RoHS Compliant ATA CF Specifications August 27th, 2013 Version 1.6 Apacer Technology Inc. 1F, No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C Tel: +886-2-2267-8000 www.apacer.com Fax: +886-2-2267-2261 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Features: Standard ATA/IDE bus interface bus interface - ATA command set compatible - ATA mode support for up to: PIO Mode-4 Multiword DMA Mode-2 Ultra DMA Mode-4 - Connector Type 50 pins female - - - Power consumption (typical)** Supply voltage: 3.3V & 5V Active mode: 80 mA/95 mA (3.3V/5.0V) Sleep mode: 500 A/600 A (3.3V/5.0V) - - Performance** Sustained read: up to 29 MB/sec Sustained write: up to 15 MB/sec - - Temperature ranges - Operation: Standard: 0C to 70C Extended: -40C to 85C - Storage: -40C to 100C Flash management - Advanced wear-leveling algorithms - S.M.A.R.T. technology - Built-in hardware ECC - Flash block management - Power failure management - - - - - - - - Capacity 128, 256, 512 MB 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 GB Endurance (TBW: Terabytes Written) 128 MB: 3.3 TBW 256 MB: 6.7 TBW 512 MB: 12.9 TBW 1 GB: 25.6 TBW 2 GB: 38.4 TBW 4 GB: 51.9 TBW 8 GB: 69.8 TBW 16 GB: 115.0 TBW NAND Flash Type: SLC RoHS compliant Physical Dimensions 36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm Shock & Vibration** - Shock: 1500G - Vibration: 15G MTBF > 2,000,000 hours *The values addressed here for performance and power consumption are typical and may vary depending on configurations and platforms. **Non-operating 1 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Table of Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 3 2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK .......................................................................................................... 3 3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 4 4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................. 5 4.1 CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................................................5 4.2 PERFORMANCE .....................................................................................................................................................5 4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL .................................................................................................................................................6 4.4 ENDURANCE ........................................................................................................................................................6 4.5 MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURES (MTBF) ...........................................................................................................6 5. FLASH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 7 5.1. ADVANCED WEAR-LEVELING ALGORITHMS .........................................................................................................7 5.2 S.M.A.R.T. TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................7 5.3 BUILT-IN HARDWARE ECC ...................................................................................................................................7 5.4 FLASH BLOCK MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................................7 5.5 POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................................7 6. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................... 8 6.1 COMMAND SET .....................................................................................................................................................8 7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................... 10 8. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................... 11 8.1 DIMENSION .........................................................................................................................................................11 9. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 12 9.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................12 9.2 VALID COMBINATIONS .......................................................................................................................................13 2 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 1. General Description Apacer's ATA CF offers reliable and high performance storage compatible with CF Type I and Type II devices. Unlike the ordinary cards, Apacer ATA CF provides solid compatibilities for use in Point of Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, IP-STB, medical instruments, surveillance systems, industrial PCs and handheld applications. With featuring technologies as wear leveling, S.M.A.R.T, built-in hardware ECC, flash block management, and power failure management, the ATA CF is the ideal embedded storage for mission oriented applications. 