Cactus Technologies, Limited
1.Introduction to Cactus Technologies
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Industrial Grade CFast Products
Features:
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Solid state design with no moving parts
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Industry standard CFast Type I form factor
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Capacities from 1GB to 32GB
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Compliant with Serial ATA 2.6 specifications
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Supports Serial ATA Generation I/II transfer rate of 1.5/3.0Gbps
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Support ATA SMART Feature Set
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Support ATA Security Feature Set
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Optional Write Protect switch
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BCH ECC capable of correcting 8 random single bit errors per sector
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High reliability, MTBF > 4,000,000 hrs.
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Enhanced error correction, < 1 error in 10
14
bits read
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Intelligent power management to reduce power consumption
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Voltage support: 3.3V±10%
The Cactus Technologies
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CFast card is a high capacity solid-state flash memory product
that complies with the Serial ATA 2.6 standard and is functionally compatible with a SATA
hard disk drive. Cactus Technologies
®
CFast cards provide up to 32GB of formatted storage
capacity.
The Cactus Technologies
®
CFast product uses high quality SLC NAND flash memory from
well known vendors, such as Samsung Corporation. In addition, it include an on-drive
intelligent controller that manages interface protocols, data storage and retrieval as well as
ECC, defect handling and diagnostics, power management, and clock control. The
controller’s firmware is upgradeable, thus allowing feature enhancements and firmware
updates while keeping the BOM stable.
Cactus Technologies Limited
Industrial Grade CFast Card Product Manual
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