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3  SanDisk SD-ROM Card Specifications 

3.1 Operating Specifications 

The table below summarizes the SD-ROM operating specifications. 

Parameter 

Value  

Notes 

Supply Voltage 

2.0 – 3.6v 

during card identification for version 1.1 cards 

 

2.7 – 3.6v 

all supported commands 

Operating Temperature 

-25 – 85 

°

 

Storage Temperature 

-40 – 85 

°

 

Data Retention 

100 years minimum 

 

Data Endurance 

1x10

9

 read cycles 

 

Interface speed 

0 – 25MHz 

variable clock rate 

Read Bandwidth 

1.8MB/s minimum 

sequential read, 25MHz interface speed 

Read Current 

50mA typical 
75mA maximum 

 
maximum at 3.6v, 85 

°

Sleep Current  

250uA maximum 

 

Reset to Read Latency 

300ms 

 

Read Command Response 

100ms 

 

3.2 Memory Capacity 

SanDisk SD-ROM Cards are sold preloaded with an OEM-specified image which may or may 
not have a file system.  In general, a file system provides structure for data; the SD Card File 
System Specification, published by the SDA, describes the file format system that is typically 
implemented on SD cards. 

SanDisk SD-ROM cards do not support the SD security features (CPRM), and are therefore 
organized as a single non-secure partition.  The content data can be accessed by the host 
system using standard read commands. 

The following table lists the available user space for 32, 64, and 128MB cards.  Note that some 
hosts cannot handle non-standard image sizes, so the allowable space for a particular 
application may be less than shown in the table. 

Capacity 

Maximum User LBA 

Maximum User Data Image Size 

32 MB 

63,488 

31.0MB

(32505856 bytes) 

64 MB 

129,024 

63.0MB

(66060288 bytes)  

128 MB 

260,096 

127.0MB

(133169152 bytes) 

3.3 Register Values 

The SD specifications define a set of eight registers within the card interface. However, the DSR 
Register is optional and is not used in the SanDisk SD Card Product Family. For specific 
information about all registers, refer to Section 5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification, 
Version 2.00.  

SanDisk Confidential 

Summary of Contents for SD-ROM

Page 1: ...isk SD ROM Product Manual Revision 1 0 SanDisk Corporation Corporate Headquarters 601 McCarthy Boulevard Milpitas California 95035 Phone 408 801 1000 Fax 408 801 8657 www sandisk com SanDisk Confident...

Page 2: ...ed in a retrievable manner or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means electronic mechanical magnetic optical chemical manual or otherwise without the prior writte...

Page 3: ...ROM Cards implement the 9 pin SD card interface and support a maximum operating frequency of 25 MHz and an operating voltage range of 2 7 3 6v The industry standard SD interface allows for easy integr...

Page 4: ...nformation and examples for CRC7 and CRC16 are provided in Section 4 5 of the SDA Physical Layer Specification Version 2 00 2 4 Clock Control The host can use the bus clock signal to SanDisk SD ROM Ca...

Page 5: ...ot supported refer to the next section for more information See the SDA Physical Layer Specification version 2 00 Section 4 7 for detailed information about card commands and Section 4 12 for timing d...

Page 6: ...em Specification published by the SDA describes the file format system that is typically implemented on SD cards SanDisk SD ROM cards do not support the SD security features CPRM and are therefore org...

Page 7: ...ufacturer ID MID binary 8 0x03 SanDisk Controlled and assigned by SD 3C LLC OEM Application ID OID ASCII 16 0x53 0x44 SD Identifies the card OEM and or the card contents Controlled and assigned by SD...

Page 8: ...epends on card size Device size multiplier ERASE_BLK_EN Yes Erase single block enable SECTOR_SIZE 32 blocks Erase sector size WP_GRP_SIZE 128 sectors Write protect group size WP_GRP_ENABLE Yes Write p...

Page 9: ...SD Card pin assignments are provided by the SDA Physical Layer Specification Version 2 00 refer to Section 8 2 SD Bus Mode Pin Assignment SPI Bus Mode Pin Assignment Function I O Type Description Func...

Page 10: ...n 2 00 for information about power sequencing 3 5 2 Bus Operating Conditions SPI Mode bus operating conditions are identical to SD Card Bus Mode operating conditions For details see Section 6 6 of the...

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