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Revision History
• Revision 1—initial release.
• Revision 1.1—expanded definition of ID Read (2) Operation Timing Diagram.
• Revision 1.2—several minor edits throughout document.
• Revision 1.3—corrections to Table 1-8 and other minor edits.
• Revision 1.4—several minor edits throughout document.
• Revision 1.5—several minor edits throughout document.
4.5 Status Read ..................................................................................................................................... 33
4.6 Auto Page Program ....................................................................................................................... 34
4.7 Auto Block Erase............................................................................................................................ 35
4.8 Multi Block Program..................................................................................................................... 36
4.8.1 Internal Addressing in Relation with the Districts......................................................... 37
4.8.2 Address Input Restriction for the Multi Block Program Operation............................. 38
4.8.3 Operating Restriction During the Multi Block Program Operation............................. 38
4.9 Status Read Operation .................................................................................................................. 38
4.10 Multi District Block Erase............................................................................................................. 38
4.10.1 Internal Addressing in Relation with the Districts......................................................... 39
4.10.2 Address Input Restriction for the Multi District Block Erase Operation .................... 39
4.12 ID Read............................................................................................................................................ 41
5.0 Application Notes and Comments.............................................................................. 43
5.1 Prohibition of Unspecified Commands ...................................................................................... 43
5.2 Restriction of Commands While in Busy State.......................................................................... 43
5.3 Pointer Control for 00H, 01H and 50H ....................................................................................... 43
5.4 Acceptable Commands After Serial Input Command 80H ..................................................... 44
5.5 Status Read During a Read Operation........................................................................................ 45
The SanDisk SmartMedia Card is a 3.3-V 512-Mbit (553,648,128) NAND Electrically Erasable and
Programmable Read-Only Memory (NAND E
2
PROM) device, organized as 528 bytes X 32 pages X 4096
blocks. This device has a 528-byte static register which allows program and read data to be transferred
between the register and the memory cell array in 528-byte increments. The Erase operation is
implemented in a single block unit (16 Kbytes + 512 bytes: 528 bytes X 32 pages).
The SanDisk SmartMedia Card is a serial-type memory device which uses the I/O pins for both address
and data input and output as well as for command inputs. The Erase and Program operations are
automatically executed making the device ideal for applications such as solid-state file storage, voice
recording, image storage for digital cameras and other systems which require high-density non-volatile
memory data storage. The data stored in the SmartMedia Card needs to comply with the data format
standardized by the SSFDC Forum in order to maintain compatibility with other SmartMedia
TM
systems.
1.1 Features
• Organization
- Memory cell array 528 × 128K × 8
- Data Register 528 × 8
- Page size 528 bytes
- Block size (16K + 512) bytes
• Modes
- Read, Reset, Auto Page Program
- Auto Block Erase, Status Read
- Multi Block Program, Multi Block Erase
• Mode Control
- Serial Input/Output
- Command control
TM
• Complies with the SmartMedia
SSFDC Forum (SmartMedia Card).