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Industrial CompactFlash (CF) Overview

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CompactFlash™ (CF) is the preferred storage method for professional imaging, but is also an excellent choice for industrial applications due to performance, robustness and ease of integration.  Delkin’s CF cards are built with industrial temperature components and are ruggedized to withstand shock and vibration, making them the ideal memory solution for extreme environmental conditions.  The standard PATA/IDE-compatible interface and availability of adapters facilitates incorporation into embedded systems as a solid state drive.

Delkin delivers off-the-shelf industrial CF cards in three product grades: SLC Industrial (-40 to 85°C), SLC Commercial (0 to 70°C) and MLC Commercial (0 to 70°C) ranges in capacities up to 64GB.  Utilizing multiple controller options and a menu of MLC and SLC flash choices, Delkin will also custom-tailor CF cards to deliver the optimum combination of speed, capacity, durability and environmental ruggedness for a specific application.

Adapters are available to allow CF cards to be connected to PCI, IDE, 44-pin laptop mini-IDE, and SATA connections, allowing a CF card to act as a solid-state drive with virtually any operating system or BIOS, and even in a RAID configuration. They provide complete PCMCIA-ATA functionality and compatibility. Delkin industrial CompactFlash cards are available in capacities from 64MB to 64GB.

Whether off-the-shelf or custom, all Delkin CF cards are manufactured to controlled bills of materials, ensuring a consistent product solution and performance.  Delkin Devices has over 25 years of experience as an OEM partner, providing storage solutions for applications as diverse as single board computers, industrial controls, data loggers, kiosks, gaming systems, automotive, flight systems, digital video surveillance and medical equipment.

Industrial CompactFlash Memory Card Features

  • Compliant with CompactFlash Specification Rev. 4.1
  • Compliant with European Union Directive 2002/95/ EC (RoHS)
  • Operating modes – Memory, PCMCIA I/O, True IDE (PIO6, DMA4 & UDMA 6)
  • Capacities supported: 64MB-64GB
  • Available in Commercial and Industrial Temperature operating ranges
  • ECC and Wear Leveling
  • Fixed or removable
  • Additional features – Custom CIS, DataSafe, Master Boot Record protection, custom labels and packaging
  • 3 Year Warranty – MLC Components
  • 7 Year Warranty – SLC Components

Rugged CF (CompactFlash) Specifications

Commercial CF temperature
  Industrial CF temperature
 
Storage
-50° to 100° C
Storage
-50° to 100° C
Operating
0° to 70° C
Operating
-40° to 85° C
Reliability    
MTBF: >3,000,000 hours
Data retention: 10 years
Endurance: 2,000,000 write/erase cycles
Environment    
Shock: 40g's at 11ms, MIL-STD-810
Vibration: 15Hz to 2,000Hz, MIL-STD-810
Altitude: 80,000 feet

Industrial CF Specifications

Register or Login download Delkin's full Rugged CF Product Documents and/or CF Engineering Specifications for more information. Table of contents below.

