Esata / usb 2.0 external storage device (25 pages)
Summary of Contents for Transcend CompactFlash TS1G-32GCF133
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The Transcend CF 133X is a High Speed Compact Flash Card with high quality Flash Memory assembled on a printed circuit board. Placement Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card Features • CompactFlash Specification Version 4.1 Complaint • RoHS compliant products •...
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133X CompactFlash Card Transcend Transcend Information Inc.
133X CompactFlash Card Pin Assignments and Pin Type Transcend Information Inc.
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11) Signal usage in PC Card I/O and Memory Mode when Ultra DMA mode protocol DMA Read is active. 12) Signal usage in PC Card I/O and Memory Mode when Ultra DMA protocol is active. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
-CD1, -CD2 (PC Card I/O Mode) -CD1, -CD2 (True IDE Mode) Transcend Information Inc. 8,10,11,12, These address lines along with the -REG signal are used to select the following: 14,15,16,17, The I/O port address registers within the CompactFlash Storage Card , the...
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(PC Card Memory Mode) (PC Card I/O Mode) (True IDE Mode) Transcend Information Inc. These input signals are used both to select the card and to indicate to the card 7,32 whether a byte or a word operation is being performed. -CE2 always accesses the odd byte of the word.-CE1 accesses the even byte or the Odd byte of the...
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HSTROBE (True IDE Mode – In Ultra DMA Protocol DMA Write) Transcend Information Inc. This signal is not used in this mode. The Input Acknowledge signal is asserted by the CompactFlash Storage Card when the card is selected and responding to an I/O read cycle at the address that is on the address bus.
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(PC Card I/O Mode) INTRQ (True IDE Mode) Transcend Information Inc. This signal is not used in this mode. The I/O Write strobe pulse is used to clock I/O data on the Card Data bus into the CompactFlash Storage Card controller registers when the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured to use the I/O interface.
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(True IDE Mode) (PC Card Memory Mode) (PC Card I/O Mode) (True IDE Mode) Transcend Information Inc. This signal is used during Memory Cycles to distinguish between Common Memory and Register (Attribute) Memory accesses. High for Common Memory, Low for Attribute Memory.
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(PC Card I/O Mode) (True IDE Mode) Transcend Information Inc. Voltage Sense Signals. -VS1 is grounded on the Card and sensed by the Host so that the CompactFlash Storage Card CIS can be read at 3.3 volts and -VS2 is reserved by PCMCIA for a secondary voltage and is not connected on the Card.
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Absolute Maximum Conditions Input Power Input Leakage Current Input Characteristics Transcend Information Inc. Memory Mode – The CompactFlash Storage Card does not have a write protect switch. This signal is held low after the completion of the reset initialization sequence.
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Output Drive Type Output Drive Characteristics Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
133X CompactFlash Card Signal Interface Transcend Information Inc.
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Devices supporting CF Advanced timing modes shall also support slower timing modes, to ensure operability with systems that do not support CF Advanced timing modes Transcend Information Inc. A high state, including pull-resistor. The socket shall be able to drive at least the following μ...
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Series termination resistors are required at both the host and the card for operation in any of the Ultra DMA modes. Table 13 describes typical values for series termination at the host and the device. Transcend Information Inc. Table: Typical Series Termination for Ultra DMA...
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For True IDE mode operation using a cable with IDE (ATA) type 40 pin connectors it is recommended that the host sense the cable type using the method described in the ANSI INCITS 361-2002 AT Attachment - 6 standard, to prevent use of Ultra DMA with a 40 conductor cable. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
133X CompactFlash Card I/O Output (Write) Timing Specification Transcend Information Inc.
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133X CompactFlash Card True IDE PIO Mode Read/Write Timing Specification Transcend Information Inc.
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133X CompactFlash Card True IDE Ultra DMA Mode Read/Write Timing Specification Table: Ultra DMA Data Burst Timing Transcend Information Inc.
