RoHS Compliant
CompactFlash Series 5
Specifications for Industrial CompactFlash Card
September 13th, 2012
Version 1.2
Apacer Technology Inc.
4
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Tel: +886-2-2698-2888 Fax: +886-2-2698-2889
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Features:
CompactFlash Association Specification
Revision 4.1 Standard Interface
512 bytes per sector
ATA command set compatible
ATA transfer mode supports:
PIO Mode 6
Multiword DMA Mode 4
Ultra DMA Mode 5
PCMCIA UDMA Mode 5
Capacities
4, 8, 16, 32, 64 GB
Performance
Sustained read: Up to 50 MB/sec
Sustained write: Up to 18 MB/sec
Intelligent ATA/IDE module
Wear-leveling algorithms to substantially
increase longevity of flash media
Built-in BCH ECC capable of correcting
up to 24 bits in 1,024 byte data
Supports S.M.A.R.T commands
NAND Flash Type: MLC
(commercial/Industrial grade)
Power Smart Design
Temperature ranges
Standard: 0°C to 70°C
Extended: -40°C to 85°C
Storage: -4C to 100°C
Operating voltage for read and write
3.3 V
5.0 V
Power consumption (typical)**
Active mode: 165 mA
Standby mode: 2 mA
Connector Type
50 pins female
Physical Dimensions
36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm
RoHS compliant
*Performance and power consumption may vary depending on capacities and the platforms.
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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 3
2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK .......................................................................................................... 3
3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 4
4. CAPACITY SPECIFICATION............................................................................................... 6
4.1 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION.............................................................................................................................6
4.2 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................6
5. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................... 7
5.1 CF-ATA COMMAND SET ......................................................................................................................................7
6. FLASH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 9
6.1 INTELLIGENT ENDURANCE DESIGN.......................................................................................................................9
6.1.1 Advanced wear-leveling algorithms .............................................................................................................9
6.1.2 S.M.A.R.T. Technology .................................................................................................................................9
6.1.3 Built-in Hardware ECC................................................................................................................................9
6.2 INTELLIGENT POWER FAILURE RECOVERY ...........................................................................................................9
7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................... 10
8. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ..................................................................................... 11
8.1 DIMENSIONS .......................................................................................................................................................11
9. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 12
9.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................12
9.2
VALID COMBINATIONS.......................................................................................................................................13
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1. General Description
Apacer’s value-added Industrial CompactFlash Card offers high performance, high reliability and power-
efficient storage. Regarding standard compliance, this CompactFlash Card complies with CompactFlash
specification revision 4.1, supporting transfer modes up to Programmed Input Output (PIO) Mode 6, Multi-
word Direct Memory Access (DMA) Mode 4, Ultra DMA Mode 5, and PCMCIA Ultra DMA Mode 5.
For power efficiency, this industrial CompactFlash card supports some power smart design mechanisms
such as Power-On-Reset, voltage regulator for output voltage adjustments and power failure protection,
as well as the automatic sleep and wake-up feature. In terms of security, it comes with a hardware write
protect switch.
In terms of data integrity and accuracy, the CompactFlash card is built with on-chip hardware 13/24 bit
BCH ECC engine that can correct up to 24-bit errors per 1,024 byte data. The 13-bit is used for 2KB page
size with 16 bytes spare region per 512 byte data, while the 24-bit ECC is used for flash with 218 or more
bytes, companied with 4KB data. The controller of this CompactFlash card is designed to transfer the host
data through fast DMA engine and utilize the internal memory buffer in a sufficient way, which greatly
minimizes the internal microprocessor’s loading and improves performance efficiency.
Apacer’s value-added CFC provides complete PCMCIA - ATA functionality and compatibility. Apacer ‘s
CompactFlash technology is designed for applications in Point of Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, IP-STB,
medical instruments, surveillance systems, industrial PCs and handheld applications such as the new
generation of Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras.
2. Functional Block
The CompactFlash Card (CFC) includes a controller and flash media, as well as the CompactFlash
standard interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram.
Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram
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3. Pin Assignments
Table 3-1 lists the pin assignments with respective signal names for the 50-pin configuration. A “#” suffix
indicates the active low signal. The pin type can be input, output or input/output.
Table 3-1: Pin assignments (1 of 2)
Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Pin No.
