Transcend Information TS32M-1GCF80 User Manual

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1. Description

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1.1 Feature

80X CompactFlash Card

The Transcend CF 80X is a High Speed Compact

Flash Card with high quality Flash Memory assembled

on a printed circuit board.

Placement

• RoHS compliant products

• Compliant with CompactFlash® specification V3.0

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Single Power Supply: 5V ± 10% / 3.3V ± 5%

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Compliant to CompactFlash, PCMCIA, and ATA

standards

Support PIO mode 0 to PIO mode 6

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Support Multi-Word DMA mode 0 to Multi-Word DMA

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mode 4 (Series of –P only supports PIO mode 0 to mode 4, please see Ordering Information)

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True IDE Mode: Fixed Disk (Standard)

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PC Card Mode: Removable Disk (Standard)

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Operating Temperature: -25oC to 85oC

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Storage Temperature: -40oC to 85oC

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Hardware RS-code ECC

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Support Wear-Leveling to extend product life

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Durability of Connector: 10,000 times

1.2 Dimensions

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Side Millimeters Inches

A 36.40 ± 0.150 1.43 ± 0.005

B 42.80 ± 0.100 1.69 ± 0.004

C 3.30 ± 0.100 0.13 ± 0.004

D 0.63 ± 0.070 0.02 ± 0.003

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1.3 Ordering Information

Part Number Mode Description Transfer mode

CF80

TS32M~1GCF80

TS32M~1GCF80-P

True IDE mode

PCMCIA mode Non-DMA Removable Disk

True IDE mode PCMCIA mode Non-DMA Removable Disk

DMA Fixed Disk Multiword DMA mode 0~4, PIO mode 0~6

N/A

Non-DMA Fixed Disk PIO mode 0~4

N/A

1.4 CHS and Capacity

Product Name Cylinder Head Sector Capacity

TS32MCF80 62 16 63 29.9MB

TS64MCF80 125 16 63 60.8MB

TS128MCF80 246 16 63 120MB

TS256MCF80 500 16 63 245MB

TS512MCF80 989 16 63 486MB

TS1GCF80 1978 16 63 972MB

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2.Product Specification

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2.1 Compactflash Card Specification

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2.2 Block Diagram

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3. Electrical Interface

3.1 Pin Assignment and Pin Type

PC Card Memory Mode

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1 GND

2 D03 I/O I1Z, OZ3 2 D03 I/O I1Z, OZ3

3 D04 I/O I1Z, OZ3 3 D04 I/O I1Z, OZ3

4 D05 I/O I1Z, OZ3 4 D05 I/O I1Z, OZ3

5 D06 I/O I1Z, OZ3 5 D06 I/O I1Z, OZ3

6 D07 I/O I1Z, OZ3 6 D07 I/O I1Z, OZ3

7 -CE1 I I3U 7 -CE1 I I3U 7 -CS0 I I3Z

8 A10 I I1Z 8 A10 I I1Z 8 A102 I I1Z

9 -OE I I3U 9 -OE I I3U 9 -ATA SEL

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Signal Name

Type

A09 I I1Z 10 A09 I I1Z 10 A092 I I1Z

A08 I I1Z 11 A08 I I1Z 11 A082 I I1Z

A07 I I1Z 12 A07 I I1Z 12 A072 I I1Z

VCC

A06 I I1Z 14 A06 I I1Z 14 A062 I I1Z

A05 I I1Z 15 A05 I I1Z 15 A052 I I1Z

A04 I I1Z 16 A04 I I1Z 16 A042 I I1Z

A03 I I1Z 17 A03 I I1Z 17 A032 I I1Z

A02 I I1Z 18 A02 I I1Z 18 A02 I I1Z

A01 I I1Z 19 A01 I I1Z 19 A01 I I1Z

A00 I I1Z 20 A00 I I1Z 20 A00 I I1Z

D00 I/O I1Z, OZ3 21 D00 I/O I1Z, OZ3 21 D00 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D01 I/O I1Z, OZ3 22 D01 I/O I1Z, OZ3 22 D01 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D02 I/O I1Z, OZ3 23 D02 I/O I1Z, OZ3 23 D02 I/O I1Z, OZ3

WP O OT3 24 -IOIS16

-CD2 O Ground 25 -CD2 O Ground

-CD1 O Ground 26 -CD1 O Ground

D111 I/O I1Z, OZ3 27 D111 I/O I1Z, OZ3 27 D111 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D121 I/O I1Z, OZ3 28 D121 I/O I1Z, OZ3 28 D121 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D131 I/O I1Z, OZ3 29 D131 I/O I1Z, OZ3 29 D131 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D141 I/O I1Z, OZ3 30 D141 I/O I1Z, OZ3 30 D141 I/O I1Z, OZ3

D151 I/O I1Z, OZ3 31 D151 I/O I1Z, OZ3 31 D151 I/O I1Z, OZ3

-CE21 I I3U 32 -CE21 I I3U 32 -CS11 I I3Z

In, Out Type Pin Num

Ground 1 GND

Power 13 VCC

PC Card I/O Mode

Signal Name

Type

O OT3 24 -IOCS16

In, Out

Ground

Power

Type

True IDE Mode

Num

1 GND

2 D03 I/O I1Z, OZ3

3 D04 I/O I1Z, OZ3

4 D05 I/O I1Z, OZ3

5 D06 I/O I1Z, OZ3

6 D07 I/O I1Z, OZ3

13 VCC

25 -CD2 O Ground

26 -CD1 O Ground

Signal Name

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Type

O ON3

In, Out

Type

Ground

I I3U

Power

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Signal Name

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Type

In, Out

Type

Num

True IDE Mode

Signal Name

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In, Out

Type

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-VS1 O Ground 33 -VS1 O Ground 33 -VS1 O Ground

-IORD I I3U 34 -IORD I I3U 34 -IORD I I3Z

-IOWR I I3U 35 -IOWR I I3U 35 -IOWR I I3Z

-WE I I3U 36 -WE I I3U 36 -WE3 I I3U

READY O OT1 37 -IREQ O OT1 37 INTRQ O OZ1

VCC Power 38 VCC Power 38 VCC Power

-CSEL5 I I2Z 39 -CSEL5 I I2Z 39 -CSEL I I2U

-VS2 O OPEN 40 -VS2 O OPEN 40 -VS2 O OPEN

RESET I I2Z 41 RESET I I2Z 41 -RESET I I2Z

-WAIT O OT1 42 -WAIT O OT1 42 IORDY O ON1

-INPACK O OT1 43 -INPACK O OT1 43 DMARQ O OZ1

-REG I I3U 44 -REG I I3U 44 -DMACK 6 I I3U

BVD2 O OT1 45 -SPKR O OT1 45 -DASP I/O I1U, ON1

BVD1 O OT1 46 -STSCHG O OT1 46 -PDIAG I/O I1U, ON1

D081 I/O

D091 I/O

D101 I/O

GND Ground 50 GND Ground 50 GND Ground

I1Z,

OZ3

I1Z,

OZ3

I1Z,

OZ3

47 D081 I/O

48 D091 I/O

49 D101 I/O

I1Z,

OZ3

I1Z,

OZ3

I1Z,

OZ3

47 D081 I/O I1Z, OZ3

48 D091 I/O I1Z, OZ3

49 D101 I/O I1Z, OZ3

Note:

1) These signals are required only for 16 bit accesses and not required when installed in 8 bit systems. Devices

should allow for 3-state signals not to consume current.

