Instruction Manual
503 Series Industrial Grade CompactFlash Card Product Manual v2.1Cactus Technologies
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System Reliability
2.4.
Physical Specications
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 Specications
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 specications for Cactus Technologies Industrial
CompactFlash products.
2.5.1. CompactFlash Physical Specications
Refer to Table 2-5 and see Figures 2-1 and 2-2 for CompactFlash Memory Card physical
specications 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 specications 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