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The Transcend CF 266X is a High Speed Compact Flash Card with high quality Flash Memory assembled on a printed circuit board. Placement Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card Features • CompactFlash Specification Version 4.1 Complaint • RoHS compliant products •...
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266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
266X CompactFlash Card Signal Description Transcend Information Inc.
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The following tables indicate all D.C. Characteristics for the CompactFlash Storage Card. Unless otherwise stated, conditions are: Vcc = 5V ±10% Vcc = 3.3V ± 5% Absolute Maximum Conditions Input Power Input Leakage Current Input Characteristics Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Output Drive Type Output Drive Characteristics Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
266X CompactFlash Card I/O Output (Write) Timing Specification Transcend Information Inc.
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266X CompactFlash Card True IDE PIO Mode Read/Write Timing Specification Transcend Information Inc.
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266X 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
Single function CF+ Cards shall have a single configuration tuple describing a single set of Function Configuration registers Multiple Function CF+ Cards Table: CompactFlash Storage Card Registers and Memory Space Decoding Table: CompactFlash Storage Card Configuration Registers Decoding Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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266X CompactFlash Card Table: CF+ Card Register and Memory Space Decoding Table: CF+ Card Configuration Registers Decoding Transcend Information Inc.
For CompactFlash Storage Cards, the base address of the ard configuration registers is 200h. For CF+ cards, the base address of the card configuration registers is determined by the Configuration tuple (CISTPL_CONFIG). Transcend Information Inc. Table 31: Attribute Memory Function 266X CompactFlash Card...
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266X CompactFlash Card Configuration Option Register (Base + 00h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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266X CompactFlash Card Card Configuration and Status Register (Base + 02h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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266X CompactFlash Card Pin Replacement Register (Base + 04h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
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266X CompactFlash Card Socket and Copy Register (Base + 06h in Attribute Memory) Transcend Information Inc.
The CompactFlash Storage and CF+ 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...
266X CompactFlash Card Common Memory Transfer Function The Common Memory transfer to or from the CompactFlash Storage or CF+ Card 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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266X 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 266X 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 or CF+ Card is configured in the True IDE Mode, the I/O decoding is as follows: Transcend Information Inc. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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CF-ATA Command Set CF-ATA Command Set summarizes the CF-ATA command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual commands and the task file for each. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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. 266X 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. 266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
Identify Device Command. In Table as below, X indicates a numeric nibble value specific to the card and aaaa indicates an ASCII string specific to the particular drive. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 0 is Reserved and shall be 0. It is recommended that the value of bits 5-0 be either the preferred value of 00h or the value of 0Ah that preserves the corresponding bits from the 848Ah CF signature value. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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The PIO transfer timing for each CompactFlash Storage Card falls into modes that have unique parametric timing specifications. The value returned in Bits 15-8 shall be 00h for mode 0, 01h for mode 1, or 02h for mode 2. Values 03h through FFh are reserved. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Of these bits, bits 7 through 2 are reserved. Bit 0, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports PIO mode 3. Bit 1, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash StorageCard supports PIO Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 0 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the SMART feature set is not supported. If bit 1 of word 82 is set to one, the Security Mode feature set is supported. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Bit 14 of word 85 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the NOP command. Bit 15 of word 85 is obsolete. Bit 0 of word 86 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Download Microcode command. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Word 90: Time required for Enhanced security erase unit completion Word 90 specifies the time required for the Enhanced Security Erase Unit command to complete. This command shall be supported on CompactFlash Storage Cards that support security. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Additional Requirements for CF Advanced Timing Modes. There are four separate fields defined that describe support and selection of Advanced PIO timing modes and Advanced Multiword DMA timing modes. The older modes are reported in words 63 and 64. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Bits 8-6: Advanced True IDE PIO Mode Selected Indicates the current True IDE PIO mode selected on the card. Bits 11-9: Advanced True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected Indicates the current True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected on the card. Bits 15-12 are reserved. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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. 266X 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. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Read Multiple - C4h Read Sector(s) - 20h or 21h Read Verify Sector(s) - 40h or 41h Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
Recalibrate - 1Xh Request Sense - 03h The extended error code is returned to the host in the Error Register. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Seek - 7Xh Set Features – EFh Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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One PIO mode shall be selected at all times. For Cards which support DMA, one Multiword DMA mode shall be selected at all times. The host may change the selected modes by the Set Features command. Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Set Multiple Mode - C6h Set Sleep Mode- 99h or E6h Standby - 96h or E2h Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Standby Immediate - 94h or E0h Translate Sector - 87h Translate Sector Information Transcend Information Inc. 266X CompactFlash Card...
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Read Attribute Threshold 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. 3949 7899 15798 SMART Feature Register Values Execute OFF-LINE Immediate...
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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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