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5)The parameter tAZ shall be measured at the connector of the sender or recipient that is driving the bus but must release the bus the allow for a bus turnaround. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Notes: 1) The parameters tUI, tMLI : (Ultra DMA Data-In Burst Device Termination Timing and Ultra DMA Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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3) The parameters tDVSIC and tDVHIC shall be met for lumped capacitive loads of 15 and 40 pF at the IC where all signals have the same capacitive load value. Noise that may couple onto the output signals from external sources has not been included in these values. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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VOH level with data transitions at least 120 nsec apart. The settled VOH level shall be measured as the average output high level under the defined testing conditions from 100 nsec after 80% of a rising edge until 20% of the subsequent falling edge. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
8 bit wide accesses only at even addresses. The card configuration registers are also located here. For CompactFlash Storage Cards, the base address of the ard configuration registers is 200h. Transcend Information Inc. Table 31: Attribute Memory Function 133X CompactFlash Card...
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133X CompactFlash Card Configuration Option Register (Base + 00h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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133X CompactFlash Card Card Configuration and Status Register (Base + 02h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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133X CompactFlash Card Pin Replacement Register (Base + 04h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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133X CompactFlash Card Socket and Copy Register (Base + 06h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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CompactFlash Storage responds. The CompactFlash Storage Card may request the host to extend the length of an input cycle until data is ready by asserting the -WAIT signal at the start of the cycle. Transcend Information Inc. Table : PCMCIA Mode I/O Function 133X CompactFlash Card...
133X CompactFlash Card Common Memory Transfer Function The Common Memory transfer to or from the CompactFlash Storage can be either 8 or 16 bits. Table: Common Memory Function Transcend Information Inc.
3. The card is permitted to monitor the –OE (-ATA SEL) signal at any time(s) and switch to True IDE mode upon detection of a continuous low level on pin for an extended period of time. Table: True IDE Mode I/O Function defines the function of the operations for the True IDE Mode. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Note: The value “1” defined for D3 of the N+0 words indicates that no write-protect switch controls writing the ATA registers. The value “0” defined for D7 in the N+2 words indicates that there is not more than a single speed extension byte. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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The PCMCIA interface connects peripherals to the host using four register mapping methods. Table 39 is a detailed description of these methods: Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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133X CompactFlash Card I/O Primary and Secondary Address Configurations Table: Primary and Secondary I/O Decoding Transcend Information Inc.
When the system decodes a contiguous block of I/O registers to select the CompactFlash Storage Card, the registers are accessed in the block of I/O space decoded by the system as follows: Transcend Information Inc. Table: Contiguous I/O Decoding 133X CompactFlash Card...
When the CompactFlash Storage Card registers are accessed via memory references, the registers appear in the common memory space window: 0-2K bytes as follows: True IDE Mode Addressing When the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured in the True IDE Mode, the I/O decoding is as follows: Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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(Not Ready, Write Fault, etc.) or when an invalid command has been issued. Bit 1 This bit is 0. Bit 0 (AMNF) This bit is set in case of a general error. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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1 is selected. Setting this bit to 1 is obsolete in PCMCIA modes of operation. If the obsolete functionality is support by a CF Storage Card, the CompactFlash Storage Card is set to be Card 0 or 1 using the copy field (Drive #) of the PCMCIA Socket & Copy configuration register. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Error register contain additional information describing the error. It is recommended that media access commands (such as Read Sectors and Write Sectors) that end with an error condition should have the address of the first sector in error in the command block registers. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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CompactFlash Storage Card are disabled. This bit also controls the Int bit in the Configuration and Status Register. This bit is set to 0 at power on and Reset. Bit 0: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 2 (-HS0): this bit is the negation of bit 0 in the Drive/Head register. Bit 1 (-nDS1): this bit is 0 when drive 1 is active and selected. Bit 0 (-nDS0): this bit is 0 when the drive 0 is active and selected. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Read Sector(s) Read Verify Sector(s) Recalibrate Request Sense Security Disable Password Security Erase Prepare Security Erase Unit Security Freeze Lock Security Set Password Security Unlock Seek Transcend Information Inc. Code E5 or 98h – – – – – – – –...
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CY = Cylinder Low/High register DH = Head No. (0 to 15) of Drive/Head register LBA = Logic Block Address Mode Support – = Not used for the command Y = Used for the command Transcend Information Inc. – – – –...
