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Cactus Technologies, Limited

1.Introduction to Cactus Technologies

®

  OEM 

Grade -245S Series mSATA SSD Products 

Features:

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Solid state design with no moving parts

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Capacities from 4GB to 128GB

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Compliant with Serial ATA 3.1 specifications

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ATA-8 ACS2 compatible

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Supports Serial ATA Generation I/II  transfer rate of 1.5/3.0/6.0 Gbps

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Supports ATA SMART Feature Set 

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Supports ATA Security Feature Set

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Supports Data Set Management (TRIM)

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Supports NCQ w/ max. queue depth of 32

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Supports DevSLP

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True Psuedo-SLC Mode

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ECC capable of correcting up to 66 bit errors per 1KB

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Enhanced error correction,  < 1 error in 10

14

 bits read

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Voltage support:  3.3V±5%

Cactus Technologies

®

 OEM mSATA SSD is a high capacity solid-state flash memory product 

that complies with the Serial ATA 3.1 standard and is functionally compatible with a SATA 
hard disk drive. Cactus Technologies

®

 OEM mSATA SSD provides up to 128GB of formatted 

storage capacity. 

Cactus Technologies

®

 OEM mSATA SSD product uses high quality MLC NAND flash memory 

from well known vendors, such as Toshiba Corporation, operating in true Psuedo-SLC mode 
(i.e. not Fast-page mode), with enhanced endurance and performance over standard MLC 
NAND.  In addition, it includes 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

 OEM  Grade -245S Series mSATA SSD Product  Manual

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Summary of Contents for OEM Grade -245S Series

Page 1: ...Cactus Technologies Limited OEM Grade 245S series mSATA SSD Product Manual May 2 2018 www cactus tech com 1...

Page 2: ...tion where the failure of a Cactus Technologies product can result in personal injury or death Users of Cactus Technologies products for such unintended and unauthorized applications shall assume all...

Page 3: ...2 DC Characteristics 16 4 1 3 AC Characteristics 16 5 ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol 16 5 1 ATA Task File Definitions 17 5 1 1 Data Register 17 5 1 2 Error Register 17 5 1 3 Feature R...

Page 4: ...Cactus Technologies Limited Appendix D Limited Warranty 27 Cactus Technologies Limited OEM Grade 245S Series mSATA SSD Product Manual v1 2 4...

Page 5: ...state flash memory product that complies with the Serial ATA 3 1 standard and is functionally compatible with a SATA hard disk drive Cactus Technologies OEM mSATA SSD provides up to 128GB of formatte...

Page 6: ...command to the drive as per the SATA protocol The host software then waits for the command to complete The host system does not get involved in the details of how the flash memory is erased programme...

Page 7: ...Operating 20G MIL STD 883G Method 2005 2 Condition A Shock Operating Non Operating 3 000 G MIL STD 883G Method 2002 4 Condition C Altitude relative to sea level Operating Non Operating 100 000 feet ma...

Page 8: ...B 128GB Up to 70 MBytes sec Up to 140 MBytes sec Up to 275 MBytes sec Up to 210 Mbytes sec Up to 415 Mbytes sec Up to 450 Mbytes sec 2 4 System Reliability Table 2 4 Reliability Data Reliability 1 non...

Page 9: ...Cactus Technologies Limited 2 5 1 mSATA SSD Physical Specifications 2 1 2 5 SSD Dimensions Cactus Technologies Limited OEM Grade 245S Series mSATA SSD Product Manual v1 2 9...

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Page 14: ...ments and Pin Type The signal pin assignments and descriptions are listed in Table 3 5 Table 3 5 mSATA SSD Pin Assignments and Pin Type Pin Pin Name Description Pin Pin Name Description 1 Reserved 2 3...

Page 15: ...ace data 33 TX Host Transmitter Differential Plus 34 GND 35 GND 36 Reserved 37 GND 38 Reserved 39 3 3V 3 3V supply 40 GND 41 3 3V 3 3V supply 42 Reserved 43 Device Type No connect for mSATA 44 DEVSLP...

Page 16: ...ng requirements as specified in the SATA IO specifications Please refer to that document for details of AC timing for all operation modes of the device 5 ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol...

Page 17: ...it is set if the command has been aborted because of a status condition 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...

Page 18: ...A08 Cylinder Low Register D7 D0 LBA23 LBA16 Cylinder High Register D7 D0 LBA27 LBA24 Drive Head Register bits HS3 HS0 Bit 5 This bit is set to 1 Bit 4 DRV DRV is the drive number This should always be...

Page 19: ...st and to issue an ATA soft reset to the drive The bits are defined as follows D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 D0 HOB X X X 1 SW Rst IEn 0 Bit 7 This bit is used in 48 bit addressing mode When cleared the host c...

Page 20: ...software must not attempt to use information in the Drive Address Register Bit 6 WTG This bit is 0 when a write operation is in progress otherwise it is 1 Bit 5 HS3 This bit is the negation of bit 3...

Page 21: ...t 39h Write Sector s 30h 31h Write Sector s Ext 34h 7 S M A R T Feature Set Cactus Technologies 245 Series mSATA SSD supports S M A R T attribute reporting This following subcommands are supported whe...

Page 22: ...in minutes 375 385 Reserved 386 395 Firmware Version Date Code 396 397 Reserved 398 399 Reserved 400 405 SM2244 406 510 Vendor specific 511 Data structure checksum 7 2 S M A R T Attributes The followi...

Page 23: ...valid block count B5h LSB MSB 00 00 00 Total program fail count B6h LSB MSB 00 00 00 00 00 Total erase fail count BBh LSB MSB 00 00 00 Uncorrectable error count C0h LSB MSB 00 00 00 Power off retract...

Page 24: ...drive capacities 4G 4GB 8G 8GB 16G 16GB 32G 32GB 64G 64GB 128G 128GB Where I is temperature grade blank standard I extended Example 1 8GB mSATA SSD KD8GF 245SM1 2 8GB mSATA SSD extended temp KD8GFI 2...

Page 25: ...ologies Limited Appendix B Technical Support Services B 1 Direct Cactus Technologies Technical Support Email tech cactus tech com Cactus Technologies Limited OEM Grade 245S Series mSATA SSD Product Ma...

Page 26: ...ologies Limited Appendix C Cactus Technologies Worldwide Sales Offices Email sales cactus tech com Email americas cactus tech com Cactus Technologies Limited OEM Grade 245S Series mSATA SSD Product Ma...

Page 27: ...es will have the option of repairing replacing or refunding the purchase price the defective product if the following conditions are met A The defective product is returned to Cactus Technologies for...

Page 28: ...ce department tech cactus tech com with the following information product model number and description nature of defect conditions of use proof of purchase and purchase date If approved Cactus Technol...

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