Instruction Manual

503 Series Industrial Grade CompactFlash Card Product Manual v2.1Cactus Technologies
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System Reliability
2.4.
Physical Specications
2.5.
Table 2-4. Reliability
MTBF (@ 25°C)
>4,000,000 hours
Data Reliability
<1 non-recoverable error in 10
14
bits READ
Endurance:
>2,000,000 erase/program cycles
Table 2-5. CompactFlash
Physical Specications
CompactFlash
Weight:
11.4 g (.40 oz) typical, 14.2 g (.50 oz) maximum
Length:
36.40 ± 0.15 mm (1.433 ±.006 in)
Width:
42.80 ± 0.10 mm (1.685 ±.004 in)
Thickness:
3.3 mm ± 0.10 mm (.130 ±.004 in) (Excluding Lip)
The following sections provide the physical specications for Cactus Technologies Industrial
CompactFlash products.
2.5.1. CompactFlash Physical Specications
Refer to Table 2-5 and see Figures 2-1 and 2-2 for CompactFlash Memory Card physical
specications and dimensions.
All performance numbers are typical values assuming the card controller is in the default
(i.e., fastest) mode.
System Performance
2.3.
* Please note that for maximum performance in TrueIDE UDMA modes, proper termination and PCB layout guidelines as
described in the ATA specications must be followed to minimize signal integrity problems.
Start Up Times
Reset to ready:
35 msec typical
Read Transfer Rate
Operating &Non-Operating:
up to 50.0 Mbytes/sec*
Write Transfer Rate
up to 30.0 Mbytes/sec *
Controller Overhead
Command to DRQ
2 msec maximum
Table 2-3. Performance