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Figure 3. Drive mounting dimensions—top, end, and side view . . 19
Figure 4. I/O pins and supported ATA signals . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Introduction
The Medalist
• Low power consumption
• Quiet operation
• S uppor t for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting
• High instantaneous (burst) data-transfer rates (up to 16.6 Mbytes per
second) using PIO mode 4 and DMA mode 2
• Full-track multisector transfer capability without local processor intervention
• 128-Kbyte adaptive multisegmented cache
• S tat e- of-the-ar t cache and on-the-fly error-correction algor ithms
• Support for Read/Write Multiple commands
• S upport for autodetection of master/slave drives using cable select
(CSEL)
1277 (ST31277A) provides the following key features:
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Specification summary table
The specifications listed in this table are for quick reference. For details
on specification measurement or definit ion, see the appropriate section
of this manual.
Dr ive Specificat ionST31277A
Guaranteed Mby te s (×106 bytes)
Guaranteed sectors2,501,856
Bytes per sector512
Default sectors per track63
Default read/write heads16
Default cylinders2,482
Physical read/wr ite he ads4
Discs2
Recording densit y (bit s/ i nch m ax)108,770
Track density (tracks/inch)5,104
Areal density (Mbit s/ in ch
Spindle speed (RPM)4,500
Internal data-transfer rate (Mbits/sec max)88
I/O data-transfer rate (Mbytes/sec max)16.6
A TA data-tr ansf er mo des supportedPIO modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4;
Cache buffer (Kby te s)128
Height (mm max)26.16
Width (mm max)102.36
Length (mm max)146.94
Weight (grams typ ical )544.3
Track-to- tr ack seek t i me (msec t ypical)2 (seek), 2.5 (read) , 3.5 ( writ e)
Average see k time (m se c ty pi cal)12 (seek), 12.5 (read ), 14. 5 (wr i te )
Full-stroke seek t ime ( ms ec typi cal )23.5 (seek), 24 (read ), 25 (wr i te )
Average latency (msec)6.67
Power-on to ready (sec typical)9
Standby to ready (sec typical)9
2
)553
Multiword DMA modes 0, 1, 2
1,280
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Dr ive Specificat ionST31277A
Startup current: 12V (peak)
5V (RMS)
1.4 amps
0.5 amps
Seek power and curren t (me an)4.9 watts
Read/Writ e power and current (typical)4.6 watts
Idle mode power and current (typical)4.0 watts
Standby mode power and current (typical)1.0 watts
Sleep mode power an d cur ren t (typi cal)0.7 watts
Voltage tolerance (including noise)
±
5%
Ambient temperatur e (°C)5 to 55 (op.), –40 to 60 (nonop. )
Temperature gradient (°C per hour max)20
Relative humidity (op. and nonop.)8% to 80%
Relative humidity grad ie nt10% per hour max
Wet bulb temper at ur e (°C max)29 (op.), 40 (nonop. )
Altitude (meters ab ove m ean sea level,
max)
–61 to 3,048 (op.)
–61 to 12,192 (nonop. )
Shock, operating (G s ma x at 11 msec)5
Shock, nonope rating ( G s ma x at 11 msec)75
Vibration, oper ati ng0.020 in. (peak to peak, 5–22 Hz)
0.50 G (0 to peak, 22–400 Hz)
Vibration, nono per at in g0.081 in. (peak to peak , 5– 22 Hz)