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400X CompactFlash Card 

 

Transcend Information Inc.

 

V1.0 

1

 Description 

Dedicated  to  fulfill  the  demanding  requirements  of 

performance-conscious  photographers,  Transcend 

proudly  releases  its  Extreme  400X  CompactFlash 

cards.  With  its  amazing  performance

,

  the  Transcend 

400X  CompactFlash  memory  card  allows  the 

professional photographers and enthusiasts to get the 

most  from  your  digital  single  lens  reflex  (DSLR) 

camera.  Users  are  guaranteed  to  make  consecutive 

shooting and non-stop video recording and share their 

digital artwork with the world! 

 

Placement

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Dimensions 

Features

 

  CompactFlash Specification Version 4.1 Compliant 

  RoHS compliant products 

  Single Power Supply: 3.3V

±

5% or 5V

±

10% 

  Operating Temperature: -25

o

C to 85

o

  Storage Temperature: -40

o

C to 85

o

  Operating/ Storage Humidity: 5% to 95% 

  Operation Modes:  

 

PC Card Memory Mode 

 

PC Card IO Mode 

 

True IDE Mode 

  True IDE Mode supports: 

 

Ultra DMA Mode 0 to Ultra DMA Mode 6 (Ultra DMA 

mode 5/6 must supply with 3.3V) 

 

MultiWord DMA Mode 0 to MultiWord DMA Mode 4 

 

PIO Mode 0 to PIO Mode 6 

  PC Card Mode supports up to Ultra DMA Mode 6 

  True IDE mode: Fixed Disk (Default) 

  PC Card Mode: Removable Disk (Default) 

  Durability of Connector: 10,000 times 

 

 

Built-in 15 bit ECC (Error Correction Code) functionality

 

  Support Global Wear-Leveling to extend product life 

  Transfer rate up to read 90MB/s write 60MB/s based on 

TestMetrix. 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for CompactFlash 400X

Page 1: ...ement Dimensions Features CompactFlash Specification Version 4 1 Compliant RoHS compliant products Single Power Supply 3 3V 5 or 5V 10 Operating Temperature 25 o C to 85 o C Storage Temperature 40 o C...

Page 2: ...patibility UDMA Mode 0 6 Physical Specification Form Factor Compact Flash Card Storage Capacities 16 GB to 64 GB Length 36 40 0 15 Width 42 80 0 10 Dimensions mm Height 3 30 0 10 Environmental Specifi...

Page 3: ...s XP Version 2002 SP2 CrystalDiskMark copied file 100MB Note FAT32 format Performance Model P N Capacity Read MB s Write MB s Random Read MB s Random Write MB s TS16GCF400 16GB 83 67 44 96 82 38 8 671...

Page 4: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 4 Block Diagram...

Page 5: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 5...

Page 6: ...07 I I1Z 12 A072 I I1Z 13 VCC Power 13 VCC Power 13 VCC Power 14 A06 I I1Z 14 A06 I I1Z 14 A062 I I1Z 15 A05 I I1Z 15 A05 I I1Z 15 A05 2 I I1Z 16 A04 I I1Z 16 A04 I I1Z 16 A04 2 I I1Z 17 A03 I I1Z 17...

Page 7: ...3 49 D101 I O I1Z OZ3 49 D101 I O I1Z OZ3 50 GND Ground 50 GND Ground 50 GND Ground Note 1 These signals are required only for 16 bit accesses and not required when installed in 8 bit systems Devices...

Page 8: ...in the CompactFlash Specification to reduce power use Input Characteristics Table 2 Input Characteristics MIN TYP MAX MIN TYP MAX Type Parameter Symbol VCC 3 3 V VCC 5 0 V Units 1 Input Voltage CMOS...

Page 9: ...ics Table 4 Output Drive Characteristics Type Parameter Symbol Conditions MIN TYP MAX Units 1 Output Voltage Voh Vol Ioh 4 mA Iol 4 mA Vcc 0 8V Gnd 0 4V Volts 2 Output Voltage Voh Vol Ioh 4 mA Iol 4 m...

