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RoHS Compliant
Compact Flash Series
Industrial CF Specifications
August 11th, 2013
Version 1.1
Apacer Technology Inc.
1F, No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C
Tel: +886-2-2267-8000 Fax: +886-2-2267-2261
www.apacer.com
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Features:
Compact Flash Association
Specification Revision 3.0 Standard
Interface
ATA command set compatible
ATA mode support for up to:
PIO Mode-6
Multiword DMA Mode-4
Ultra DMA Mode-4
Connector Type
50 pins female
Power consumption (typical)*
Supply voltage: 3.3V & 5V
Active mode: 80 mA/95 mA (3.3V/5.0V)
Sleep mode: 700 µA/900 µA (3.3V/5.0V)
Performance
*
Sustained read: up to 29 MB/sec
Sustained write: up to 15 MB/sec
Capacity
128, 256, 512 MB
1, 2, 4, 8, 16 GB
NAND Flash Type: SLC
Shock & Vibration**
Shock: 1,500 G
Vibration: 15 G
Temperature ranges
Operating:
Standard: 0°C to 70°C
Extended: -40°C to 85°C
Storage: -4C to 100°C
Flash management
Advanced wear-leveling algorithms
S.M.A.R.T. technology
Built-in hardware ECC
Flash block management
Power failure management
Endurance (TBW: Terabytes Written)
128 MB: 3.3 TBW
256 MB: 6.7 TBW
512 MB: 12.9 TBW
1 GB: 25.6 TBW
2 GB: 38.4 TBW
4 GB: 51.9 TBW
8 GB: 69.8 TBW
16 GB: 115.0 TBW
Physical Dimensions
36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm
RoHS compliant
*Varies from capacities. The values addressed for Performance and Power consumptions are typical and may vary depending on
settings and platforms.
**Non-operating
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Table of Contents
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................... 3
2. FUNCTIONAL BLOCK .......................................................................................................... 3
3. PIN ASSIGNMENTS ............................................................................................................... 4
4. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS.............................................................................................. 6
4.1 CAPACITY .............................................................................................................................................................6
4.2 PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION.............................................................................................................................6
4.3 ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................7
4.5 ENDURANCE ........................................................................................................................................................7
5. FLASH MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 8
5.1. ADVANCED WEAR-LEVELING ALGORITHMS .........................................................................................................8
5.2 S.M.A.R.T. TECHNOLOGY ....................................................................................................................................8
5.3 BUILT-IN HARDWARE ECC ...................................................................................................................................8
5.4 FLASH BLOCK MANAGEMENT ...............................................................................................................................8
5.5 POWER FAILURE MANAGEMENT...........................................................................................................................8
6. SOFTWARE INTERFACE .................................................................................................... 9
6.1 COMMAND SET .....................................................................................................................................................9
7. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................... 11
8. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS..................................................................................... 12
8.1 DIMENSION .........................................................................................................................................................12
9. PRODUCT ORDERING INFORMATION ........................................................................ 13
9.1 PRODUCT CODE DESIGNATIONS .........................................................................................................................13
9.2 VALID COMBINATIONS .......................................................................................................................................14
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1. General Description
Apacer’s value-added Industrial CompactFlash Card offers high performance, high reliability and power-
efficient storage. Regarding standard compliance, this CompactFlash Card complies with CompactFlash
specification revision 4.1, supporting transfer modes up to Programmed Input Output (PIO) Mode 6, Multi-
word Direct Memory Access (DMA) Mode 4, Ultra DMA Mode 5, and PCMCIA Ultra DMA Mode 5.
Apacer’s value-added CFC provides complete PCMCIA – ATA functionality and compatibility. Apacer ‘s
CompactFlash technology is designed for applications in Point of Sale (POS) terminals, telecom, IP-STB,
medical instruments, surveillance systems, industrial PCs and handheld applications such as the new
generation of Digital Single Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras.
2. Functional Block
The Compact Flash Card (CFC) includes a controller and flash media, as well as the Compact Flash
standard interface. Figure 2-1 shows the functional block diagram.
