................................................................3
1.1.3 Error Correction Code (ECC)......................................................................................................................3
1.2 INTELLIGENT ENDURANCE DESIGN.......................................................................................................................3
1.2.1 Wear-leveling algorithms .............................................................................................................................3
1.2.2 S.M.A.R.T. Technology .................................................................................................................................4
1.2.3 Flash Block Management .............................................................................................................................4
1.2.4 Power Failure Management .........................................................................................................................4
2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK .......................................................................................................... 5
3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 6
4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ................................................................................................ 8
4.1 CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................................................8
4.2 PERFORMANCE .....................................................................................................................................................8
4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................8
4.4 CERTIFICATION & COMPLIANCE ...........................................................................................................................9
5. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................. 10
5.1 CF-ATA COMMAND SET ....................................................................................................................................10
6. OPERATING CONDITIONS............................................................................................... 12
7. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................... 13
7.1 DIMENSION .........................................................................................................................................................13
8. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 14
8.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................14
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1. General Description
Apacer’s value-added Industrial CompactFlash Card offers high performance, high reliability and power-
efficient storage. Regarding standard compliance, this CompactFlash Card complies with CompactFlash
specification revision 6.0, supporting transfer modes up to Programmed Input Output (PIO) Mode 6, Multi-
word Direct Memory Access (DMA) Mode 4, Ultra DMA Mode 6, and PCMCIA Ultra DMA Mode 5.
For power efficiency, this industrial CompactFlash card supports some power smart design mechanisms
such as Power-On-Reset, voltage regulator for output voltage adjustments and power failure protection,
as well as the automatic sleep and wake-up feature.
Apacer’s value-added CFC provides complete PCMCIA – ATA functionality and compatibility. Apacer ‘s
CompactFlash technology is designed for applications in Point of Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, IP-STB,
medical instruments, surveillance systems, industrial PCs and handheld applications such as the new
generation of Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras.
1.1 Performance-Optimized Controller
The CompactFlash Card Controller translates standard CF signals into flash media data and control
signals.
1.1.1 Power Management
The controller unit of this ComactFlash is built with power management design that optimizes power
utilization and voltage flow. It enhances the power efficiency of CompactFlash Card Controller by
employing advanced circuit regulator technology.
1.1.2 RAM
The controller is implemented with RAM as a data process to optimize data transfer between the host and
the flash media.
1.1.3 Error Correction Code (ECC)
The CompactFlash card is programmed with BCH Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code
(ECC) algorithms capable of correcting up to 72 random bits in 1KB bytes data.
High performance is achieved through hardware-based error detection and correction.
1.2 Intelligent Endurance Design
1.2.1 Wear-leveling algorithms
Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs,
when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will
perform overwrites on blocks. Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears
down the lifespan of blocks gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory
cells will eventually cause some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their
end of service term sooner. Wear leveling is an important mechanism that level out the wearing of blocks
so that the wearing-down of blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of
SSDs. Commonly used wear leveling types are Static and Dynamic.
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1.2.2 S.M.A.R.T. Technology
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an open standard
allowing disk drives to automatically monitor their own health and report potential problems. It protects the
user from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and storing critical drive performance and calibration
parameters. Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent impending drive failure. Apacer
SMART feature adopts the standard SMART command B0h to read data from the drive. When the Apacer
SMART Utility running on the host, it analyzes and reports the disk status to the host before the device is
in critical condition.
1.2.3 Flash Block Management
Current production technology is unable to guarantee total reliability of NAND flash memory array. When
a flash memory device leaves factory, it comes with a minimal number of initial bad blocks during
production or out-of-factory as there is no currently known technology that produce flash chips free of bad
blocks. In addition, bad blocks may develop during program/erase cycles. When host performs
program/erase command on a block, bad block may appear in Status Register. Since bad blocks are
inevitable, the solution is to keep them in control. Apacer flash devices are programmed with ECC, block
mapping technique and S.M.A.R.T to reduce invalidity or error. Once bad blocks are detected, data in
those blocks will be transferred to free blocks and error will be corrected by designated algorithms.