Page 10: ...E Mode I O 46 This signal is asserted high as BVD1 is not supported This signal is asserted low to alert the host to changes in the READY and Write Protect states while the I O interface is configured...

Page 11: ...bits CSEL PC Card Memory Mode CSEL PC Card I O Mode CSEL True IDE Mode I 39 This signal is not used for this mode but should be connected by the host to PC Card A25 or grounded by the host This signa...

Page 12: ...erted by the device In True IDE Mode DMARQ shall not be driven when the device is not selected in the Drive Head register While a DMA operation is in progress CS0 CE1 and CS1 CE2 shall be held negated...

Page 13: ...d by the host interface It is used to read data from the CompactFlash Storage Card in Memory Mode and to read the CIS and configuration registers In PC Card I O Mode this signal is used to read the CI...

Page 14: ...by the host in response to DMARQ to initiate DMA transfers In True IDE Mode while DMA operations are not active the card shall ignore the DMACK signal including a floating condition If DMA operation i...

Page 15: ...receive Ultra DMA data out bursts The device may negate DDMARDY to pause an Ultra DMA transfer In all modes when Ultra DMA mode DMA Read is active this signal is the data in strobe generated by the d...

Page 16: ...rigger High level input voltage VIH 2 92 V Schmitt trigger 1 0 8 V Non schmitt trigger Low level input voltage VIL 1 70 V Schmitt trigger 1 Pull up resistance2 RPU 50 73 KOhm Pull down resistance RPD...

Page 17: ...or UDMA mode 4 In UDMA modes greater than 4 the characteristics specified in the following table apply Voltage output high and low values shall be met at the source connector to include the effect of...

Page 18: ...ed by the host Pull down to Gnd R 5 6 K 5 PC Card True IDE hosts switch the pull up to pull down in True IDE mode if DMA operation is supported The PC Card mode Pull up may be left active during True...

Page 19: ...all be able to drive at least the following load 10 while meeting all AC timing requirements 100pF with DC current 1 6mA low state and 300 A high state This permits the host to wire two sockets in par...

Page 20: ...Ultra DMA modes Table describes typical values for series termination at the host and the device Table Typical Series Termination for Ultra DMA Signal Host Termination Device Termination HIOE HDMARDY...

Page 21: ...hall be no more than 0 5 shorter than either STROBE trace as measured from the IC pin to the connector Ultra DMA Mode Cabling Requirement Operation in Ultra DMA mode requires a crosstalk suppressing c...

Page 22: ...ta A tAVQV 300 Card Enable Access Time ta CE tELQV 300 Output Enable Access Time ta OE tGLQV 150 Output Disable Time from CE tdis CE tEHQZ 100 Output Disable Time from OE tdis OE tGHQZ 100 Address Set...

Page 23: ...s Detailed timing specifications are shown in Table below Table Configuration Register Attribute Memory Write Timing Speed Version 250 ns Item Symbol Min ns Max ns Write Cycle Time tc W 250 Write Puls...

Page 24: ...following HOE th CEx tGHEH 20 15 15 10 Wait Delay Falling from HOE tv IORDY HOE tGLWTV 35 35 35 na 1 Data Setup for Wait Release tv IORDY tQVWTH 0 0 0 na1 Wait Width Time2 tw IORDY tWTLWTH 350 350 35...

Page 25: ...Hold Time th HA tGHAX 20 15 15 15 CEx Hold following HWE th CEx tGHEH 20 15 15 10 Wait Delay Falling from HWE tv IORDY HWE tWLWTV 35 35 35 na1 WE High from Wait Release tv IORDY tWTHWH 0 0 0 na1 Wait...

Page 26: ...IOE th HIOE tlGHQX 0 5 5 5 HIOE Width Time tw HIOE tlGLIGH 165 70 65 55 Address Setup before HIOE tsuA HIOE tAVIGL 70 25 25 15 Address Hold following HIOE thA HIOE tlGHAX 20 10 10 10 CEx Setup before...