2) The signal should be grounded by the host.

3) The signal should be tied to VCC by the host.

4) The mode is required for CompactFlash Storage Cards.

5) The -CSEL signal is ignored by the card in PC Card modes. However, because it is not pulled upon the card in these modes, it should not be left floating by the host in PC Card modes. In these modes, the pin should be connected by the host to PC Card A25 or grounded by the host.

6) If DMA operations are not used, the signal should be held high or tied to VCC by the host. For proper operation in older hosts: while DMA operations are not active, the card shall ignore this signal,including a floating condition

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select the following:

ess registers within the CompactFlash Storage Card,

configuration control and status

READY and Write

Present signal in

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3.2 Signal Description

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Signal Name

A10 – A00 (PC Card Memory Mode)

A10 – A00 (PC Card I/O Mode)

A02 - A00 (True IDE Mode)

BVD1 (PC Card Memory Mode)

-STSCHG

(PC Card I/O Mode) Status Changed

-PDIAG

(True IDE Mode)

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I/O

8,10,11,12,

14,15,16,17,

18,19,20

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Description

These address lines along with the -REG signal are used to The I/O port address registers within the CompactFlash Storage Card , the memory mapped port addr a byte in the card's information structure and its registers.

This signal is the same as the PC Card Memory Mode signal.

In True IDE Mode, only A[02:00] are used to select the one of eight registers in the Task File, the remaining address lines should be grounded by the host.

This signal is asserted high, as BVD1 is not supported.

This signal is asserted low to alert the host to changes in the Protect states, while the I/O interface is configured. Its use is controlled by the Card Config and Status Register.

In the True IDE Mode, this input / output is the Pass Diagnostic signal in the Master / Slave handshake protocol.

BVD2 (PC Card Memory Mode)

-SPKR

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-DASP

(True IDE Mode)

I/O

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This signal is asserted high, as BVD2 is not supported.

This line is the Binary Audio output from the card. If the Card does not support the Binary Audio function, this line should be held negated.

In the True IDE Mode, this input/output is the Disk Active/Slave the Master/Slave handshake protocol.

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indicate to the card

the host to PC

a Master or a

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-CD1, -CD2

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-CD1, -CD2

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-CD1, -CD2

(True IDE Mode)

Signal Name

-CE1, -CE2

(PC Card Memory Mode) Card Enable

-CE1, -CE2

(PC Card I/O Mode) Card Enable

-CS0, -CS1

(True IDE Mode)

Dir.

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These Card Detect pins are connected to ground on the Card. They are used by the host to determine that the CompactFlash Storage Card is fully inserted into its socket.

This signal is the same for all modes.

These input signals are used both to select the card and to whether a byte or a word operation is being performed. -CE2 always accesses the odd byte of the word.-CE1 accesses the even byte or the Odd byte of the word depending on A0 and -CE2. A multiplexing scheme based on A0,-CE1,

-CE2 allows 8 bit hosts to access all data on D0-D7. See Table 27, Table 29, Table 31, Table 35, Table 36 and Table 37.

This signal is the same as the PC Card Memory Mode signal.

In the True IDE Mode, -CS0 is the address range select for the task file registers while -CS1 is used to select the Alternate Status Register and the Device Control Register.

Description

-CSEL

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-CSEL

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-CSEL

(True IDE Mode)

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While –DMACK is asserted, -CS0 and –CS1 shall be held negated and the width of the transfers shall be 16 bits.

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This signal is not used for this mode, but should be connected by Card A25 or grounded by the host.

This internally pulled up signal is used to configure this device as Slave when configured in the True IDE Mode.

When this pin is grounded, this device is configured as a Master.

When the pin is open, this device is configured as a Slave.

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Byte of the Word. D08 is the LSB

on the low order

of

transfers between host

device when it is ready to transfer data to

handshake manner with

output signal is not

, the BIOS must report

this does not prevent proper operation in any

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D15 - D00 (PC Card I/O Mode)

D15 - D00 (True IDE Mode)

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6,5,4,3,2,

23, 22, 21

These lines carry the Data, Commands and Status information and the controller. D00 is the LSB of the Even of the Odd Byte of the Word.

This signal is the same as the PC Card Memory Mode signal.

In True IDE Mode, all Task File operations occur in byte mode bus D[7:0] while all data transfers are 16 bit using D[15:0].

80X CompactFlash Card

GND (PC Card Memory Mode)

GND (PC Card I/O Mode)

GND (True IDE Mode)

Signal Name

-INPACK

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-INPACK

(PC Card I/O Mode) Input Acknowledge

DMARQ (True IDE Mode)

Dir.

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Ground.

This signal is the same for all modes.

The Input Acknowledge signal is asserted by the CompactFlash Storage Card when the card is selected and responding to an I/O read cycle at the address that is on the address bus. This signal is used by the host to control the enable any input data buffers between the CompactFlash Storage Card and the CPU.

This signal is a DMA Request that is used for DMA data and device. It shall be asserted by the or from the host. For Multiword DMA transfers, the direction of data transfer is controlled by -IORD and -IOWR. This signal is used in a

-DMACK, i.e., the device shall wait until the host asserts -DMACK before negating DMARQ, and reasserting DMARQ if there is more data to transfer.

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DMARQ shall not be driven when the device is not selected.

While a DMA operation is in progress, -CS0 and –CS1 shall be held negated and the width of the transfers shall be 16 bits.

If there is no hardware support for DMA mode in the host, this used and should not be connected at the host. In this case that DMA mode is not supported by the host so that device drivers will not attempt DMA mode.

A host that does not support DMA mode and implements both PCMCIA and True-IDE modes of operation need not alter the PCMCIA mode connections while in True-IDE mode as long as mode.