Figure 2-1: Functional block diagram
Flash
Media
Flash
Media
Flash
Media
Flash
Media
Flash Array
Compact Flash
Interface
Compact Flash
Controller
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3. Pin Assignments
Table 3-1 lists the pin assignments with respective signal names for the 50-pin configuration. A “#” suffix
indicates the active low signal. The pin type can be input, output or input/output.
Table 3-1: Pin assignments (1 of 2)
Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode Pin No.
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
1 GND - GND - GND -
2 D3 I/O D3 I/O D3 I/O
3 D4 I/O D4 I/O D4 I/O
4 D5 I/O D5 I/O D5 I/O
5 D6 I/O D6 I/O D6 I/O
6 D7 I/O D7 I/O D7 I/O
7 #CE1 I #CE1 I #CE1 I
8 A10 I A10 I A10
1
I
9 #OE I #OE I #OE I
10 A9 I A9 I A9
1
I
11 A8 I A8 I A8
1
I
12 A7 I A7 I A7
1
I
13 VCC - VCC - VCC -
14 A6 I A6 I A6
1
I
15 A5 I A5 I A5
1
I
16 A4 I A4 I A4
1
I
17 A3 I A3 I A3
1
I
18 A2 I A2 I A2 I
19 A1 I A1 I A1 I
20 A0 I A0 I A0 I
21 D0 I/O D0 I/O D0 I/O
22 D1 I/O D1 I/O D1 I/O
23 D2 I/O D2 I/O D2 I/O
24 WP O #IOCS16 O #IOCS16 O
25 #CD2 O #CD2 O #CD2 O
26 #CD1 O #CD1 O #CD1 O
27 D11 I/O D11 I/O D11 I/O
28 D12 I/O D12 I/O D12 I/O
29 D13 I/O D13 I/O D13 I/O
30 D14 I/O D14 I/O D14 I/O
31 D15 I/O D15 I/O D15 I/O
32 #CE2 I #CE2 I #CE2 I
33 #VS1 O #VS1 O #VS1 O
34 #IORD I #IORD I #IORD I
35 #IOWR I #IOWR I #IOWR I
36 #WE I #WE I #WE I
37 RDY/-BSY O -IREQ O INTRQ O
38 VCC - VCC - VCC -
39 #CSEL I #CSEL I #CSEL I
40 #VS2 O #VS2 O #VS2 O
41 RESET I RESET I RESET I
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Table 3-1: Pin assignments (2 of 2)
Pin No. Memory card mode I/O card mode True IDE mode
Signal name
Pin I/O type
Signal name Pin I/O type Signal name
Pin I/O type
42 #WAIT O #WAIT O IORDY O
43 #INPACK O #INPACK O DMARQ
2
O
44 -REG I #REG I DMACK
2
I
45 BVD2 O #SPKR O #DASP I/O
46 BVD1 O #STSCHG O #PDIAG I/O
47 D8 I/O D8 I/O D8 I/O
48 D9 I/O D9 I/O D9 I/O
49 D10 I/O D10 I/O D10 I/O
50 GND - GND - GND -
1.
The signal should be t
ied to VCC by the host.
2. Connection required when UDMA is in use.
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4. Product Specifications
4.1 Capacity
Capacity specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) is available as shown in Table 4-1. It lists
the specific capacity and the default numbers of heads, sectors and cylinders for each product line.
Table 4-1: Capacity specifications
Capacity Total bytes
1,2
Cylinders Heads Sectors Max LBA
128 MB 128,450,560 980 8 32 250,880
256 MB 256,901,120 980 16 32 501,760
512 MB 512,483,328 993 16 63 1,000,944
1GB 1,024,966,656 1,986 16 63 2,001,888
2GB 2,048,901,120 3,970 16 63 4,001,760
4GB 4,110,188,544 7,964 16 63 8,027,712
8GB 8,195,604,480 15,880 16 63 16,007,040
16GB 16,391,208,960 16,383
3
16 63 32,014,080
Notes:
Display of total bytes varies from operating systems.