Page 27: ...W th HIOW tlWHDX 30 10 5 5 HIOW Width Time tw HIOW tlWLIWH 165 70 65 55 Address Setup before HIOW tsuA HIOW tAVIWL 70 25 25 15 Address Hold following HIOW thA HIOW tlWHAX 20 20 10 10 CEx Setup before...

Page 28: ...HIOE high is 0 nsec but minimum HIOE width shall still be met 1 t0 is the minimum total cycle time t2 is the minimum command active time and t2i is the minimum command recovery time or command inacti...

Page 29: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 29...

Page 30: ...width min 215 80 70 65 55 1 tE HIOE data access max 150 60 50 50 45 tF HIOE data hold min 5 5 5 5 5 tG HIOE HIOW data setup min 100 30 20 15 10 tH HIOW data hold min 20 15 10 5 5 tI HREG to HIOE HIOW...

Page 31: ...F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 31 True IDE Ultra DMA Mode Read Write Timing Specification Ultra DMA operations can take place in any of the three basic inter...

Page 32: ...data burst These lines assume their UDMA definitions when 1 an Ultra DMA mode is selected and 2 a host issues a READ DMA or a WRITE DMA command requiring data transfer and 3 the device asserts DMARQ a...

Page 33: ...set Both the host and device perform a CRC function during an Ultra DMA data burst At the end of an Ultra DMA data burst the host sends its CRC data to the device The device compares its CRC data to t...

Page 34: ...YC 112 73 54 39 25 16 8 13 0 Note 3 t2CYC 230 153 115 86 57 38 29 Sender tDS 15 0 10 0 7 0 7 0 5 0 4 0 2 6 Recipient tDH 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 4 6 3 5 Recipient tDVS 70 0 48 0 31 0 20 0 6 7 4 8 4 0 Send...

Page 35: ...3 tCS CRC word setup time at device 2 tCH CRC word hold time device 2 tCVS CRC word valid setup time at host from CRC valid until DMACK negation 3 tCVH CRC word valid hold time at sender from DMACK n...

Page 36: ...y in a configuration with a single device located at the end of the cable This could result in the minimum values for tDS and tDH for mode 5 at the middle connector being 3 0 and 3 9 ns respectively N...

Page 37: ...exiting the connector If the test point is on a cable conductor rather than the PCB an adjacent ground conductor shall also be cut within one half inch of the connector The test load and test points s...

Page 38: ...REG OE WE A10 A9 A8 A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 SELECTED SPACE 1 1 X X X X X XX X X X X Standby and UDMA transfer X 0 0 0 1 0 1 XX X X X 0 Configuration Registers Read 1 0 1 0 1 X X XX X X X X Common Memory Read...

Page 39: ...1 1 0 0 0 0 or 1 RD Static Device Initiating BurstTermination 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 or 1 RD Static Host Acknowledement of Device Initiated Burst Termination 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 or 1 YES Static Host Initiating Burst...

Page 40: ...ven Byte Read Byte Access CIS ROM 8 bits No L H L2 L L L L2 H High Z Even Byte Write Byte Access CIS 8 bits Invalid No L H L2 L L L H L2 Don t Care Even Byte Read Byte Access Configuration CompactFlas...

Page 41: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 41 Configuration Option Register Base 00h in Attribute Memory...

Page 42: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 42 Card Configuration and Status Register Base 02h in Attribute Memory...

Page 43: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 43 Pin Replacement Register Base 04h in Attribute Memory...

Page 44: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 44 Socket and Copy Register Base 06h in Attribute Memory...

Page 45: ...h 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 Function Code DM...

Page 46: ...iation Active 1 1 0 1 0 X or YES Static Burst Transfer 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 or 1 RD Static Data In Burst Host Pause 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 or 1 RD Static Data In Burst Device Pause 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 or 1 WR Static Data O...

Page 47: ...its Don t Care H H H H L L L H L L H H High Z High Z Even Byte Odd Byte Byte Write 8 bits Don t Care H H H H L L L H H H L L Don t Care Don t Care Even Byte Odd Byte Word Read 16 bits Don t Care H L L...