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Card when the card is configured to use

operation and is held low when the card is

shall not cause the READY signal to remain continuously in

Interrupt Request. This line is

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(PC Card Memory Mode)

-IORD

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-IORD

(True IDE Mode )

-IOWR

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-IOWR

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-IOWR

(True IDE Mode)

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This is an I/O Read strobe generated by the host. This signal the bus from the CompactFlash Storage the I/O interface.

In True IDE Mode, this signal has the same function as in PC Card I/O Mode.

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This signal is not used in this mode.

The I/O Write strobe pulse is used to clock I/O data on the Card Data bus into the CompactFlash Storage Card controller registers when the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured to use the I/O interface. The clocking shall occur on the negative to positive edge of the signal (trailing edge).

In True IDE Mode, this signal has the same function as in PC Card I/O Mode.

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Description

-OE

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-OE

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-ATA SEL

(True IDE Mode)

READY (PC Card Memory Mode)

-IREQ

(PC Card I/O Mode)

INTRQ (True IDE Mode)

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This is an Output Enable strobe generated by the host interface. It is used to read data from the CompactFlash Storage Card in Memory Mode and to read the CIS and configuration registers.

In PC Card I/O Mode, this signal is used to read the CIS and configuration registers.

To enable True IDE Mode this input should be grounded by the host.

In Memory Mode, this signal is set high when the CompactFlash Storage Card is ready to accept a new data transfer busy.

At power up and at Reset, the READY signal is held low (busy) until the CompactFlash Storage Card has completed its power up or reset function. No access of any type should be made to the CompactFlash Storage Card during this time.

Note, however, that when a card is powered up and used with RESET continuously disconnected or asserted, the Reset function of the RESET pin is disabled. Consequently, the continuous assertion of RESET from the application of power the busy state.

I/O Operation – After the CompactFlash Storage Card Card has been configured for I/O operation, this signal is used as strobed low to generate a pulse mode interrupt or held low for a level mode interrupt.

In True IDE Mode signal is the active high Interrupt Request to the host.

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DMACK signal,

RESET pin is high with the

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(PC Card Memory Mode) Attribute Memory Select

-REG

(PC Card I/O Mode)

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This signal is used during Memory Cycles to distinguish between Common Memory and Register (Attribute) Memory accesses. Low for Attribute Memory.

The signal shall also be active (low) during I/O Cycles when the I/O address is on the Bus.

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-DMACK

(True IDE Mode)

Signal Name

RESET (PC Card Memory Mode)

RESET (PC Card I/O Mode)

-RESET

(True IDE Mode)

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This is a DMA Acknowledge signal that is asserted by the host in response to

DMARQ to initiate DMA transfers.

While DMA operations are not active, the card shall ignore the including a floating condition.

If DMA operation is not supported by a True IDE Mode only host, this signal should be driven high or connected to VCC by the host.

A host that does not support DMA mode and implements both PCMCIA and True-IDE modes of operation need not alter the PCMCIA mode connections while in True-IDE mode as long as this does not prevent proper operation all modes.

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following important exception:

The host may leave the RESET pin open or keep it continually high from the application of power without causing a continuous Reset of the card. Under either of these conditions, the card shall emerge from power-up having completed an initial Reset.

The CompactFlash Storage Card is also Reset when the Soft Reset bit in the Card Configuration Option Register is set.

This signal is the same as the PC Card Memory Mode signal.

In the True IDE Mode, this input pin is the active low hardware reset from the host.

Description

VCC (PC Card Memory Mode)

VCC (PC Card I/O Mode)

VCC (True IDE Mode)

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This signal is the same for all modes.

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Card to signal the

write data to the

registers of the CompactFlash Storage Card when the card is configured in the

connected to VCC

does not have a write protect

IOIS16) function. A

that a 16 bit or odd byte only operation can be performed at

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-VS1

-VS2

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-VS1

-VS2

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-VS1

-VS2

(True IDE Mode)

-WAIT

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-WAIT

(PC Card I/O Mode)

IORDY (True IDE Mode)

Signal Name

-WE

(PC Card Memory Mode)

-WE

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-WE

(True IDE Mode) WP (PC Card Memory Mode)

Write Protect

-IOIS16

(PC Card I/O Mode)

-IOCS16

(True IDE Mode)

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42 The -WAIT signal is driven low by the CompactFlash Storage

36 This is a signal driven by the host and used for strobing memory

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Voltage Sense Signals. -VS1 is grounded on the Card and sensed by the Host so that the CompactFlash Storage Card CIS can be read at 3.3 volts and reserved by PCMCIA for a secondary voltage and is not connected on the Card.

This signal is the same for all modes.

host to delay completion of a memory or I/O cycle that is in progress.

This signal is the same as the PC Card Memory Mode signal.

In True IDE Mode, except in Ultra DMA modes, this output signal may be used as IORDY.

memory interface mode. It is also used for writing the configuration registers.

In PC Card I/O Mode, this signal is used for writing the configuration registers.

In True IDE Mode, this input signal is not used and should be by the host. Memory Mode – The CompactFlash Storage Card

switch. This signal is held low after the completion of the reset initialization sequence.

I/O Operation – When the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured for I/O Operation Pin 24 is used for the -I/O Selected is 16 Bit Port (Low signal indicates the addressed port.

In True IDE Mode this output signal is asserted low when this a word data transfer cycle.

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3.3 Electrical Specification

The following tables indicate all D.C. Characteristics for the CompactFlash Storage Card. Unless otherwise stated,

conditions are:

Vcc = 5V ±10%

Vcc = 3.3V ± 5%

Absolute Maximum Conditions

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3.3.2 Input Characteristics

3.3.2.1 CompactFlash interface I/O at 5.0V

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit Remark

Supply Voltage VCC 4.5 5.5 V

High level output voltage VOH VCC-0.8

Low level output voltage VOL 0.8 V

High level input voltage VIH

Low level input voltage VIL

Pull up resistance2 RPU 52.54 86.56 kOhm

Pull down resistance RPD 63 244 kOhm

V

4.0 V Non-schmitt trigger

2.6 V Schmitt trigger1

0.8 V Non-schmitt trigger

1.79 V Schmitt trigger1

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3.3.2.2 CompactFlash interface I/O at 3.3V

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit Remark

Supply Voltage VCC 3.135 3.465 V

High level output voltage VOH VCC-0.8

Low level output voltage VOL 0.8 V

High level input voltage VIH

Low level input voltage VIL

Pull up resistance2 RPU 81.39 154.85 kOhm

Pull down resistance RPD 42 172 kOhm

3.3.2.3 The I/O pins other than CompactFlash interface

Parameter Symbol Min. Max. Unit Remark

Supply Voltage VCC 3.135 3.465

High level output voltage VOH 2.4 V

Low level output voltage VOL 0.4 V

High level input voltage VIH

Low level input voltage VIL

Pull up resistance RPU 40 kOhm

Pull down resistance RPD 40 kOhm

1. Include CE1,CE2 ,HREG ,HOE ,HIOE ,HWE ,HIOW pins.

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2.4 V Non-schmitt trigger

1.67 V Schmitt trigger1

0.6 V Non-schmitt trigger

1.07 V Schmitt trigger1

V

2.0 V Non-schmitt trigger

1.4 V Schmitt trigger

0.8 V Non-schmitt trigger

1.2 V Schmitt trigger

2. Include CE1,CE2 ,HREG ,HOE , HIOE ,HWE ,HIOW ,CSEL ,PDIAG ,DASP pins.

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3.3.3 Output Drive Type

3.3.4 Output Drive Characteristics

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Electrical specifications shall be maintained to ensure data reliability.