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
1 GND - GND - GND -
2 D3 I/O D3 I/O D3 I/O
3 D4 I/O D4 I/O D4 I/O
4 D5 I/O D5 I/O D5 I/O
5 D6 I/O D6 I/O D6 I/O
6 D7 I/O D7 I/O D7 I/O
7 #CE1 I #CE1 I #CS0 I
8 A10 I A10 I A10
1
I
9 #OE I #OE I #ATA SEL I
10 A9 I A9 I A9
1
I
11 A8 I A8 I A8
1
I
12 A7 I A7 I A7
1
I
13 VCC - VCC - VCC -
14 A6 I A6 I A6
1
I
15 A5 I A5 I A5
1
I
16 A4 I A4 I A4
1
I
17 A3 I A3 I A3
1
I
18 A2 I A2 I A2 I
19 A1 I A1 I A1 I
20 A0 I A0 I A0 I
21 D0 I/O D0 I/O D0 I/O
22 D1 I/O D1 I/O D1 I/O
23 D2 I/O D2 I/O D2 I/O
24 WP O #IOIS16 O #IOCS16 O
25 #CD2 O #CD2 O #CD2 O
26 #CD1 O #CD1 O #CD1 O
27 D11 I/O D11 I/O D11 I/O
28 D12 I/O D12 I/O D12 I/O
29 D13 I/O D13 I/O D13 I/O
30 D14 I/O D14 I/O D14 I/O
31 D15 I/O D15 I/O D15 I/O
32 #CE2 I #CE2 I #CS1 I
33 #VS1 O #VS1 O #VS1 O
34 #IORD I #IORD I #IORD I
35 #IOWR I #IOWR I #IOWR I
36 #WE I #WE I #WE I
37 RDY/-BSY O #IREQ O INTRQ O
38 VCC - VCC - VCC -
39 #CSEL I #CSEL I #CSEL I
40 #VS2 O #VS2 O #VS2 O
41 RESET I RESET I #RESET I
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Table 3-1: Pin assignments (2 of 2)
Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Pin No.
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
42 #WAIT O #WAIT O IORDY O
43 #INPACK O #INPACK O DMARQ
2
O
44 #REG I #REG I DMACK
2
I
45 BVD2 O #SPKR O #DASP I/O
46 BVD1 O #STSCHG O #PDIAG I/O
47 D8 I/O D8 I/O D8 I/O
48 D9 I/O D9 I/O D9 I/O
49 D10 I/O D10 I/O D10 I/O
50 GND - GND - GND -
1. The signal should be grounded by the host.
2. Connection required when UDMA is in use.
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4. Capacity Specification
Capacity specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) is available as shown in Table 4-1. It lists
the specific capacity and the default numbers of heads, sectors and cylinders for each product line.
Table 4-1: Capacity specifications
Capacity Total bytes
1
Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA
4GB 4,110,188,544 7,964 16 63 8,027,712
8GB 8,195,604,480 15,880 16 63 16,007,040
16GB 16,391,340,032 16,383
2
16 63 32,014,336
32GB 32,019,316,736 16,383 16 63 62,537,728
64GB 64,030,244,864 16,383 16 63 125,059,072
1. Display of total bytes varies from operating systems.
2. Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies
***Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes.
LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of
the device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small
portion of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages.
4.1 Performance Specification
Performances of the CompactFlash cards are listed in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2: Performance specifications
Capacity
Performance
4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Sustained read
(MB/s)
49 50 50 50 50
Sustained write
(MB/s)
13 14 14 18 18
Notes: performance may vary depending on flash configurations or host system settings.
4.2 Environmental Specifications
Environmental specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) which follows the MIL-STD-810F
standards is available as shown in Table 4-4.
Table 4-4: Environmental specifications
Environment Specification
Operation C to 70°C / -40°C to 85°C
Temperature Storage -40°C to 100°C
Vibration (Non-Operation) Sine wave: 10~2000Hz, 15G (X, Y, Z axes)
Shock (Non-Operation) Half sine wave, acceleration 1500 G, 0.5 ms (X, Y, Z ; All 6 axes)
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5. Software Interface
5.1 CF-ATA Command Set
Table 5-1 summarizes the CF-ATA command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual
commands and the task file for each.