1.2.4 Power Failure Management
Power Failure Management plays a crucial role when experiencing unstable power supply. Power
disruption may occur when users are storing data into the SSD. In this urgent situation, the controller
would run multiple write-to-flash cycles to store the metadata for later block rebuilding. This urgent
operation requires about several milliseconds to get it done. At the next power up, the firmware will
perform a status tracking to retrieve the mapping table and resume previously programmed NAND blocks
to check if there is any incompleteness of transmission.
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2. Functional Block
The CompactFlash Card (CFC) includes a controller and flash media, as well as the CompactFlash
standard interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram.
Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram
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3. Pin Assignments
Table 3-1 lists the pin assignments with respective signal names for the 50-pin configuration. A “#” suffix
indicates the active low signal. The pin type can be input, output or input/output.
Table 3-1: Pin assignments (1 of 2)
Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Pin No.
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
1 GND - GND - GND -
2 D3 I/O D3 I/O D3 I/O
3 D4 I/O D4 I/O D4 I/O
4 D5 I/O D5 I/O D5 I/O
5 D6 I/O D6 I/O D6 I/O
6 D7 I/O D7 I/O D7 I/O
7 #CE1 I #CE1 I #CS0 I
8 A10 I A10 I A10
1
I
9 #OE I #OE I #ATA SEL I
10 A9 I A9 I A9
1
I
11 A8 I A8 I A8
1
I
12 A7 I A7 I A7
1
I
13 VCC - VCC - VCC -
14 A6 I A6 I A6
1
I
15 A5 I A5 I A5
1
I
16 A4 I A4 I A4
1
I
17 A3 I A3 I A3
1
I
18 A2 I A2 I A2 I
19 A1 I A1 I A1 I
20 A0 I A0 I A0 I
21 D0 I/O D0 I/O D0 I/O
22 D1 I/O D1 I/O D1 I/O
23 D2 I/O D2 I/O D2 I/O
24 WP O #IOIS16 O #IOCS16 O
25 #CD2 O #CD2 O #CD2 O
26 #CD1 O #CD1 O #CD1 O
27 D11 I/O D11 I/O D11 I/O
28 D12 I/O D12 I/O D12 I/O
29 D13 I/O D13 I/O D13 I/O
30 D14 I/O D14 I/O D14 I/O
31 D15 I/O D15 I/O D15 I/O
32 #CE2 I #CE2 I #CS1 I
33 #VS1 O #VS1 O #VS1 O
34 #IORD I #IORD I #IORD I
35 #IOWR I #IOWR I #IOWR I
36 #WE I #WE I #WE I
37 RDY/-BSY O #IREQ O INTRQ O
38 VCC - VCC - VCC -
39 #CSEL I #CSEL I #CSEL I
40 #VS2 O #VS2 O #VS2 O
41 RESET I RESET I #RESET I
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Table 3-1: Pin assignments (2 of 2)
Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Pin No.
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
42 #WAIT O #WAIT O IORDY O
43 #INPACK O #INPACK O DMARQ
2
O
44 #REG I #REG I DMACK
2
I
45 BVD2 O #SPKR O #DASP I/O
46 BVD1 O #STSCHG O #PDIAG I/O
47 D8 I/O D8 I/O D8 I/O
48 D9 I/O D9 I/O D9 I/O
49 D10 I/O D10 I/O D10 I/O
50 GND - GND - GND -
1. The signal should be grounded by the host.
2. Connection required when UDMA is in use.
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4. Product Specifications
4.1 Capacity
Default capacity specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) is available as shown in Table 4-1.
Table 4-1: Capacity specifications
Capacity Total bytes Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA
8 GB 8,195,604,480 15,880 16 83 16,007,040
16 GB 16,391,340,032 16,383 16 63 32,014,336
32 GB 32,019,316,736 16,383 16 63 62,537,728
64 GB 64,030,244,864 16,383 16 63 125,059,072
128 GB 128,043,712,512 16,383 16 63 250,085,376
Display of total bytes varies from operating systems.
Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies
Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes.
LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of the
device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion
of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages.