Item Signal Card10 Host

-CE1

-CE2

Control Signal

RESET

Status Signal

-INPACK

-REG

-IORD

-IOWR

-OE

-WE

READY

-WAIT WP

Pull-up to VCC 500 K shall be sufficient to keep inputs inactive

when the pins are not connected at the host.

Pull-up to VCC 500 KΩ ≧ R ≧ 50 KΩ.

Ω ≧ R≧

50 KΩ and

1

1,2

1,2,9,

Pull-up to VCC R ≧ 10 KΩ.

In PCMCIA PC Card modes Pull-up to V

R ≧ 10 KΩ.4

In True IDE mode, if DMA operation is supported by the host, Pull-down to

≧

5.6 KΩ.5

PC Card / True IDE hosts switch the pullto pull down in True IDE mode if DMA operation is supported.

The PC Card mode Pull-up may be left active during True IDE mode if True IDE DMA operation is not supported.

10

3

CC

Address

Data Bus D[15:00] Card Detect

Voltage Sense

Battery/Detect BVD[2:1]

Notes: 1) Control Signals: each card shall present a load to the socket no larger than 50 pF

2) Resistor is optional.

3) Status Signals: the socket shall present a load to the card no larger than 50 pF

and 100 μA high state, including pull-up resistor. The card shall be able to drive at least the following load

meeting all AC timing requirements: 50 pF at a DC current of 400 μA low state and 100 μA high state.

4) Status Signals: the socket shall present a load to the card no larger than 50 pF

and 100 μA high state, including pull-up resistor. The card shall be able to drive at least the following load

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-CSEL

-CD[2:1] Connected to GND in the card

-VS1

-VS2

state and 150 μA high state, including pull-resistor. The socket shall be able to drive at least the following load while meeting all AC timing requirements: (the number of sockets wired in parallel) multiplied by (50 pF with DC current 700 μA low state and 150 μA high state per socket).

1.

Pull-up to Vcc 10 KΩ ≦ R ≦100KΩ.

Pull-up R ≧ 50 KΩ.

10

at a DC current of 700 μA low

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at a DC current of 400 μA low state

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at a DC current of 400 μA low state

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5) Status Signals: the socket shall present a load to the card no larger than 50 pF

6) BVD2 was not defined in the JEIDA 3.0 release. Systems fully supporting JEIDA release 3 SRAM cards shall pull-up

7) Address Signals: each card shall present a load of no more than 100pF

8) Data Signals: the host and each card shall present a load no larger than 50pF

9) Reset Signal: This signal is pulled up to prevent the input from floating when a CFA to PCMCIA adapter is used in a

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meeting all AC timing requirements: 50 pF at a DC current of 400 μA low state and 100 μA high state.

and 100 μA high state, including pull-up resistor. The card shall be able to drive at least the following load

meeting all AC timing requirements: 50 pF at a DC current of 400 μA low state and 1100 μA high state.

pin 45 (BVD2) to avoid sensing their batteries as “Low.”

150μA high state. The host shall be able to drive at least the following load

requirements: (the number of sockets wired in parallel) multiplied by (100pF with DC current 450μA low state and

150μA high state per socket).

μ

A high state. The host and each card shall be able to drive at least the following load

timing requirements: 100pF with DC current 1.6mA low state and 300μA high state. This permits the host to wire two sockets in parallel without derating the card access speeds.

PCMCIA revision 1 host. However, to minimize DC current drain through the pull-up resistor in normal operation the pull-up should be turned off once the Reset signal has been actively driven low by the host. Consequently, the input is specified as an I2Z because the resistor is not necessarily detectable in the input current leakage test.

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10

at a DC current of 450μA low state and

10

while meeting all AC timing

10

at a DC current of 450μA and 150

10

while meeting all AC

10

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Figure: Attribute Memory Read Timing Diagram

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3.6 Configuration Register (Attribute Memory) Write Timing

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Figure: Configuration Register (Attribute Memory) Write Timing Diagram

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3.7 Common Memory Read Timing Specification

Cycle Time Mode:

Item

Output Enable Access Time ta(OE) tGLQV

Symbol

IEEE Symbol

Min

ns.

250 ns

Max

125

ns.

120 ns

Min

ns.

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Max

ns.

60

100 ns

Min

ns.

Max

ns.

50

80 ns

Min

ns.

Ma x ns.

45

Output Disable Time from OE tdis(OE) tGHQZ

Address Setup Time tsu(A) tAVGL 30

Address Hold Time th(A) tGHAX 20

CE Setup before OE tsu(CE) tELGL 0

CE Hold following OE th(CE) tGHEH 20

Wait Delay Falling from OE

Data Setup for Wait Release tv(WT) tQVWTH

Wait W idth Time

Notes:1) –WAIT is not supported in this mode.

2) The maximum load on -WAIT is 1 LSTTL with 50 pF (40pF below 120nsec Cycle Time) total load. All times are in nanoseconds. Dout signifies data provided by the CompactFlash Storage Card to the system. The -WAIT signal may be ignored if the -OE cycle to cycle time is greater than the W ait Width time. The Max Wait Width time can be determined from the Card Information Structure. The W ait Width time meets the PCMCIA PC Card specification of 12µs but is intentionally less in this specification.

2

tv(WT-OE )

tw(WT) tWTLWTH

tGLWTV

100

35

0

350

15

0

15

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35

0

350

10

15

0

15

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35

0

350

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10

45

na

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Cycle Time Mode: 250 ns

Item

Data Setup before WE tsu (D-WEH) tDVWH 80

Data Hold following WE th(D) tWMDX 30

WE Pulse Width tw(WE) tWLWH 150

Address Setup Time tsu(A) tAVWL 30

Symbol

IEEE Symbol

Min

Max

ns.

Min

ns.

50

15

70

15

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120 ns

Max

ns.

100 ns

Min

Max

ns.