Cylinders, heads or sectors are not applicable for these capacities. Only LBA addressing applies
Notes: 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes; 1 sector = 512 bytes.
LBA count addressed in the table above indicates total user storage capacity and will remain the same throughout the lifespan of the
device. However, the total usable capacity of the SSD is most likely to be less than the total physical capacity because a small portion
of the capacity is reserved for device maintenance usages.
4.2 Performance Specification
Performances of the CF cards are listed in Table 4-2
Table 4-2: Performance specifications
Capacity
Performance
128 MB 256 MB 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB 8 GB 16 GB
Sustained
read (MB/s)
17 29 19 21 20 21 21 20
Sustained
write (MB/s)
4 8 7 12 11 11 13 15
Notes: performance may vary depending on flash configurations or host system settings.
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4.3 Environmental Specifications
Environmental specification of the Compact Flash Card series (CFC) follows the MIL-STD-810F
standards as shown in Table 4-3.
Table 4-3: Environmental specifications
Environment Specification
Operation C to 70°C; -40°C to 85°C (Extended Temperature)
Temperature Storage -40°C to 100°C
Vibration (Non-Operation) Sine wave : 10~2000Hz, 15G (X, Y, Z axes)
Shock (Non-Operation) Half sine wave 1,500G (X, Y, Z ; All 6 axes)
4.5 Endurance
The endurance of a storage device is predicted by TeraBytes Written based on several factors related to
usage, such as the amount of data written into the drive, block management conditions, and daily
workload for the drive. Thus, key factors, such as Write Amplifications and the number of P/E cycles, can
influence the lifespan of the drive.
Capacity TeraBytes Written
128 MB 3.3
256 MB 6.7
512 MB 12.9
1 GB 25.6
2 GB 38.4
4 GB 51.9
8 GB 69.8
16 GB 115.0
Notes:
The measurement assumes the data written to the SSD for test is under a typical and constant rate.
The measurement follows the standard metric: 1 TB (Terabyte) = 1000 GB.
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5. Flash Management
5.1. Advanced wear-leveling algorithms
Flash memory devices differ from Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) in terms of how blocks are utilized. For HDDs,
when a change is made to stored data, like erase or update, the controller mechanism on HDDs will
perform overwrites on blocks. Unlike HDDs, flash blocks cannot be overwritten and each P/E cycle wears
down the lifespan of blocks gradually. Repeatedly program/erase cycles performed on the same memory
cells will eventually cause some blocks to age faster than others. This would bring flash storages to their
end of service term sooner. Wear leveling is an important mechanism that level out the wearing of blocks
so that the wearing-down of blocks can be almost evenly distributed. This will increase the lifespan of
SSDs. Commonly used wear leveling types are Static and Dynamic.
5.2 S.M.A.R.T. technology
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, an open standard
allowing disk drives to automatically monitor their own health and report potential problems. It protects the
user from unscheduled downtime by monitoring and storing critical drive performance and calibration
parameters. Ideally, this should allow taking proactive actions to prevent impending drive failure. Apacer
SMART feature adopts the standard SMART command B0h to read data from the drive. When the Apacer
SMART Utility running on the host, it analyzes and reports the disk status to the host before the device is
in critical condition.
5.3 Built-in hardware ECC
The ATA-Disk Module uses BCH Error Detection Code (EDC) and Error Correction Code (ECC)
algorithms which correct up to eight random single-bit errors for each 512-byte block of data. High
performance is fulfilled through hardware-based error detection and correction.
5.4 Flash block management
Current production technology is unable to guarantee total reliability of NAND flash memory array. When
a flash memory device leaves factory, it comes with a minimal number of initial bad blocks during
production or out-of-factory as there is no currently known technology that produce flash chips free of bad
blocks. In addition, bad blocks may develop during program/erase cycles. When host performs
program/erase command on a block, bad block may appear in Status Register. Since bad blocks are
inevitable, the solution is to keep them in control. Apacer flash devices are programmed with ECC, block
mapping technique and S.M.A.R.T to reduce invalidity or error. Once bad blocks are detected, data in
those blocks will be transferred to free blocks and error will be corrected by designated algorithms.