4.2 Performance
Performances of the CF cards are listed in Table 4-2
Table 4-2: Performance specifications
Capacity
Performance
8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 128 GB
Sustained read (MB/s) 110 105 110 110 110
Sustained write (MB/s)
24 23 34 55 60
Notes: performance may vary depending on flash configurations or host system settings.
4.3 Environmental Specifications
Environmental specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) follows the MIL-STD-810F.
Table 4-3: Environmental specifications
Environment Specification
Operation 0°C to 70°C; -40°C to 85°C (Extended Temperature)
Temperature Storage -40°C to 100°C
Humidity 5% to 95% RH (Non-condensing)
Vibration (Non-Operating) Sine wave : 10~2000Hz, 15G (X, Y, Z axes)
Shock (Non-Operating) Half sine wave 1,500G (X, Y, Z ; All 6 axes)
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4.4 Certification & Compliance
The CompactFlash card complies with the following global standards:
CE
FCC
Halogen-free
EMC
RoHS Recast (2011/65/EU)
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5. Software Interface
5.1 CF-ATA Command Set
Table 5-1 summarizes the CF-ATA command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual
commands and the task file for each.
Table 5-1: CFC-ATA command set
Command Set Command Code Protocol
Request Sense 03h Non-data
Write Sectors Without Erase 38h PIO data-out
Erase Sectors C0h Non-data
Write Multiple Without Erase CDh PIO data-out
Translate Sector 87h PIO data-in
CFA Feature Set
Set Features Enable/Disable 8-bit Transfer
EFh Non-data
Execute Drive Diagnostic 90h Device diagnostic
Flush Cache E7h Non-data
Identify Device ECh PIO data-in
Read DMA C8h DMA
Read Multiple C4h PIO data-in
Read Sector(s) 20h or 21h PIO data-in
Read Verify Sector(s) 40h or 41h Non-data
Set Feature EFh Non-data
Set Multiple Mode C6h Non-data
Write DMA CAh DMA
Write Multiple C5h PIO data-out
Write Sector(s) 30h or 31h PIO data-out
NOP 00h Non-data
Read Buffer E4h PIO data-in
Write Buffer E8h PIO data-out
General Feature Set
Set Feature EFh Non-data
Check Power Mode E5h or 98h Non-data
Idle E3h or 97h Non-data
Idle Immediate E1h or 95h Non-data
Sleep E6h or 99h Non-data
Standby E2h or 96h Non-data
Power Management
Feature Set
Standby Immediate E0h or 94h Non-data
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Security Set Password F1h PIO data-out
Security Unlock F2h PIO data-out
Security Erase Prepare F3h Non-data
Security Erase Unit F4h PIO data-out
Security Freeze Lock F5h Non-data
Security Mode Feature
Set
Security Disable Password F6h PIO data-out
SMART Disable Operations B0h Non-data
SMART Enable/Disable Autosave B0h Non-data
SMART Enable Operations B0h Non-data
SMART Return Status B0h Non-data
SMART Execute Off-line Immediate B0h Non-data
SMART Feature Set
SMART Read Data B0h PIO data-in
Read Native Max Address F8h Non-data
Set Max Address F9h Non-data
Set Max Set Password F9h PIO data-out
Set Max Lock F9h Non-data
Set Max Freeze Lock F9h Non-data
Host Protected Area
Feature Set
Set Max Unlock F9h PIO data-out
Format Track 50h PIO data-out
Initialize Drive Parameters 91h Non-data
Recalibrate 1Xh Non-data
Seek 7Xh Non-data
Wear Level F5h Non-data
Others
Write Verify 3Ch PIO data-out
Read Sector Ext 24h PIO data-in
Read DMA Ext 25h DMA
Read Multiple Ext 29h PIO data-in
Write Sector Ext 34h PIO data-out
Write DMA Ext 35h DMA
Read Verify Sector Ext 42h Non-data
Write Multiple FUA Ext CEh PIO data-out
48-bit Address Feature
Set
Flush Cache Ext EAh Non-data
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6. Operating Conditions
Table 6-1: Operating range
Parameters Range
Ambient temperature
0°C to 70°C
Extended temperature
-40°C to 85°C
Supply voltage at 3.3V 3.135 ~ 3.465 V
Supply voltage at 5V 4.75 ~ 5.25 V
Table 6-2: Power consumption (typical)
Capacity
Mode 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB 128 GB
Active
(mA) 250 245 245 250 265
Stand By
(mA) 1 1 1 1 1
Note: Power consumptions were measured at 5V power supply and may vary depending on settings and platforms
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7. Physical Characteristics
7.1 Dimension
FIGURE 7-1: Physical dimension
Unit: mm
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8. Product Ordering Information
8.1 Product Code Designations
A P – CF x x x x L A X S – XXXXXX
Configuration
E
：
Single Channel
F
：
Dual Channel
Halogen Free Compliant
Model Name