Table of Contents
1.0       Product Overview
1.1        Mechanical Specifications
1.2        Dimensions
2.0       Product Specifications
2.1        System Performance
2.2        Reliability
2.3        Environmental Specifications
2.4        CHS Parameters
3.0       CF Card Interface
3.1        Card Pin Assignment
3.2        Card Pin Explanation
4.0       Electrical Interface
4.1        Absolute Maximum Conditions
4.2        Input Power
4.3        Input Leakage Current
4.4        Input Characteristics
4.5        Output Drive Type
4.6        Output Drive Characteristics
4.7        Interface/Bus Timing
4.8        Attribute Memory Read Timing
4.9        Configuration Register (Attribute Memory) Write Timing
4.10      Common Memory Read Timing
4.11      Common Memory Write Timing
4.12      I/O Input (Read) Timing
4.13      I/O Input (Write) Timing
4.14      True IDE PIO Mode Read/Write Timing
4.15      True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Read/Write Timing
5.0       Industrial CompactFlash Card Configuration
5.1        Delkin Card Configuration
5.2        Attribute Memory Function
5.3        Configuration Option Register (Address 200H in Attribute Memory)
5.4        Card Configuration and Status Register (Address 200H in Attribute Memory)
5.5        Pin Replacement Register (Address 200H in Attribute Memory)
5.6        Socket and Copy Register (Address 200H in Attribute Memory)
6.0       Transfer Functions
6.1        Input/Output
6.2        Common Memory
6.3        True IDE Mode I/O
7.0       Software Interface
7.1        CF-ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol
7.2        I/O Primary and Secondary Address Configurations
7.3        Contiguous I/O Mapped Addressing
7.4        Memory Mapped Addressing
7.5        True IDE Mode Addressing
7.6        Industrial CF-ATA Registers
7.6.1         Data Register (Address – 1F0H[170H];Offset 0,8,9)
7.6.2         Error Register (Address – 1F1H [171H]; Offset 1, 0DH Read Only)
7.6.3         Feature Register (Address – 1F1H[171H]; Offset 1, 0DH Write Only)
7.6.4         Sector Number (LBA 7-0) Register (Address – 1F3H[173H]; Offset 3)
7.6.5         Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8) Register (Address – 1F4H[174H]; Offset 4)
7.6.6         Cylinder High (LBA 23-16) Register (Address – 1F5H[175H]; Offset 5)
7.6.7         Drive/Head (LBA 27-24) Register (Address 1F6H[176H]; Offset 6)
7.6.8         Drive/Head (LBA 27-24) Register (Address 1F6H[176H]; Offset 6)
7.6.9         Status & Alternate Status Registers (Address 1F7H[177H]&3F6H[376H]; Offsets 7 & E)
7.6.10       Device Control Register (Address – 3F6H[376H]; Offset E)
7.6.11       Card (Drive) Address Register (Address – 3F7H[377H]; Offset F)
7.7        Industrial CF-ATA Command Description
7.7.1         Industrial CF-ATA Command set
7.7.2         Check Power Mode – 98H or E5H
7.7.3         Execute Drive Diagnostics – 90H
7.7.4         Erase Sector(s) – C0H
7.7.5         Flush Cache – E7h
7.7.6         Format Track – 50H
7.7.7         Identify Drive - ECH
7.7.7.1        General Configuration
7.7.7.2        Default Number of Cylinders
7.7.7.3        Default Number of Heads
7.7.7.4        Default Number of Sectors per Track
7.7.7.5        Number of Sectors per Card
7.7.7.6        Serial Number
7.7.7.7        ECC Count
7.7.7.8        Firmware Revision
7.7.7.9        Model Number
7.7.7.10       Read/Write Multiple Sector Count
7.7.7.11       Capabilities
7.7.7.12       PIO Data transfer Cycle Timing Mode
7.7.7.13       Translation Parameters Valid
7.7.7.14       Current Number of Cylinders, Heads, Sectors/Track
7.7.7.15       Current Capacity
7.7.7.16       Multiple Sector Setting
7.7.7.17       Total Sectors Addressable in LBA Mode
7.7.7.18       Multiword DMA transfer
7.7.7.19       Advanced PIO transfer modes supported
7.7.7.20       Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time
7.7.7.21       Recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time
7.7.7.22       Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control
7.7.7.23       Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY.
7.7.7.24       Security Status
7.7.8         Idle – 97H or E3H
7.7.9         Idle Immediate – 95H or E1H
7.7.10       Initialize Drive Parameters – 91H
7.7.11       Key Management Structure Read – B9h (Feature: 0-127)
7.7.12       Key Management Read Keying Material - B9h (Feature: 80)
7.7.13       Key Management Change Key Management Value – B9h (Feature: 81)
7.7.14       NOP - 00h
7.7.15       Read Buffer – E4H
7.7.16       Read DMA – C8h
7.7.17       Read Long Sector - 22h or 23h
7.7.18       Read Multiple – C4H
7.7.19       Read Sector(s) – 20H or 21H
7.7.20       Read Verify Sector(s) – 40H or 41H
7.7.21       Recalibrate – 1XH
7.7.22       Request Sense – 03H
7.7.23       Security Disable Password - F6h
7.7.24       Security Erase Prepare - F3h
7.7.25       Security Erase Unit - F4h
7.7.26       Security Freeze Lock - F5h
7.7.27       Security Set Password - F1h
7.7.28       Security Unlock - F2h
7.7.29       Seek – 7XH
7.7.30       Set Feature – EFH
7.7.31       Set Multiple Mode – C6H
7.7.32       Set Sleep Mode – 99H or E6H
7.7.33       Standby – 96H or E2H
7.7.34       Standby – 94H or E0H
7.7.35       Translate Sector – 87H
7.7.36       Wear Level – F5H
7.7.37       Write Buffer – E8H
7.7.38       Write DMA – CAh
7.7.39       Write Long Sector – 32H or 33H
7.7.40       Write Multiple Command – C5H
7.7.41       Write Multiple without Erase – CDH
7.7.42       Write Sector(s) – 30H or 31H
7.7.43       Write Sector(s) without Erase – 38H
7.7.44       Write Verify – 3CH
7.8        Error Posting
8.0       Comparing CF-ATA to PC Card-ATA and True IDE
8.1        Electrical Differences
8.1.1         TTL Compatibility
8.1.2         Pull Up Resistor Input Leakage Current
8.2        Functional Differences
8.2.1         Additional Set Features Codes in CF-ATA
8.2.2         Additional Commands in CF-ATA
8.2.3         Idle Timer
8.2.4         Recovery from Sleep Mode

Table of Figures
Figure 1. CF Card Dimensions
Figure 2. Attribute Memory Read Timing Diagram
Figure 3. Configuration Register (Attribute Memory) Write Timing Diagram
Figure 4. Common Memory Read Timing Diagram
Figure 5. Common Memory Write Timing Diagram...
Figure 6. I/O read Timing Diagram
Figure 7. I/O Write Timing Diagram
Figure 8. True IDE PIO Mode Read/Write Timing Diagram
Figure 9. True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Read/Write Timing Diagram

Register or Login download Delkin's full Rugged CompactFlash Product Documents and/or CF Engineering Specifications for more information.

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Industrial CF Card Purchase Options

CompactFlash Industrial Temp - DMA4 Enabled - Fixed Drive
Part Number Capacity Delkin  Avnet Link
Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE12SBGHK-FD000-D 128MB
 $   21.51
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE25SBCHK-FD000-D 256MB
$   24.82
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE51SAXHK-FD000-D 512MB
 $   28.40
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE0GSASHK-FD000-D 1GB
$  41.63
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE02SAMHK-FD000-D 2GB
$  62.04
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE04SAMHK-FD000-D 4GB
$  98.16
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE08TFPHK-FD000-D 8GB
$  154.41
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Industrial Rugged CF (SLC) CE16TFPHK-FD000-D 16GB
$  285.66
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CompactFlash Commercial Temp - DMA4 Enabled - Fixed Drive
Commercial Rugged CF (SLC) CF12SBFHP-FD000-D 128MB
 $  20.43
 
Commercial Rugged CF (SLC) CA25SBBHP-FD000-D 256MB
$  23.57
 
Commercial Rugged CF (SLC) CA51SAWHP-FD000-D 512MB
$   26.99
 
Commercial Rugged CF (SLC) CA0GSARHP-FD000-D 1GB
$  39.56
 
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