2. Functional Block The ATA CF includes a controller and flash media, as well as the ATA CF standard interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram. Flash Array Flash Media ATA CF Interface Flash Media ATA CF Controller Flash Media Flash Media Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram 3 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 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 Pin No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 True IDE mode Signal name GND D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 #CE1 GND GND GND GND GND VCC GND GND GND GND A2 A1 A0 D0 D1 D2 #IOCS16 #CD2 Pin No. Pin I/O type I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I I I I I/O I/O I/O O O 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 True IDE mode Signal name #CD1 D11 D12 D13 D14 D15 #CE2 #VS1 #IORD #IOWR VCC INTRQ VCC #CSEL #WP_PD* RESET IORDY DMARQ** DMACK** #DASP #PDIAG D8 D9 D10 GND Pin I/O type O I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O I O I I O I I I O O I I/O I/O I/O I/O I/O - *Write-Protect enabled when pin 40 assigned to GND. **Connection required when UDMA is in use. 4 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 4. Product Specifications 4.1 Capacity Capacity specification of the ATA CF series is available as shown in Table 4-1. It lists the specific capacity and the default numbers of heads, sectors and cylinders for each product line. Table 4-1: Capacity specifications Capacity Total bytes Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA 128 MB 128,057,344 977 8 32 250,112 256 MB 256,901,120 980 16 32 501,760 512 MB 512,483,328 993 16 63 1,000,944 1GB 1,024,966,656 1986 16 63 2,001,888 2GB 2,048,385,024 3969 16 63 4,000,752 4GB 4,096,253,952 7937 16 63 8,000,496 8GB 8,001,552,384 15504 16 63 15,628,032 16GB 16,001,040,384 16383* 16 63 31,252,032 Notes: 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 128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB Sustained read (MB/s) 17 29 19 21 20 21 21 20 Sustained write (MB/s) 4 8 7 12 11 11 13 15 Performance Notes: performance may vary depending on flash configurations or host system settings. 5 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 4.3 Environmental Environmental specification of the ATA CF follows the MIL-STD-810F standards as shown in Table 4-4. Table 4-3: Environmental specifications Environment Temperature Specification Operation 0C to 70C; -40C to 85C (Extended Temperature) Storage -40C to 100C Vibration (Non-Operation) Shock (Non-Operation) Sine wave : 10~2000Hz, 15G (X, Y, Z axes) Half sine wave 1,500G (X, Y, Z ; All 6 axes) 4.4 Endurance The endurance of a storage device is predicted by TeraBytes Written based on several factors related to usage, such as the amount of data written into the drive, block management conditions, and daily workload for the drive. Thus, key factors, such as Write Amplifications and the number of P/E cycles, can influence the lifespan of the drive. Capacity TeraBytes Written 128 MB 3.3 256 MB 6.7 512 MB 12.9 1 GB 25.6 2 GB 38.4 4 GB 51.9 8 GB 69.8 16 GB 115.0 Notes: The measurement assumes the data written to the SSD for test is under a typical and constant rate. The measurement follows the standard metric: 1 TB (Terabyte) = 1000 GB. 4.5 Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is predicted based on reliability data for the individual components in our drive device. Although many component of MTBF are given in databases and often these values are not really accurate, the prediction result for this unit more than 2,000,000 hours for its SLC flash configuration Notes about the MTBF: The MTBF is predicated and calculated based on "Telcordia Technologies Special Report, SR-332, Issue 2" method. 6 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 5. Flash Management 5.1. Advanced 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. 5.2 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. 5.3 Built-in hardware ECC The ATA-Disk Module uses BCH Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms which correct up to eight random single-bit errors for each 512-byte block of data. High performance is fulfilled through hardware-based error detection and correction. 5.4 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. 5.5 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. 