Page 48: ...CompactFlash Storage Cards may support the following optional detection methods 1 The card is permitted to monitor the OE ATA SEL signal at any time s and switch to PCMCIA mode upon detecting a high l...

Page 49: ...ucted such that a cable exceeding 0 15 meters is required to connect the host to the card The load presented to the Host by cards supporting Ultra DMA is more controlled than that presented by other C...

Page 50: ...F7h 3F6h 3F7h primary or 170h 177h 376h 377h secondary with IRQ 14 or other available IRQ b Any system decoded 16 byte I O block using any available IRQ c Memory space The communication to or from the...

Page 51: ...S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 51 I O Primary and Secondary Address Configurations Table Primary and Secondary I O De...

Page 52: ...ard Transcend Information Inc V1 0 52 Contiguous I O Mapped Addressing When the system decodes a contiguous block of I O registers to select the CompactFlash Storage Card the registers are accessed in...

Page 53: ...V1 0 53 Memory Mapped Addressing 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 M...

Page 54: ...ns additional information about the source of an error when an error is indicated in bit 0 of the Status register This register is also accessed in PC Card Modes on data bits D15 D8 during a read oper...

Page 55: ...the starting cylinder address or bits 23 16 of the Logical Block Address Drive Head LBA 27 24 Register Address 1F6h 176h Offset 6 The Drive Head register is used to select the drive and head It is als...

Page 56: ...commands the Card shall not assert DMARQ unless either the BUSY bit the DRQ bit or both are set to one Bit 6 RDY RDY indicates whether the device is capable of performing CompactFlash Storage Card ope...

Page 57: ...The host software should set this bit to 0 Bit 4 this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card The host software should set this bit to 0 Bit 3 this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage C...

Page 58: ...o conditionally tri state D7 of I 0 address 3F7h 377h when a CompactFlash Storage Card is installed and conversely to tristate D6 D0 of I O address 3F7h 377h when a floppy controller is installed 4 Do...

Page 59: ...itialize Drive Parameters 91h Y Y Support 10 Key Management Structure Read B9 Feature 0 127 Y Y Y Y Y NOT Support 1 11 Key Management Read Keying Material B9 Feature 80 Y Y Y Y Y NOT Support 1 12 Key...

Page 60: ...h Y Y Y Y Y Support 38 Write Long Sector 32h or 33h Y Y Y Y Not Support 2 39 Write Multiple C5h Y Y Y Y Y Support 40 Write Multiple w o Erase CDh Y Y Y Y Y Support 41 Write Sector s 30h or 31h Y Y Y Y...

Page 61: ...gnostic command is issued in a PCMCIA configuration mode this command runs only on the CompactFlash Storage Card that is addressed by the Drive Head register This is because PCMCIA card interface does...

Page 62: ...ompact Flash Storage Card does not support the Flush Cache command the Compact Flash Storage Card shall return command aborted Bit 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Command 7 E7h C D H 6 X Drive X Cyl High 5 X Cyl Low...

Page 63: ...the card and aaaa indicates an ASCII string specific to the particular drive Word Address Default Value Total Bytes Data Field Type Information 848Ah 2 General configuration signature for the Compact...

Page 64: ...rd modes this value shall be 0h 66 0078h 2 Recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time In PC Card modes this value shall be 0h 67 0078h 2 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control 68 0078...

Page 65: ...of Word 0 turns on ATA device and turns off Removable Media and Removable Device while zeroing all Retired bits in the word Bit 15 12 Configuration Flag If bits 15 12 are set to 8h then Word 0 shall...

Page 66: ...imer is supported as defined by the IDLE command If bit 13 is set to 0 then the Standby timer operation is defined by the vendor Bit 11 IORDY Supported If bit 11 is set to 1 then this CompactFlash Sto...

Page 67: ...bits 7 through 2 are reserved Bit 0 if set to one indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports Multiword DMA mode 0 Bit 1 if set to one indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports...