40

10

60

10

80 ns

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Min

x

ns.

30

10

55

10

CE Setup before WE tsu(CE) tELWL 0

Write Recovery Time trec(WE) tWMAX 30

Address Hold Time th(A) tGHAX 20

CE Hold following WE th(CE) tGHEH 20

Wait Delay Falling from WE tv (WT-WE) tWLWTV

WE High from Wait Release tv(WT) tWTHWH 0

Wait Width Time

Notes: 1) –WAIT is not supported in this mode.

2) The maximum load on -WAIT is 1 LSTTL with 50 pF (40pF below 120nsec Cycle Time) total load. All times are in nanoseconds. Din signifies data provided by the system to the CompactFlash Storage Card. The -W AIT signal may be ignored if the -WE cycle to cycle time is greater than the Wait Width time. The Max Wait Width time can be determined from the Card Information Structure. The Wait Width time meets the PCMCIA PC Card specification of 12µs but is intentionally less in this specification.

2

tw (WT) tWTLWTH

35

350

0

15

35

0

350

0

15

0

35

350

15

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na

0

1

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3.9 I/O Input (Read) Timing Specification

Item

Data Delay after IORD td(IORD) tlGLQV

Data Hold following IORD th(IORD) tlGHQX 0

IORD Width Time tw(IORD) tlGLIGH 165

Address Setup before IORD tsuA(IORD) tAVIGL 70

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Cycle Time Mode: 250 ns

Symbol

IEEE

Symbol

Min

ns.

80X CompactFlash Card

Max

ns.

100

120 ns

Min

Max

ns.

5

70

25

ns.

50

100 ns

Min

Max

ns.

5

65

25

ns.

50

80 ns

Min

ns.

55

15

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x

ns.

45

5

Address Hold following IORD thA(IORD) tlGHAX 20

CE Setup before IORD tsuCE(IORD) tELIGL 5

CE Hold following IORD thCE(IORD) tlGHEH 20

REG Setup before IORD tsuREG (IORD) tRGLIGL 5

REG Hold following IORD thREG (IORD) tlGHRGH 0

INPACK Delay Falling from IORD3 tdfINPACK (IORD) tlGLIAL 0 45 0 na1 0 na1 0 na

INPACK Delay Rising from IORD3 tdrINPACK (IORD) tlGHIAH

IOIS16 Delay Falling from Address

IOIS16 Delay Rising from Address

Wait Delay Falling from IORD3 tdWT(IORD) tlGLWTL

Data Delay from Wait Rising3 td(WT) tWTHQV

Wait W idth Time3 tw(WT) tWTLWTH

3

tdfIOIS16 (ADR) tAVISL

3

tdrIOIS16 (ADR) tAVISH

350

45

35

0

10

5

10

5

0

na1 na1 na

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5

10

5

0

35 35 na

0 0 na

350

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3.10 I/O Output (Write) Timing Specification

Item

Data Setup before IOWR tsu(IOWR) tDVIWH 60

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Cycle Time Mode: 255 ns

Symbol

IEEE

Symbol

Min ns.

80X CompactFlash Card

Min

ns.

120 ns

Max ns.

Max

ns.

20 20 15

100 ns

Min

Max

ns.

Min

ns.

80 ns

Ma x ns.

Data Hold following IOWR th(IOWR) tlWHDX 30

IOWR Width Time tw(IOWR) tlWLIWH 165 70 65 55

Address Setup before IOW R tsuA(IOWR) tAVIWL 70

Address Hold following IOW R thA(IOWR) tlWHAX 20

CE Setup before IOWR tsuCE (IOWR) tELIW L 5

CE Hold following IOWR thCE (IOW R) tlWHEH 20

REG Setup before IOWR tsuREG (IOWR) tRGLIWL 5

REG Hold following IOWR thREG (IOWR) tlWHRGH 0

IOIS16 Delay Falling from Address3 tdfIOIS16 (ADR) tAVISL 35

IOIS16 Delay Rising from Address3 tdrIOIS16 (ADR) tAVISH 35

Wait Delay Falling from IOWR3 tdWT(IOWR) tlWLWTL

IOWR high from Wait high3 tdrIOWR (W T) tWTJIWH 0

Wait W idth Time3 tw(WT)

tWTLWT H

35

350 350

10 5 5

25 25 15

20 10 10

5 5 5

20 10 10

5 5 5

0 0 0

na1 na1

35 35 na2

0 0 na2

350

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3.11 True IDE PIO Mode Read/Write Timing Specification

t0 Cycle time (min) 600 383 240 180 120 100 80 1

Address Valid to -IORD/-IOWR

t1

setup (min)

t2 -IORD/-IOWR (min) 165 125 100 80 70 65 55 1

t2 -IORD/-IOWR (min) Register (8 bit) 290 290 290 80 70 65 55 1

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0 1

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2

Mode

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3

4

5 6

Note

t2i -IORD/-IOWR recovery time (min)

t3 -IOWR data setup (min) 60 45 30 30 20 20 15

t4 -IOWR data hold (min) 30 20 15 10 10 5 5

t5 -IORD data setup (min) 50 35 20 20 20 15 10

t6 -IORD data hold (min) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

T6Z -IORD data tristate (max) 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 2

Address valid to -IOCS16 assertion

t7

(max) Address valid to -IOCS16 released

t8

(max)

t9 -IORD/-IOWR to address valid hold 20 15 10 10 10 10 10

Read Data Valid to IORDY active

tRD

(min), if IORDY initially low after tA

tA IORDY Setup time 35 35 35 35 35 na

tB IORDY Pulse Width (max)

tC IORDY assertion to release (max) 5 5 5 5 5 na

Notes: All timings are in nanoseconds. The maximum load on -IOCS16 is 1 LSTTL with a 50 pF (40pF below 120nsec Cycle Time)

total load. All times are in nanoseconds. Minimum time from -IORDY high to -IORD high is 0 nsec, but minimum -IORD width shall still be met.

1) t0 is the minimum total cycle time, t2 is the minimum command active time, and t2i is the minimum command recovery time or command inactive time. The actual cycle time equals the sum of the actual command active time and the actual command inactive time. The three timing requirements of t0, t2, and t2i shall be met. The minimum total cycle time requirement is greater than the sum of t2 and t2i. This means a host implementation can lengthen either or both t2 or t2i to ensure that t0 is equal to or greater than the value reported in the device’s identify device data. A CompactFlash Storage Card implementation shall support any legal host implementation.

2) This parameter specifies the time from the negation edge of -IORD to the time that the data bus is no longer driven by the CompactFlash Storage Card (tri-state).