Card sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to 00h, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. If the CompactFlash Storage Card is in Idle mode, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to FFh, clears BSY and generates an interrupt. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
This command is used to pre-erase and condition data sectors in advance of a Write without Erase or Write Multiple without Erase command. There is no data transfer associated with this command but a Write Fault error status can occur. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
CompactFlash Storage Card. If LBA=1 then the number of sectors to format is taken from the Sec Cnt register (0=256). The use of this command is not recommended. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
27-46 aaaa XXXXh 0000h XX00h 0000h Transcend Information Inc. Total Bytes General configuration - signature for the CompactFlash 0 lash Storage Card General configuration – Bit Significant with ATA-4 definitions. Default number of cylinders Reserved Default number of heads...
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XXXXh 0000h 0000h XXXXh XXXXh 165-167 0000h 168-255 0000h Transcend Information Inc. Total Bytes PIO data transfer cycle timing mode Obsolete Field Validity Current numbers of cylinders Current numbers of heads Current sectors per track Current capacity in sectors (LBAs)(Word 57 = LSW, Word 58 = MSW)
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This field contains the number of translated heads in the default translation mode. Word 6: Default Number of Sectors per Track This field contains the number of sectors per track in the default translation mode. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Current Number of Cylinders, Heads, Sectors/Track These fields contains the current number of user addressable Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors/Track in the current translation mode. Current Capacity This field contains the product of the current cylinders times heads times sectors. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Multiword DMA transfer cycle time. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the cycle time that, if used by the host, may optimize the data transfer from by reducing the probability that the CompactFlash Storage Card will need to negate the DMARQ signal during the transfer of a sector. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 1 of word 83 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Read DMA Queued and Write DMA Queued commands. Bit 2 of word 83 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the CFA feature set. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 4: 1 = Ultra DMA mode 4 and below are supported. Bits 0-3 Shall be set to 1. Bit 3: 1 = Ultra DMA mode 3 and below are supported, Bits 0-2 Shall be set to 1. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 13: -XP If set to 1, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card does not have Power Level 1 commands. If set to 0, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card has Power Level 1 commands Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Value Bits 11-9: Advanced True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected Indicates the current True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected on the card. Value Transcend Information Inc. Maximum PIO mode timing selected Specified in word 64 PIO Mode 5 PIO Mode 6...
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If the sector count is zero, the automatic power down mode is disabled. Note that this time base (5 msec) is different from the ATA specification. Transcend Information Inc. Reserved Maximum PCMCIA IO timing mode Supported...
This command enables the host to set the number of sectors per track and the number of heads per cylinder. Only the Sector Count and the Card/Drive/Head registers are used by this command. NOP - 00h This command always fails with the CompactFlash Storage Card returning command aborted. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
The Read Buffer command enables the host to read the current contents of the CompactFlash Storage Card’s sector buffer. This command has the same protocol as the Read Sector(s) command. Read DMA – C8h Read Long Sector - 22h or 23h Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Read Multiple - C4h Read Sector(s) - 20h or 21h Read Verify Sector(s) - 40h or 41h Recalibrate - 1Xh Request Sense - 03h Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
The extended error code is returned to the host in the Error Register. Seek - 7Xh Set Features – EFh Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Features 02h and 82h allow the host to enable or disable write cache in CompactFlash Storage Cards that implement write cache. When the subcommand disable write cache is issued, the CompactFlash Storage Card shall initiate the sequence to flush cache to non-volatile memory before command completion. Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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The host may change the selected modes by the Set Features command. Set Multiple Mode - C6h Set Sleep Mode- 99h or E6h Standby - 96h or E2h Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
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Standby Immediate - 94h or E0h Translate Sector - 87h Translate Sector Information Transcend Information Inc. 133X CompactFlash Card...
133X CompactFlash Card Error Posting Transcend Information Inc.
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Enable/Disable Autosave Save Attribute Values 1. If reserved size is below the Threshold, the status can be read from Cylinder register by Return Status command (DAh). Transcend Information Inc. SMART Feature Register Values Execute OFF-LINE Immediate Enable SMART Operations Disable SMART Operations...
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Transcend reserves the right to make changes in specifications at any time without prior notice. Transcend Information Inc. Decription...
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