Page 68: ...ined PIO mode supported by the CompactFlash Storage Card If bit 1 of word 53 is set to one because a CompactFlash Storage Card supports a field in words 64 70 other than this field and the CompactFlas...

Page 69: ...o Service interrupt is not enabled Bit 9 of word 85 shall be set to zero the Device Reset command is not supported Bit 10 of word 85 shall be set to zero the Host Protected Area feature set is not sup...

Page 70: ...it command to complete This command shall be supported on CompactFlash Storage Cards that support security Value Time 0 Value not specified 1 254 Value 2 minutes 255 508 minutes Word 91 Advanced power...

Page 71: ...Mode Capabilities and Settings This word describes the capabilities and current settings for CFA defined advanced timing modes using the True IDE interface Notice The use of True IDE PIO Modes 5 and...

Page 72: ...PCMCIA I O interface Notice The use of PCMCIA I O or Memory modes that are 100ns or faster impose significant restrictions on the implementation of the host Additional Requirements for CF Advanced Tim...

Page 73: ...ode 0 supported 1 PC Card Memory UDMA mode 1 supported 2 PC Card Memory UDMA mode 2 supported 3 PC Card Memory UDMA mode 3 supported 4 PC Card Memory UDMA mode 4 supported 5 PC Card Memory UDMA mode 5...

Page 74: ...mmand 7 97h or E3h C D H 6 X Drive X Cyl High 5 X Cyl Low 4 X Sec Num 3 X Sec Cnt 2 Timer Count 5 msec increments Feature 1 X Idle Immediate 95h or E1h This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Car...

Page 75: ...7 00h C D H 6 X Drive X Cyl High 5 X Cyl Low 4 X Sec Num 3 X Sec Cnt 2 X Feature 1 X Read Buffer E4h The Read Buffer command enables the host to read the current contents of the CompactFlash Storage...

Page 76: ...S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 76 Read Multiple C4h Read Sector s 20h or 21h Read Verify Sector s 40h or 41h Recalibr...

Page 77: ...6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 77 Request Sense 03h The extended error code is returned to the host in the Error Register Seek 7X...

Page 78: ...d the IOIS16 signal shall not be asserted for data register accesses The host shall not enable this feature for DMA transfers Features 02h and 82h allow the host to enable or disable write cache in Co...

Page 79: ...per 5 bits define the type of transfer and the low order 3 bits encode the mode value One PIO mode shall be selected at all times For Cards which support DMA one Multiword DMA mode shall be selected a...

Page 80: ...T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 80 Standby Immediate 94h or E0h Translate Sector 87h Translate Sector Informatio...

Page 81: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 81 Wear Level F5h Write Buffer E8h Write DMA CAh...

Page 82: ...S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 82 Write Long Sector 32h or 33h Write Multiple Command C5h Write Multiple without Era...

Page 83: ...T T TS S S1 1 16 6 6G G G 6 6 64 4 4G G GC C CF F F4 4 40 0 00 0 0 400X CompactFlash Card Transcend Information Inc V1 0 83 Write Sector s 30h or 31h Write Sector s without Erase 38h Write Verify 3Ch...

Page 84: ...ve Parameters V V V Key Management Structure Read V V V V V V Key Management Read Keying Material V V V V V V Key Management Change Key Management Value V V V V V V NOP V V V V Read Buffer V V V V V R...

Page 85: ...Stand By Immediate V V V V V Translate Sector V V V V V V V V Wear Level V V V V V V V V V Write Buffer V V V V V Write DMA V V V V V V V V Write Long Sector V V V V V V V V Write Multiple V V V V V...

Page 86: ...om Cylinder register by Return Status command DAh SMART Data Structure BYTE F V Description 0 1 X Revision code 2 114 X Vendor specific 115 116 V Power cycle count of the device 117 361 X Vendor speci...

Page 87: ...me bad block 398 MSB 399 LSB 400 V Number of spare block 401 402 V Erase count 403 405 F SMI 406 F Number of max pair 407 510 X Vendor specific 511 V Data structure checksum F the content of the byte...

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