Table 5-1: CFC-ATA command set
Command Code FR
1
SC
2
SN
3
CY
4
DH
5
LBA
6
Check-Power-Mode E5H or 98H
D
8
Execute-Drive-Diagnostic 90H
D
Erase-Sector(s) C0H
Y
7
Y Y Y
8
Y
Flush-Cache E7H
D
Format-Track 50H
Y
Y Y
Y
Identify-Drive ECH
D
Idle E3H or 97H
Y
D
Idle-Immediate E1H or 95H
D
Initialize-Drive-Parameters 91H
Y
Y
NOP 00H
D
Read-Buffer E4H
D
Read-Multiple C4H
Y Y Y Y Y
Read-Sector(s) 20H or 21H
Y Y Y Y Y
Read-Verify-Sector(s) 40H or 41H
Y Y Y Y Y
Recalibrate 1XH
D
Request-Sense 03H
D
Seek 7XH
Y Y Y Y
Set-Features EFH Y
D
Set-Multiple-mode C6H - Y - - D -
Set-Sleep-Mode E6H or 99H
D
Standby E2H or 96H
D
Standby-Immediate E0H or 94H
D
Translate-Sector 87H
Y Y Y Y
Y
Write-Buffer E8H
D
Write-Multiple C5H
Y
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Y Y Y
Y
Write-Multiple-Without-Erase CDH
Y Y Y Y Y
Write-Sector(s) 30H or 31H
Y Y Y Y Y
Write-Sector(s)-Without-Erase 38H
Y Y Y Y Y
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Write-Verify 3CH
Y Y Y Y Y
1. FR - Features register
2. SC - Sector Count register
3. SN - Sector Number register
4. CY - Cylinder registers
5. DH - Drive/Head register
6. LBA - Logical Block Address mode supported
7. Y - The register contains a valid parameter for this command
8. For the Drive/Head register:
Y means both the CompactFlash card and head parameters are used;
D means only the CompactFlash card parameter is valid and not the head parameter
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6. Flash Management
6.1 Intelligent Endurance Design
6.1.1 Advanced wear-leveling algorithms
Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs,
when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will
perform overwrites on blocks. On the other hand, NAND flash storage adopts flash as their primary media.
Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears down the lifespan of blocks
gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory cells will eventually cause
some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their end of service term earlier.
Wear leveling is an important mechanism that level out the wearing of blocks so that the wearing-down of
blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of SSDs. Commonly used wear
leveling types are Static and Dynamic.
6.1.2 S.M.A.R.T. Technology
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an open standard
allowing disk drives to automatically monitor their own health and report potential problems. It protects the
user from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and storing critical drive performance and calibration
parameters. Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent impending drive failure. Apacer
SMART feature adopts the standard SMART command B0h to read data from the drive. When the Apacer
SMART Utility running on the host, it analyzes and reports the disk status to the host before the device is
in critical condition.
6.1.3 Built-in Hardware ECC
The ECC bit encoding takes places when host/OS writes data to the SSD. This step is simpler and quick.
On the other hand, the ECC bit decoding is processed when host/OS reads data from the SSD. In this
step, the ECC codes will be in progress for detecting, comparing and detecting potential error. Thus, the
power of the ECC lies mostly in the read data side.
This ATA CompactFlash card employs BCH Error Correction Code (ECC) algorithms. This on-chip
hardware BCH-ECC engines is 13/24 bit programmed that can correct up to 24-bit errors per 1,024 byte
data. This built-in hardware ECC performs parity generation and error detection/correction for data
integrity.
6.2 Intelligent Power Failure Recovery
Power Failure Management ensures data transmission when experiencing unstable power supply. When
power disruption takes places, NAND Flash will have to cache multiple write-to-flash cycles to securely
store data. This urgent operation requires about several milliseconds to get it done. When the supplied
voltage is below a certain percentage of the required, the flash controller will be signaled by a detector IC
component with low power detection signal and then the firmware will communicate the controller to flush
all the data into the cache of Flash storage area. This can prevent incomplete data transmission. The
crucial part lies in the strength of the capacitor of the SSD. The capacitor must be able to hold up some
milliseconds of remaining time before the power is totally out, for the urgent write-back-into-flash
operations to complete.