3) The delay from the activation of -IORD or -IOWR until the state of IORDY is first sampled. If IORDY is inactive then the host shall wait until IORDY is active before the PIO cycle can be completed. If the CompactFlash Storage Card is not driving IORDY negated at tA after the activation of -IORD or -IOWR, then t5 shall be met and tRD is not applicable. If the CompactFlash Storage Card is driving IORDY negated at the time tA after the activation of -IORD or -IOWR, then tRD shall be met and t5 is not applicable.

4) t7 and t8 apply only to modes 0, 1 and 2. For other modes, this signal is not valid.

5) IORDY is not supported in this mode.

- - - 70 25 25 20 1

90 50 40 n/a n/a n/a n/a 4

60 45 30 n/a n/a n/a n/a 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5

na5 3

125

1250 1250 1250 1250 na

0

5

na5

5

na

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3.12 True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Read/Write Timing Specification

The timing diagram for True IDE DMA mode of operation in this section is drawn using the conventions in the ATA-4 specification. Signals are shown with their asserted state as high regardless of whether the signal is actually negative or positive true. Consequently, the -IORD, the -IOWR and the -IOCS16 signals are shown in the diagram inverted from their electrical states on the bus.

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Item

O

t

Cycle time (min) 480 150 120 100 80 1

D

t

-IORD / -IOWR asserted width (min) 215 80 70 65 55 1

t

E

-IORD data access (max) 150 60 50 50 45

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t

-IORD data hold (min) 5 5 5 5 5

G

t

-IORD/-IOWR data setup (min) 100 30 20 15 10

H

t

-IOWR data hold (min) 20 15 10 5 5

I

t

DMACK to –IORD/-IOWR setup (min)

J

t

-IORD / -IOWR to -DMACK hold (min)

KR

t

-IORD negated width (min) 50 50 25 25 20 1

KW

t

-IOWR negated width (min) 215 50 25 25 20 1

LR

t

-IORD to DMARQ delay (max) 120 40 35 35 35

LW

t

-IOWR to DMARQ delay (max) 40 40 35 35 35

t

M

CS(1:0) valid to –IORD / -IOWR 50 30 25 10 5

t

N

CS(1:0) hold 15 10 10 10 10

t

Z

-DMACK 20 25 25 25 25

Mode 0

(ns)

0 0 0 0 0

20 5 5 5 5

Mode 1

(ns)

Mode 2

(ns)

Mode 3

(ns)

Mode 4

(ns)

Note

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4. Card Configuration

The CompactFlash Storage Cards is identified by appropriate information in the Card Information Structure (CIS). The following configuration registers are used to coordinate the I/O spaces and the Interrupt level of cards that are located in the system. In addition, these registers provide a method for accessing status information about the CompactFlash Storage Card that may be used to arbitrate between multiple interrupt sources on the same interrupt level or to replace status information that appears on dedicated pins in memory cards that have alternate use in I/O cards.

4.1 Multiple Function CompactFlash Storage Cards

-CE2 -CE1 -REG -OE -WE A10 A9 A8-A4 A3 A2 A1 A0

1 1 X X X X X

X 0 0 0 1 0 1

1 0 1 0 1 X X

0 1 1 0 1 X X

0 0 1 0 1 X X

X 0 0 1 0 0 1

1 0 1 1 0 X X

0 1 1 1 0 X X

0 0 1 1 0 X X

X 0 0 0 1 0 0

1 0 0 1 0 0 0

1 0 0 0 1 X X

1 0 0 1 0 X X

0 1 0 0 1 X X

0 1 0 1 0 X X

Table: CompactFlash Storage Card Registers and Memory Space Decoding

SELECTED SPACE

XX X X X X Standby and UDMA transfer

XX X X X 0 Configuration Registers Read

XX X X X X Common Memory Read (8 Bit D7-D0)

XX X X X X Common Memory Read (8 Bit D15-D8)

XX X X X 0 Common Memory Read (16 Bit D15-D0)

XX X X X 0 Configuration Registers Write

XX X X X X Common Memory Write (8 Bit D7-D0)

XX X X X X Common Memory Write (8 Bit D15-D8)

XX X X X 0 Common Memory Write (16 Bit D15-D0)

XX X X X 0 Card Information Structure Read

XX X X X 0 Invalid Access (CIS Write)

XX X X X 1 Invalid Access (Odd Attribute Read)

XX X X X 1 Invalid Access (Odd Attribute Write)

XX X X X X Invalid Access (Odd Attribute Read)

XX X X X X Invalid Access (Odd Attribute Write)

Table: CompactFlash Storage Card Configuration Registers Decoding

-CE2 -CE1 -REG -OE -WE A10 A9 A8-A4 A3 A2 A1 A0 SELECTED REGISTER

X 0 0 0 1 0 1 00 0 0 0 0 Configuration Option Reg Read

X 0 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 0 0 0 Configuration Option Reg Write

X 0 0 0 1 0 1 00 0 0 1 0 Card Status Register Read

X 0 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 0 1 0 Card Status Register Write

X 0 0 0 1 0 1 00 0 1 0 0 Pin Replacement Register Read

X 0 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 1 0 0 Pin Replacement Register Write

X 0 0 0 1 0 1 00 0 1 1 0 Socket and Copy Register Read

X 0 0 1 0 0 1 00 0 1 1 0 Socket and Copy Register W rite

Note: For CompactFlash Storage Cards, the location of the card configuration registers should always be read from the CIS since these locations may vary in future products.

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4.2 Attribute Memory Function

Attribute memory is a space where CompactFlash Storage Card identification and configuration information are stored, and is limited to 8 bit wide accesses only at even addresses. The card configuration registers are also located here. For CompactFlash Storage Cards, the base address of the Card configuration registers is 200h.

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Table: Attribute Memory Function

Function Mode

Standby Mode Don’t Care H H H X X X X X High Z High Z

Standby Mode No X H H X X X X X High Z High Z

UDMA Operation (see section

4.3.18: Ultra DMA Mode Read/Write Timing Specification)

Read Byte Access CIS ROM (8 bits)

Write Byte Access CIS (8 bits) (Invalid)

Read Byte Access Configuration CompactFlash Storage (8 bits)

Write Byte Access Configuration CompactFlash Storage (8 bits)

Read Word Access CIS (16 bits)

Write W ord Access CIS (16 bits) (Invalid)

Read Word Access Configuration CompactFlash Storage (16 bits)

Write Word Access Configuration CompactFlash Storage (16 bits)

DMA CMD -REG -CE2 -CE1 A10 A9 A0 -OE -WE D15-D8 D7-D0

Yes L

No L H L

No L H L L H L L H High Z

No L H L L H L H L

No L L

1

H H X X X H H Odd Byte

2

L L L L

2

L L L H L

2

L

L L X L

2

L L X H L

2

L H X L

2

L H X H L

2

H High Z

Don’t

2

Care

Don’t

Care

H Not Valid

Don’t

2

Care

H Not Valid

Don’t

2

Care

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Even

Byte

Note: The -CE signal or both the -OE signal and the -WE signal shall be de-asserted between consecutive cycle

operations.