5.5 Power Failure Management
Power Failure Management plays a crucial role when experiencing unstable power supply. Power
disruption may occur when users are storing data into the SSD. In this urgent situation, the controller
would run multiple write-to-flash cycles to store the metadata for later block rebuilding. This urgent
operation requires about several milliseconds to get it done. At the next power up, the firmware will
perform a status tracking to retrieve the mapping table and resume previously programmed NAND blocks
to check if there is any incompleteness of transmission.
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6. Software Interface
6.1 Command Set
Table 6-1 summarizes the command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual
commands and the task file for each.
Table 6-1: Command set (1 of 2)
Command Code
Check-Power-Mode E5H or 98H
Execute-Drive-Diagnostic 90H
Erase Sector(s) C0H
Flush-Cache E7H
Format Track 50H
Identify-Drive ECH
Idle E3H or 97H
Idle-Immediate E1H or 95H
Initialize-Drive-Parameters 91H
NOP 00H
Read-Buffer E4H
Read-DMA C8H or C9H
Read-Multiple C4H
Read-Sector(s) 20H or 21H
Read-Verify-Sector(s) 40H or 41H
Recalibrate 1XH
Request-Sense 03H
Seek 7XH
Set-Features EFH
SMART B0H
Set-Multiple-Mode C6H
Set-Sleep-Mode E6H or 99H
Standby E2H or 96H
Standby-lmmediate E0H or 94H
Translate-Sector 87H
Write-Buffer E8H
Write-DMA CAH or CBH
Write-Multiple C5H
Write-Multiple-Without-Erase CDH
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Write-Sector(s) 30H or 31H
Write-Sector-Without-Erase 38H
Write-Verify 3CH
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7. Electrical Specification
Caution: Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings Applied conditions greater than those listed under
“Absolute Maximum Stress Ratings” may cause permanent damage to the device. This is a stress rating
only and functional operation of the device at these conditions or conditions greater than those defined in
the operational sections of this data sheet is not implied. Exposure to absolute maximum stress rating
conditions may affect device reliability.
Table 7-1: Operating range
Standard Operating Temperature
C to +70°C
Extended Operating Temperature
-40°C to +85°C
5
5% (
4.75-5.25V)
Supply voltage
3.3V
± 5% (
3.135-3.465V)
Table 7-2: Absolute maximum power pin stress ratings
Parameter Symbol Conditions
Input Power V
DD
-0.3V min. to 6.5V max.
Voltage on any pin except V
DD
with respect to GND V -0.5V min. to VDD + 0.5V max.
Table 7-3: Recommended system power-up timing
Symbol Parameter Typical Maximum Units
T
PU-READY1
Power-up to Ready Operation 200 1000 ms
T
PU-WRITE1
Power-up to Write Operation 200 1000 ms
1. This parameter is measured only for initial qualification and after a design or process change that could affect this parameter.
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8. Physical Characteristics
8.1 Dimension
TABLE 8-1: Type I CFC physical specification
Length:
36.40 +/- 0.15mm (1.433+/- 0.06 in.)
Width:
42.80 +/- 0.10mm (1.685+/- 0.04 in.)
Thickness (Including Label Area):
3.3mm+/-0.10mm (0.130+/-0.04in.)
