User guide
900S Series Industrial Grade CFast Product Manual v2.0Cactus Technologies
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Features
• Solid state design with no moving parts
• Industry standard CFast Type I form factor
• Capacities from 1GB to 128GB
• Compliant with Serial ATA 2.6 specications
• Supports Serial ATA Generation I/II transfer
rate of 1.5/3.0Gbps
• Support for ATA SMART Feature Set
• Support for ATA Security Feature Set
• ECC capable of correcting random
bit errors per sector or 24 bits per 1KB
• High reliability, MTBF > 4,000,000 hrs.
• Enhanced error correction, < 1 error in 10
14
bits read
• SATA partial and slumber modes and
CFast PHYSLP mode supported
• Voltage support: 3.3V±10%
Overview
The Cactus Technologies® CFast card is
a high capacity solid-state ash memory
product that complies with the Serial
ATA 2.6 standard and is functionally
compatible with a SATA hard disk drive.
Cactus Technologies® CFast cards
provide up to 128GB of formatted
storage capacity.
The Cactus Technologies® CFast product
uses high quality SLC NAND ash
memory from well known vendors, such
as Toshiba Corporation. In addition, it
include an on-drive 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 while keeping the
BOM stable.
Introduction to Cactus Technologies
900S Series Industrial Grade CFast
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