Sandisk CompactFlash Extreme III User Manual

SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card OEM Product Manual Version 12.0Document No. 20-10-0003802/2007SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters 601 McCarthy

Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.7.1 Technology Independence The 512-byte sector size of the CompactFlash Memory Card is

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

Appendix A Ordering Information A.1 SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card1 To order SanDisk products directly from SanDisk, call (408) 801-1000. Part Num

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Appendix B Limited Warranty I. WARRANTY STATEMENT SanDisk warrants its products to be free of any defects in materials or workmanship that would pre

Limited Warranty SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual All failing products returned to SanDisk under the provisions of this limited warranty

Appendix C Disclaimer of Liability C.1 SanDisk Corporation Policy SanDisk Corporation general policy does not recommend the use of its products in l

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SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.7.5 Automatic Sleep Mode A unique feature of the SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card is aut

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CHAPTER 2 Product Specifications For all the following specifications, values are defined at ambient temperature and nominal supply voltage unless ot

Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Sleep mode currently is specified under the condition that all card inputs are st

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Product Specifications 2.3 System Performance All performance timings assume the CompactFlash Memory Card

Product Specifications SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 2.4 System Reliability Table 2-4 Reliability MTBF (@ 25 C) >1,000,000 hours

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Product Specifications Figure 2-1 CompactFlash Memory Card Dimensions © 2007 SanDisk Corporation 2-5

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CHAPTER 3 Interface Description 3.1 Physical Description The host connects to SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards using a standard 50-pin connector co

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual PC Card I/O Pin Assignments are contained in Table 3-2. Table 3-2 PC Card I/O Mod

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-3 True IDE Mode Pin Assignments Pin No. SignalName Pin Type I/O Type Pi

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The SanDisk CompactFlash Memory Card signals are described in Table 3-4. Table 3-4

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -CSEL (True IDE

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -IOWR (PC Card I

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -DMACK (True IDE

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-4 Signal Description Signal Name Dir. Pin Description -IOIS16 (PC Card

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-6 defines the input characteristics of the parameters in Table 3-5. Table

--- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ---Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 3.3.3 Power Up/Power Down Timing The tim

------------------------------SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Figure 3-2 Power Up/Power Down Timing for Systems no

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual SanDisk® Corporation general policy does not recommend the use of its products in life support applicati

---------------------------------------------------------Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-10 Common Memory

---------------------------------SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description 3.3.6 Attribute Memory Read Timing Specification

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-4 Common and Attribute Memory Write Timing Diagram NOTE 1: Shaded areas

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description 3.3.8 I/O Read (Input) Timing Specification Figure 3-5 I/O Read Timing Diagram N

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-13 I/O Read (Input) Timing Specification Item Symbol IEEE Symbol Min. (n

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Table 3-14 contains the specification information related to the I/O Write Timing

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Figure 3-7 Register Transfer to/from Device NOTE 1: Device address consists of s

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description • PIO Data Transfers Figure 3-8 defines the relationships between the interface s

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual The PIO data transfer parameters are defined in Table 3-16. NOTE: SanDisk CompactFl

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description In addition, these registers provide a method for accessing status information abou

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Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Decoding for the configuration registers is defined in Table 3-18. Table 3-18 Conf

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description 3.4.2 Configuration Option Register (Address 200h in Attribute Memory) The Config

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Card Configuration and Status Register (con’t) Bit Name Description D7 Changed

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Interface Description Pin replacement changed bit/mask values are contained in Table 3-21. Table 3-21 P

Interface Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 3-22 Common Memory Function Function Code -REG -CE2 -CE1 A0 -OE -WE D

CHAPTER 4 ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards can be configured as a high performance I/O device through the following wa

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual a. Register 0 is accessed with -CE1 low and -CE2 low (and A0 = Do not care)

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol 4.3 Memory Mapped Addressing When CompactFlash Memory Card registers are a

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 4.4 True IDE Mode Addressing When a CompactFlash Memory Card is configured

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol Table 4-6 Data Register Data Register CE2- CE1- A0 Offset Data Bus Err

Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 General Description . . .

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 4.5.6 Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8) Register (Address–1F4[174]; Offset 4) This

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol 4.5.9 Status & Alternate Status Registers (Address–1F7[177]&3F6[376

ATA Register Set and Protocol SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Device Control Register (con’t) Bit Name Description D7 X Don’t care.

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Register Set and Protocol Card (Drive) Address Register (con’t) Bit Name Description D7 X This b

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CHAPTER 5 ATA Command Description This section defines the software requirements and the format of commands the host sends to CompactFlash Memory car

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 5-1 Primary and Secondary I/O Decoding Class Command Code FR SC SN C

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description If the card is in Idle mode, it sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to FFh,

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.3 Erase Sector(s)–C0H This command is no longer recommended. There is essent

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.5 Identify Device–ECH The Identify Drive command enables the host to receiv

Table of Contents SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Memory Mapped Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 5-8 Identify Device Information Word Address Default Value Total Bytes

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Table 5-8 Identify Device Information Word Address Default Value Total Bytes

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Word 21: Buffer Size. This field defines the buffer capacity of 2 sectors or 1 k

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Word 53: Translation Parameters Valid. Bit 0 of this field is set, indicating t

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Word 68: Minimum PIO Transfer Cycle Time With Flow Control. This field indicate

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Bits 0-13 of word 87 are reserved. Bit 14 of word 87 will be set to one and bit

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual • Bits 2-0: Advanced True IDE PIO Mode Support Indicates the maximum True IDE P

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Word 164: CF Advanced PCMCIA I/O and Memory Timing Mode Capabilities and Set-tin

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.7 Idle Immediate–95H, E1H This command causes the card to set BSY, enter the

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.9 Read Buffer–E4H The Read Buffer command enables the host to read the curre

CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 General Description SanDisk CompactFlash® Memory Card products provide high capacity solid-state flash memory that electr

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.11 Read Multiple–C4H The Read Multiple command performs similarly to the Re

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.12 Read Long Sector–22H, 23H The Read Long command performs similarly to th

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual When the requested sectors have been verified, the card clears BSY and generates

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description Table 5-24 defines the valid extended error codes for the CompactFlash Memory C

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.18 Set Features–EFH This command is used by the host to establish or select

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description A host can choose the transfer mechanism by Set Transfer Mode and specifying a v

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual If the Sector Count Register contains a valid value and the block count is suppo

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.21 Standby–96H, E2H This command causes the card to set BSY, enter the Slee

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 5-33 represents the information in the buffer. This command is unique to

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.26 Write DMA Command–CAH, CBH The Write DMA command in Table 5 33 executes i

Introduction SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 1.2 Features SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards provide the following system features: • U

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual DRQ qualification of the transfer is required only at the start of the data bloc

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.1.29 Write Multiple without Erase–CDH SanDisk does not recommend the use of t

ATA Command Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual 5.1.31 Write Sector(s) without Erase–38H SanDisk does not recommend the use of

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual ATA Command Description 5.2 Error Posting Table 5-43 summarizes the valid status and error value for a

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CHAPTER 6 CIS Description This section describes the Card Information Structure (CIS) for SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards. Table 6-1 Card Informat

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Introduction 1.5 PCMCIA Standard SanDisk CompactFlash Memory cards are fully electrically compatible wit

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

CIS Description SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co

SanDisk CompactFlash Card OEM Product Manual CIS Description Table 6-1 Card Information Structure Attribute Offset Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Co