Apacer Product Code
Capacities:
08G 8GB
016G 16GB
032G 32GB
064G 64GB
128G 128GB
CFC Type
CTL Type
Specification
RM: Removable
NR: Non-Removable
ET: Extended Temperature
NDRM: Non-DMA + Removable
NDNR: Non-DMA + Non-Removable
ETRM: Ext. Temp. + Removable
ETNR: Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable
ETNDRM: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Removable
ETNDNR: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Non-Removable
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8.2 Valid Combinations
8.2.1 Standard Temperature
8.2.1.1 Non-Removable
Capacity AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-NR
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-NR
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-NR
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-NR
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-NR
8.2.1.2 Removable
Capacity AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-RM
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-RM
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-RM
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-RM
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-RM
8.2.1.3 Non-DMA + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-NDRM
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-NDRM
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-NDRM
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-NDRM
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-NDRM
8.2.1.4 Non-DMA + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-NDNR
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-NDNR
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-NDNR
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-NDNR
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-NDNR
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8.2.2 Extended Temperature
8.2.2.1 Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-ETNR
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-ETNR
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-ETNR
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-ETNR
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-ETNR
8.2.2.2 Ext. Temp. + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-ETRM
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-ETRM
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-ETRM
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-ETRM
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-ETRM
8.2.2.3 Non-DMA + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-ETNDRM
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-ETNDRM
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-ETNDRM
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-ETNDRM
128GB AP-CF064GLAFS-ETNDRM
8.2.2.4 Non-DMA + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GLAFS-ETNDNR
16GB AP-CF016GLAFS-ETNDNR
32GB AP-CF032GLAFS-ETNDNR
64GB AP-CF064GLAFS-ETNDNR
128GB AP-CF128GLAFS-ETNDNR
Note: Please consult with Apacer sales representatives for availabilities.
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Revision History
Revision
Date Description Remark
1.0 01/30/2013 Official release
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Global Presence
Taiwan (Headquarters)
Apacer Technology Inc.
4
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Fl., 75 Hsin Tai Wu Rd., Sec.1
Xizhi, 221 New Taipei City
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2698-2888
Fax: +886-2-2698-2889
amtsales@apacer.com
U.S.A.
Apacer Memory America, Inc.
386 Fairview Way, Suite102,
Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: 1-408-518-8699
Fax: 1-408-935-9611
sa@apacerus.com
Japan
Apacer Technology Corp.
5F, Matsura Bldg., Shiba, Minato-Ku
Tokyo, 105-0014, Japan
Tel: 81-3-5419-2668
Fax: 81-3-5419-0018
jpservices@apacer.com
Europe
Apacer Technology B.V.
Science Park Eindhoven 5051 5692 EB Son,
The Netherlands
Tel: 31-40-267-0000
Fax: 31-40-267-0000#6199
sales@apacer.nl
China
Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
1301, No.251,Xiaomuqiao Road, Shanghai,
200032, China
Tel: 86-21-5529-0222
Fax: 86-21-5206-6939
sales@apacer.com.cn
India
Apacer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
# 535, 1st Floor, 8th cross, JP Nagar 3rd Phase,
Bangalore – 560078, India
Tel: 91-80-4152-9061
sales_india@apacer.com
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