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4.3 Configuration Option Register(Base + 00h in Attribute Memory)

The Configuration Option Register is used to configure the cards interface, address decoding and interrupt and to

issue a soft reset to the CompactFlash Storage Card.

SRESET - Soft Reset:

CompactFlash Storage Card in the Reset state. Setting this bit to one (1) is equivalent to assertion of the +RESET signal except that the SRESET bit is not cleared. Returning this bit to zero (0) leaves the CompactFlash Storage Card in the same un-configured, Reset state as following power-up and hardware reset. This bit is set to zero (0) by power-up and hardware reset. For CompactFlash Storage Cards, using the PCMCIA Soft Reset is considered a hard Reset by the ATA Commands. Contrast with Soft Reset in the Device Control Register.

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setting this bit to one (1), waiting the minimum reset width time and returning to zero (0) places the

80X CompactFlash Card

LevlREQ:

Conf5 - Conf0 - Configuration Index:

Note: Conf5 and Conf4 are reserved for CompactFlash Storage cards and shall be written as zero (0).

this bit is set to one (1) when Level Mode Interrupt is selected, and zero (0) when Pulse Mode is selected. Set

to zero (0) by Reset.

set to zero (0) by reset. It is used to select operation mode of the CompactFlash

Storage Card as shown below.

Table: CompactFlash Storage Card Configurations

4.4 Card Configuration and Status Register (Base + 02h in Attribute Memory)

The Card Configuration and Status Register contains information about the Card’s condition.

Changed

SigChg

IOis8

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: indicates that one or both of the Pin Replacement register CReady, or CWProt bits are set to one (1). When

the Changed bit is set, -STSCHG Pin 46 is held low if the SigChg bit is a One (1) and the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured for the I/O interface.

: this bit is set and reset by the host to enable and disable a state-change “signal” from the Status Register, the

Changed bit controls pin 46, the Changed Status signal. If no state change signal is desired, this bit is set to zero (0) and pin 46 (-STSCHG) signal is then held high while the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured for I/O.

: the host sets this bit to a one (1) if the CompactFlash Storage Card is to be configured in an 8 bit I/O Mode. The

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CompactFlash Storage Card is always configured for both 8 and 16 bit I/O, so this bit is ignored.

: For CompactFlash cards that do not support Power Level 1, this bit has value 0 and is not writeable.

:This bit should always be zero for CompactFlash Storage cards.

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Int

4.5 Pin Replacement Register (Base + 04h in Attribute Memory)

CReady

CWProt

RReady

WProt

: this bit indicates whether the host requests the CompactFlash Storage Card to be in the power saving or active mode. When the bit is one (1), the CompactFlash Storage Card enters a power down mode. When PwrDwn is zero (0), the host is requesting the CompactFlash Storage Card enter the active mode. The PCMCIA READY value becomes false (busy) when this bit is changed. READY shall not become true (ready) until the power state requested has been entered. The CompactFlash Storage Card automatically powers down when it is idle and powers back up when it receives a command.

: this bit represents the internal state of the interrupt request. This value is available whether or not the I/O interface has

been configured. This signal remains true until the condition that caused the interrupt request has been serviced. If interrupts are disabled by the -IEN bit in the Device Control Register, this bit is a zero (0).

: this bit is set to one (1) when the bit RReady changes state. This bit can also be written by the host.

: this bit is set to one (1) when the RWprot changes state. This bit may also be written by the host.

: this bit is used to determine the internal state of the READY signal. This bit may be used to determine the state

of the READY signal as this pin has been reallocated for use as Interrupt Request on an I/O card. When written, this bit acts as a mask (MReady) for writing the corresponding bit CReady.

: this bit is always zero (0) since the CompactFlash Storage Card does not have a Write Protect switch. When

written, this bit acts as a mask for writing the corresponding bit CWProt.

MReady

MWProt

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: this bit acts as a mask for writing the corresponding bit CReady.

: this bit when written acts as a mask for writing the corresponding bit CWProt.

Table: Pin Replacement Changed Bit/Mask Bit Values

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4.6 Socket and Copy Register (Base + 06h in Attribute Memory)

This register contains additional configuration information. This register is always written by the system before writing

the card’s Configuration Index Register. This register is not required for CF Cards.

If present, it is optional for a CF Card to allow setting bit D4 (Drive number) to 1. If two drives are supported, it is intended for use only when two cards are co-located at either the primary or secondary addresses in PCMCIA I/O mode. The availability and capabilities of this register are described in the Card Information Structure of the CF Card.

Hosts shall not depend on the availability of this functionality.

Reserved

: this bit is reserved for future standardization. This bit shall be set to zero (0) by the software when the register

is written.

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Obsolete (Drive #)

If the obsolete functionality is not supported it shall be read as written or shall be read as 0. If the obsolete functionality is supported, the bit shall be read as written. If supported, this bit sets the drive number, which the card matches with the DRV bit of the Drive/Head register when configured in a twin card configuration.

It is recommended that the host always write 0 for the drive number in this register and in the DRV bit of the Drive/Head register for PCMCIA modes of operation.

X

: the socket number is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card.

4.7 I/O Transfer Function

: this bit is obsolete and should be written as 0.

The I/O transfer to or from the CompactFlash Storage can be either 8 or 16 bits. When a 16 bit accessible

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port is addressed, the signal -IOIS16 is asserted by the CompactFlash Storage. Otherwise, the -IOIS16 signal is de-asserted. When a 16 bit transfer is attempted, and the -IOIS16 signal is not asserted by the CompactFlash Storage, the system shall generate a pair of 8 bit references to access the word‘s even byte and odd byte. The CompactFlash Storage Card permits both 8 and 16 bit accesses to all of its I/O addresses, so -IOIS16 is asserted for all addresses to which the CompactFlash Storage responds. The CompactFlash Storage Card may request the host to extend the length of an input cycle until data is ready by asserting the -WAIT signal at the start of the cycle.

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Function Code

Standby Mode X H H X

Byte Input Access (8 bits)

Byte Output Access (8 bits)

Word Input Access (16 bits) L L L L

Word Output Access (16 bits) L L L L

I/O Read Inhibit H X X X

I/O Write Inhibit H X X X

High Byte Input Only (8 bits) L L H X

High Byte Output Only (8 bits)

4.8 Common Memory Transfer Function

The Common Memory transfer to or from the CompactFlash Storage can be either 8 or 16 bits.