FIGURE 8-1: Physical dimension
Unit: mm
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9. Product Ordering Information
9.1 Product Code Designations
A P – C F x x x x E 3 N R – XXXXXX Q
CFC Type
Capacity:
128M: 128MB
256M: 256MB
512M: 512MB
001G: 1GB
002G: 2GB
004G: 4GB
008G: 8GB
016G: 16GB
Model Name
Apacer Product Code
Configuration
N
: Standard
Specification
NR: Non-Removable Setting
NDNR: Non-DMA + Non-Removable
ETNR: Ext. Temp. + Non-Removable
ETNDNR: Ext. Temp + Non-DMA + Non-Removable
RoHS Compliant
Controller Type
Firmware
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9.2 Valid Combinations
Standard Temperature
Non-Removable
Capacity Model Number
128MB AP-CF128ME3NR-NRQ
256MB AP-CF256ME3NR-NRQ
512MB AP-CF512ME3NR-NRQ
1GB AP-CF001GE3NR-NRQ
2GB AP-CF002GE3NR-NRQ
4GB AP-CF004GE3NR-NRQ
8GB AP-CF008GE3NR-NRQ
16GB AP-CF016GE3NR-NRQ
Non-DMA & Non-Removable
Capacity Model Number
128MB AP-CF128ME3NR-NDNRQ
256MB AP-CF256ME3NR-NDNRQ
512MB AP-CF512ME3NR-NDNRQ
1GB AP-CF001GE3NR-NDNRQ
2GB AP-CF002GE3NR-NDNRQ
4GB AP-CF004GE3NR-NDNRQ
8GB AP-CF008GE3NR-NDNRQ
16GB AP-CF016GE3NR-NDNRQ
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Extended Temperature
Non-Removable
Capacity Model Number
128MB AP-CF128ME3NR-ETNRQ
256MB AP-CF256ME3NR-ETNRQ
512MB AP-CF512ME3NR-ETNRQ
1GB AP-CF001GE3NR-ETNRQ
2GB AP-CF002GE3NR-ETNRQ
4GB AP-CF004GE3NR-ETNRQ
8GB AP-CF008GE3NR-ETNRQ
16GB AP-CF016GE3NR-ETNRQ
Non-DMA & Non-Removable
Capacity Model Number
128MB AP-CF128ME3NR-ETNDNRQ
256MB AP-CF256ME3NR-ETNDNRQ
512MB AP-CF512ME3NR-ETNDNRQ
1GB AP-CF001GE3NR-ETNDNRQ
2GB AP-CF002GE3NR-ETNDNRQ
4GB AP-CF004GE3NR-ETNDNRQ
8GB AP-CF008GE3NR-ETNDNRQ
16GB AP-CF016GE3NR-ETNDNRQ
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Revision History
Revision Date Description Remark
1.0 05/19/2011 Official release
1.1 08/11/2013
Updated performance and product ordering information due
to change in NAND flash use
Updated the address of Taiwan headquarter
Added endurance TBW section to replace MTBF
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Global Presence
Taiwan (Headquarters)
Apacer Technology Inc.
Apacer Technology Inc.
1F., No.32, Zhongcheng Rd., Tucheng Dist.,
New Taipei City 236, Taiwan R.O.C.
Tel: 886-2-2267-8000
Fax: 886-2-2267-2261
amtsales@apacer.com
U.S.A.
Apacer Memory America, Inc.
386 Fairview Way, Suite102,
Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: 1-408-518-8699
Fax: 1-408-935-9611
sa@apacerus.com
Japan
Apacer Technology Corp.
5F, Matsura Bldg., Shiba, Minato-Ku
Tokyo, 105-0014, Japan
Tel: 81-3-5419-2668
Fax: 81-3-5419-0018
jpservices@apacer.com
Europe
Apacer Technology B.V.
Science Park Eindhoven 5051 5692 EB Son,
The Netherlands
Tel: 31-40-267-0000
Fax: 31-40-267-0000#6199
sales@apacer.nl
China
Apacer Electronic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
1301, No.251,Xiaomuqiao Road, Shanghai,
200032, China
Tel: 86-21-5529-0222
Fax: 86-21-5206-6939
sales@apacer.com.cn
India
Apacer Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
# 535, 1st Floor, 8th cross, JP Nagar 3rd Phase,
Bangalore – 560078, India
Tel: 91-80-4152-9061
sales_india@apacer.com
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