Functional Description
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Serial IDE (SATA)
The F600 supports two serial IDE (SATA) interfaces controlled by the CPU board.
You can connect a 2.5" hard-disk drive directly on the board, and connect another
external device through ribbon cabling.
The SATA interfaces support transfer rates up to 150 MB/s.
Table 8.
Signal mnemonics of SATA connectors
Signal
Direction
Function
+12V
out
+12V power supply
+3.3V
out
+3.3V power supply
+5V
out
+5V power supply
GND
-
Digital ground
S,
SATA0_RX-
in
Differential pair of SATA receive lines, port 0
S,
SATA0_TX-
out
Differential pair of SATA transmit lines, port 0
S,
SATA1_RX-
in
Differential pair of SATA receive lines, port 1
S,
SATA1_TX-
out
Differential pair of SATA transmit lines, port 1