Instruction Manual

Introduction to Cactus Technologies Industrial
Grade CF -3XX/-3XX-P1/-3XX-WP1 Series Products
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503 Series Industrial Grade CompactFlash Card Product Manual v2.1Cactus Technologies
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Features
• Solid state design with no moving parts
• Industry standard CF Type I form factor
• Supports TrueIDE Mode
• Supports ATA PIO Modes 0-6 in
TrueIDE Mode
• Supports MultiWord DMA Modes 0-4 in
TrueIDE Mode
• Supports UDMA Modes 0-6 in
TrueIDE Mode
• Supports ATA S.M.A.R.T. Feature Set
• Supports ATA Security Feature Set
• External Write Protect switch
option available
• High reliability, MTBF > 4,000,000 hrs.
• Enhanced error correction, < 1 error in 10
14
bits read
• Intelligent power management to reduce
power consumption
• Dual voltage support: 3.3V/5.0V
Overview
The Cactus Technologies® CompactFlash
Memory Card (CF) is a high capacity
solid-state ash memory product that
complies with the Personal Computer
Memory Card International Association
(PCMCIA) ATA (PC Card ATA) standard.
It also supports True IDE Mode, which
is electrically compatible with an IDE
disk drive. CompactFlash Memory Cards
provide up to 64GB of formatted storage
capacity in the CF Type I form factor.
The Cactus Technologies® Industrial
Grade CF products use high quality ash
memory from well known vendors, such
as Toshiba Corporation. In addition, it
includes an on-card intelligent controller
that manages interface protocols, data
storage and retrieval as well as ECC,
defect handling and diagnostics, power
management, and clock control. The
controller’s rmware is upgradeable,
thus allowing feature enhancements and
rmware updates in the eld.
Additional features for -503-P1 series
• CTLock™. This feature allows the card to be locked to a specic host.
• CTPurge™. This feature allows the host to securely erase the contents of the card using
procedures in published standards.
• CTWProt™. This feature allows for both software and hardware initiated write protect function.
External Write Protect switch is available on the -503-WP1 series products.
Introduction to Cactus Technologies
503 Series Industrial Grade CF
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