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7. Electrical Specification
Table 7-1: Operating range
Range Ambient Temperature 3.3V 5V
Standard Temperature C to 70°C
Extended Temperature
-40°C to +85°C
Storage Temperature -40°C to +100°C
3.135-3.465V 4.75-5.25V
Table 7-2: Power consumption (at 5V, typical)
Capacity
Modes
4 GB 8 GB 16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Active (mA) 150 155 165 165 170
Idle (mA) 5 5 5 5 5
Notes: results may vary depending on flash configurations or platforms.
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8. Physical Characteristics
8.1 Dimensions
TABLE 8-1: Type I CFC physical specification
Length:
36.40 +/- 0.15mm (1.433+/- 0.06 in.)
Width:
42.80 +/- 0.10mm (1.685+/- 0.04 in.)
Thickness (Including Label Area):
3.3mm+/-0.10mm (0.130+/-0.04in.)
FIGURE 8-1: Physical dimension
Unit: mm
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9. Product Ordering Information
9.1 Product Code Designations
A P – CF x x x x L 9 X S – XXXXXX
Configuration
E
Single Channel
F
Dual Channel
Halogen Free Compliant
Model Name
Apacer Product Code
Capacities:
004G 4GB
008G 8GB
016G 16GB
032G 32GB
064G 64GB
CFC Type
CTL Type
Specification
RM: Removable
NR: Non-Removable
NDRM: Non-DMA + Removable
NDNR: Non-DMA + Non-Removable
ET: Extended Temperature
ETRM: Ext. Temp. + Removable
ETNR: Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable
ETNDRM: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Removable
ETNDNR: Ext. Temp + Non
-
DMA + Non
-
Removable
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9.2 Valid Combinations
9.2.1 Standard Temperature
9.2.1.1 Non-Removable
Capacity AP/N
4GB AP-CF004GL9FS-NR
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-NR
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-NR
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-NR
64GB AP-CF064GL9FS-NR
9.2.1.2 Removable
Capacity AP/N
4GB AP-CF004GL9FS-RM
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-RM
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-RM
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-RM
64GB AP-CF064GL9FS-RM
9.2.1.3 Non-DMA + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
4GB AP-CF004GL9FS-NDRM
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-NDRM
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-NDRM
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-NDRM
64GB AP-CF064GL9FS-NDRM
9.2.1.4 Non-DMA + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
4GB AP-CF004GL9FS-NDNR
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-NDNR
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-NDNR
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32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-NDNR
64GB AP-CF064GL9FS-NDNR
Note: please consult with Apacer sales representative for availability.
9.2.2 Extended Temperature
9.2.2.1 Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-ETNR
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-ETNR
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-ETNR
9.2.2.2 Ext. Temp. + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-ETRM
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-ETRM
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-ETRM
9.2.2.3 Non-DMA + Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-ETNDRM
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-ETNDRM
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-ETNDRM
9.2.2.4 Non-DMA + Non-Removable
Capacity
AP/N
8GB AP-CF008GL9FS-ETNDNR
16GB AP-CF016GL9FS-ETNDNR
32GB AP-CF032GL9FS-ETNDNR
Note: please consult with Apacer sales representative for availability.
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Revision History
Revision
Date Description Remark
0.1 03/13/2012 Preliminary
1.0 04/12/2012 Official release
1.1 07/23/2012
Updated Product Ordering Information (with the
addition of standard operating temperature models)
Added 64GB capacity
1.2 09/12/2012
Added standard operating temperature
specifications
Updated Product Ordering Information due to the
addition of standard temperature specifications
Added 4GB capacity model
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Hsichih, 221 Taipei Hsien
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Tel: +886-2-2698-2888
Fax: +886-2-2698-2889
amtsales@apacer.com
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Milpitas, CA 95035
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Japan
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Tokyo, 105-0014, Japan
Tel: 81-3-5419-2668
Fax: 81-3-5419-0018
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The Netherlands
Tel: 31-40-267-0000
Fax: 31-40-267-0000#6199
sales@apacer.nl
China
Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
1301, No.251,Xiaomuqiao Road, Shanghai,
200032, China
Tel: 86-21-5529-0222
Fax: 86-21-5206-6939
sales@apacer.com.cn
India
Apacer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
# 535, 1st Floor, 8th cross, JP Nagar 3rd Phase,
Bangalore – 560078, India
Tel: 91-80-4152-9061
sales_india@apacer.com
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