M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers IDE 4000, Flash Disk User Manual

IDE 4000 Flash Disk

1.8" and 2.5"

Product Specification and User Manual

January 2005

34-PS-0304-00 Rev. 2.1

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REVISION HISTORY

Revision Date Description Reference

2.0 June 7, 2004 Added information for new 1.8” form factor --

2.1 January 2, 2004

VP Marketing, Embedded Division Ofer Tsur January 5, 2005

Updated available capacity information Section 1.2.8
Updated reliability information Section 1.2.9
Updated supported temperature ranges Sections 1.3.1, 9
Update CHS settings information Section 1.2.8

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Specifications........................................................................................................................5

1.1. Critical Item Definition....................................................................................................5

1.2. Characteristics................................................................................................................5

1.2.1. Interface Definition...........................................................................................................5

1.2.2. IDE Transfer Modes......................................................................................................... 5

1.2.3. Performance ....................................................................................................................5

1.2.4. Access Time ....................................................................................................................6

1.2.5. Seek Time........................................................................................................................6

1.2.6. Input Voltage.................................................................................................................... 6

1.2.7. Current Consumption.......................................................................................................6

1.2.8. Memory Capacity.............................................................................................................7

1.2.9. Endurance........................................................................................................................8

1.2.10. Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)............................................................................. 8

1.2.11. Physical Characteristics...................................................................................................8

1.3. Environmental Conditions............................................................................................11

1.3.1. Temperature ..................................................................................................................11

1.3.2. Altitude...........................................................................................................................12

1.3.3. Relative Humidity...........................................................................................................12

1.3.4. Shock.............................................................................................................................12

1.3.5. Vibration.........................................................................................................................12

1.3.6. Storage Life and Data Retention...................................................................................12

2. Drive Configuration.............................................................................................................13

3. Interface Connectors..........................................................................................................14

4. Supported IDE Commands.................................................................................................15

5. CE and FCC Compatibility..................................................................................................16

6. Label Information................................................................................................................17

7. Using the IDE 4000 Flash Disk...........................................................................................18

7.1. Unpacking the Drive.....................................................................................................18

7.2. Handling Instructions....................................................................................................18

7.3. Installing the Drive in a PC...........................................................................................18

7.4. Using the IDE 4000 in an MS-DOS-Based Platform....................................................19

7.5. Troubleshooting ...........................................................................................................19

7.6. How to Get Help...........................................................................................................20

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8. Warranty...............................................................................................................................21

9. Ordering Information..........................................................................................................22

How to Contact Us....................................................................................................................23

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1. SPECIFICATIONS

1.1. Critical Item Definition

The dimensions of the IDE 4000 flash disk enable mounting in a standard 2.5”or 1.8” disk drive
bay, as described in Section 1.2.11.

Note: The information written in this document refers to both IDE 4000 2.5” and 1.8” unless

otherwise stated.

1.2. Characteristics

1.2.1. Interface Definition

The IDE 4000 supports the commands listed in Section 4, in compliance with ATA4 standards.

1.2.2. IDE Transfer Modes

The IDE 4000 supports the following transfer modes:

• PIO modes 0 through 4

• DMA modes 0 through 2

1.2.3. Performance

The IDE 4000 complies with the performance requirements described in Table 1.

Table 1: IDE 4000 Transfer Rates

Operation Burst Rate (MB/sec) Sustained Rate (MB/sec)

Read 16.6 3.8
Write 16.6 3.4

Performance was measured on a system with the following configuration:

• Computer with ASUS P4T533-C motherboard and Intel 2.4 GHz processor

• Windows XP Professional operating system

• IDE transfer mode: Multiword DMA 2

• IDE 4000 disk capacity: 4GB

The HDTACH v2.61 benchmark utility was used to measure IDE 4000 performance. See
Figure 1 for measurement results.

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Figure 1: IDE 4000 Performance Results

1.2.4. Access Time

Standby to active (typical.): 0.1 msec

1.2.5. Seek Time

The IDE 4000 has no seek time, as it has no moving parts.

1.2.6. Input Voltage

The IDE 4000 input voltage is 3.3VDC to 5.0VDC.

1.2.7. Current Consumption

The current consumption at an input voltage of +5 VDC is described in Table 2.

Table 2: IDE 4000 Input Current Consumption with +5 VDC Input Voltage

Function/Mode Current (max) mA DC

Read 23.0
Write 23.0

Idle/Sleep 5.0

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The current consumption at an input voltage of +3.3 VDC is described in Table 3.

Table 3: IDE 4000 Input Current Consumption with +3.3VDC Input Voltage

Function/Mode Current (max) mA DC

Read 16.0
Write 16.0

Idle/Sleep < 1

1.2.8. Memory Capacity

As of software version 1.09, the changes listed in Table 4 apply to the CHS (Cylinder, Heads,
Sectors) settings for the IDE 4000, capacities 128MB to 512MB (there are no changes for other
capacities).

Table 4: CHS Settings for Low-Capacity IDE 4000

Capacity (MB)

128 993 500 8 16 32 32
256 998 1000 16 16 32 32
512 1015 1015 16 16 63 63

Cylinder Heads Sectors

V1.08 V1.09 V1.08 V1.09 V1.08 V1.09

Table 5 describes the different densities of the IDE 4000 (unformatted, in MB).

Table 5: IDE 4000 Flash Disk Capacities

Disk Capacity (MB) Disk Capacity (MB)

128 2048
256 2560
384 3072
512 3584
640 4096

768 5120
1024 6144
1280 7168
1536 8192
1792

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