7 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 6. Software Interface 6.1 Command Set Table 6-1 summarizes the command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual commands and the task file for each. Table 6-1: Command set (1 of 2) Command Code Check-Power-Mode E5H or 98H Execute-Drive-Diagnostic 90H Erase Sector(s) C0H Flush-Cache E7H Format Track 50H Identify-Drive ECH Idle E3H or 97H Idle-Immediate E1H or 95H Initialize-Drive-Parameters 91H NOP 00H Read-Buffer E4H Read-DMA C8H or C9H Read-Multiple C4H Read-Sector(s) 20H or 21H Read-Verify-Sector(s) 40H or 41H Recalibrate 1XH Request-Sense 03H Security-Disable-Password F6H Security-Erase-Prepare F3H Security-Erase-Unit F4H Security-Freeze-Lock F5H Security-Set-Password F1H Security-Unlock F2H Seek 7XH Set-Features EFH 8 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Table 6-1: Command set (2 of 2) Command Code SMART B0H Set-Multiple-Mode C6H Set-Sleep-Mode E6H or 99H Standby E2H or 96H Standby-lmmediate E0H or 94H Translate-Sector 87H Write-Buffer E8H Write-DMA CAH or CBH Write-Multiple C5H Write-Multiple-Without-Erase CDH Write-Sector(s) 30H or 31H Write-Sector-Without-Erase 38H Write-Verify 3CH 9 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 7. Electrical Specification Caution: Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings - Applied conditions greater than those listed under "Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings" may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating only and functional operation of the device at these conditions or conditions greater than those defined in the operational sections of this data sheet is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum stress rating conditions may affect device reliability. Table 7-1: Operating range Operating Temperature 0C to +70C Supply voltage -40C to +85C 5V 5% (4.75-5.25V) 3.3V 5% (3.135-3.465V) Table 7-2: Absolute maximum power pin stress ratings Parameter Symbol Input Power Voltage on any pin except VDD with respect to GND VDD V Conditions -0.3V min. to 6.5V max. -0.5V min. to VDD + 0.5V max. Table 7-3: Recommended system power-up timing Symbol Parameter TPU-READY* TPU-WRITE* Power-up to Ready Operation Power-up to Write Operation Typical Maximum Units 200 200 1000 1000 ms ms *This parameter is measured only for initial qualification and after a design or process change that could affect this parameter. 10 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 8. Physical Characteristics 8.1 Dimension TABLE 8-1: Type I CFC physical specification Length: Width: Thickness (Including Label Area): 36.40 +/- 0.15mm (1.433+/- 0.06 in.) 42.80 +/- 0.10mm (1.685+/- 0.04 in.) 3.3mm+/-0.10mm (0.130+/-0.04in.) Unit: mm FIGURE 8-1: Physical dimension 11 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 9. Product Ordering Information 9.1 Product Code Designations A P - C F x x x x H 4 X R - XXXXXX Q FW Version Specification NR: Non-Removable Setting NDNR: Non-DMA + Non-Removable ETNR: Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable ETNDNR: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Non-Removable RoHS Compliant Configuration N: Standard Controller Type CFC Type Capacity: 128M: 256M: 512M: 001G: 002G: 004G: 008G: 016G: 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB Model Name Apacer Product Code 12 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ 9.2 Valid Combinations Standard Temperature Non-Removable Capacity Model Number 128MB AP-CF128MH4NR-NRQ 256MB AP-CF256MH4NR-NRQ 512MB AP-CF512MH4NR-NRQ 1GB AP-CF001GH4NR-NRQ 2GB AP-CF002GH4NR-NRQ 4GB AP-CF004GH4NR-NRQ 8GB AP-CF008GH4NR-NRQ 16GB AP-CF016GH4NR-NRQ Non-DMA & Non-Removable Capacity Model Number 128MB AP-CF128MH4NR-NDNRQ 256MB AP-CF256MH4NR-NDNRQ 512MB AP-CF512MH4NR-NDNRQ 1GB AP-CF001GH4NR-NDNRQ 2GB AP-CF002GH4NR-NDNRQ 4GB AP-CF004GH4NR-NDNRQ 8GB AP-CF008GH4NR-NDNRQ 16GB AP-CF016GH4NR-NDNRQ 13 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Extended Temperature Non-Removable Capacity Model Number 128MB AP-CF128MH4NR-ETNRQ 256MB AP-CF256MH4NR-ETNRQ 512MB AP-CF512MH4NR-ETNRQ 1GB AP-CF001GH4NR-ETNRQ 2GB AP-CF002GH4NR-ETNRQ 4GB AP-CF004GH4NR-ETNRQ 8GB AP-CF008GH4NR-ETNRQ 16GB AP-CF016GH4NR-ETNRQ Non-DMA & Non-Removable Capacity Model Number 128MB AP-CF128MH4NR-ETNDNRQ 256MB AP-CF256MH4NR-ETNDNRQ 512MB AP-CF512MH4NR-ETNDNRQ 1GB AP-CF001GH4NR-ETNDNRQ 2GB AP-CF002GH4NR-ETNDNRQ 4GB AP-CF004GH4NR-ETNDNRQ 8GB AP-CF008GH4NR-ETNDNRQ 16GB AP-CF016GH4NR-ETNDNRQ 14 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Revision History Revision Date Description Remark 0.1 02/16/2009 Preliminary 0.2 02/18/2009 Updated pin assignments 1.0 02/23/2009 Official release 1.1 03/06/2009 Product name changed 1.2 04/01/2009 Updated feature and valid combination wording 1.3 01/06/2010 Corrected valid combinations 1.4 03/22/2011 Updated Performance Specification & Product Ordering Information 1.5 03/22/2012 Updated performance information 1.6 08/27/2013 Updated performance information due to change in flash configurations 15 (c) 2013 Apacer Technology Inc. Rev. 1.6 ATA CF AP-CFxxxxH4NR-XXXXXXQ Global Presence Taiwan (Headquarters) Apacer Technology Inc. Apacer Technology Inc. 1F., No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City 236, Taiwan R.O.C. Tel: 886-2-2267-8000 Fax: 886-2-2267-2261 amtsales@apacer.com U.S.A. 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