Function Code

-REG -CE2 -CE1 A0 -IORD -IOWR

X X High Z High Z

L L

L L H X

Table: Common Memory Function

-REG -CE2 -CE1 A0 -OE -WE D15-D8

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H L Odd-Byte Even-Byte

L H Don’t Care Don’t Care

H L High Z High Z

L H Odd-Byte High Z

H L Odd-Byte Don’t Care

H H

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High Z High Z

Don’t Care Don’t Care

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Even-Byte Odd-Byte

D7-D0

Standby Mode X H H X X X High Z High Z

Byte Read Access (8 bits)

Byte Write Access (8 bits)

Word Read Access (16 bits) H L L X

Word Write Access (16 bits) H L L X H L Odd-Byte

Odd Byte Read Only (8 bits) H L H X

Odd Byte Write Only (8 bits) H L H X H L Odd-Byte

H H

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Don’t Care Don’t Care

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Storage Card is configured in this mode only when the -OE input signal is grounded by the host during the power off to power on cycle. Optionally, CompactFlash Storage Cards may support the following optional detection methods:

1. The card is permitted to monitor the –OE (-ATA SEL) signal at any time(s) and switch to PCMCIA mode upon

2. The card is permitted to re-arbitrate the interface mode determination following a transition of the (-)RESET pin.

3. The card is permitted to monitor the –OE (-ATA SEL) signal at any time(s) and switch to True IDE mode upon

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The CompactFlash Storage Card can be configured in a True IDE Mode of operation. The CompactFlash

detecting a high level on the pin.

detection of a continuous low level on pin for an extended period of time.

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Notes: 1) Implemented for backward compatibility. Bit D7 of the register shall remain High Z to prevent conflict with any

floppy disk controller at the same address. The host software should not rely on the contents of this register.

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4.10 Host Configuration Requirements for Master/Slave or New Timing Modes

The CF Advanced Timing modes include PCMCIA PC Card style I/O modes that are faster than the original 250 ns cycle time. These modes are not supported by the PCMCIA PC Card specification nor CF by cards based on revisions of the CF specification before Revision 3.0. Hosts shall ensure that all cards accessed through a common electrical interface are capable of operation at the desired, faster than 250 ns, I/O mode before configuring the interface for that I/O mode.

Advanced Timing modes are PCMCIA PC Card style I/O modes that are 100 ns or faster, PC Card Memory modes that are 100ns or faster, True IDE PIO Modes 5,6 and Multiword DMA Modes 3,4. These modes are permitted to be used only when a single card is present and the host and card are connected directly, without a cable exceeding 0.15m in length. Consequently, the host shall not configure a card into an Advanced Timing Mode if two cards are sharing I/O lines, as in Master/Slave operation, nor if it is constructed such that a cable exceeding 0.15 meters is required to connect the host to the card.

When the use of two cards on an interface is otherwise permitted, the host may use any mode that is supported by both cards, but to achieve maximum performance it should use its highest performance mode that is also supported by both cards.

5 CF-ATA Drive Register Set Definition and Protocol

The CompactFlash Storage Card can be configured as a high performance I/O device through:

a) The standard PC-AT disk I/O address spaces 1F0h-1F7h, 3F6h-3F7h (primary) or 170h- 177h, 376h-377h (secondary) with IRQ 14 (or other available IRQ).

b) Any system decoded 16 byte I/O block using any available IRQ.

c) Memory space.

The communication to or from the CompactFlash Storage Card is done using the Task File registers, which provide all the necessary registers for control and status information related to the storage medium. The PCMCIA interface connects peripherals to the host using four register mapping methods. Table is a detailed description of these methods below:

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Table: I/O Configurations

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5.1 I/O Primary and Secondary Address Configurations

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Note:

1) Register 0 is accessed with -CE1 low and -CE2 low (and A0 = Don’t Care) as a word register on the combined Odd Data

Bus and Even Data Bus (D15-D0). This register may also be accessed by a pair of byte accesses to the offset 0 with

-CE1 low and -CE2 high. Note that the address space of this word register overlaps the address space of the Error and Feature byte-wide registers, which lie at offset 1. When accessed twice as byte register with -CE1 low, the first byte to be accessed is the even byte of the word and the second byte accessed is the odd byte of the equivalent word access.

2) A byte access to register 0 with -CE1 high and -CE2 low accesses the error (read) or feature (write) register.

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5.2 Contiguous I/O Mapped Addressing

When the system decodes a contiguous block of I/O registers to select the CompactFlash Storage Card, the registers are accessed in the block of I/O space decoded by the system as follows:

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Table: Contiguous I/O Decoding

Notes:

1) Register 0 is accessed with -CE1 low and -CE2 low (and A0 = Don’t Care) as a word register on the combined Odd Data Bus and

Even Data Bus (D15-D0). This register may also be accessed by a pair of byte accesses to the offset 0 with -CE1 low and -CE2 high. Note that the address space of this word register overlaps the address space of the Error and Feature byte-wide registers that lie at offset

1. When accessed twice as byte register with -CE1 low, the first byte to be accessed is the even byte of the word and the second byte

accessed is the odd byte of the equivalent word access.

A byte access to register 0 with -CE1 high and -CE2 low accesses the error (read) or feature (write) register.

2) Registers at offset 8, 9 and D are non-overlapping duplicates of the registers at offset 0 and 1.

Register 8 is equivalent to register 0, while register 9 accesses the odd byte. Therefore, if the registers are byte accessed in the

order 9 then 8 the data shall be transferred odd byte then even byte.

Repeated byte accesses to register 8 or 0 shall access consecutive (even than odd) bytes from the data buffer. Repeated word accesses to register 8, 9 or 0 shall access consecutive words from the data buffer. Repeated byte accesses to register 9 are not supported. However, repeated alternating byte accesses to registers 8 then 9 shall access consecutive (even then odd) bytes from the data buffer. Byte accesses to register 9 access only the odd byte of the data.

3) Address lines that are not indicated are ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card for accessing all the registers in this table.

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5.3 Memory Mapped Addressing

When the CompactFlash Storage Card registers are accessed via memory references, the registers appear in the

common memory space window: 0-2K bytes as follows:

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Notes:

1) Register 0 is accessed with -CE1 low and -CE2 low as a word register on the combined Odd Data Bus and Even Data Bus (D15-D0).

This register may also be accessed by a pair of byte accesses to the offset 0 with -CE1 low and -CE2 high. Note that the address space of this word register overlaps the address space of the Error and Feature byte-wide registers that lie at offset 1. When accessed twice as byte register with -CE1 low, the first byte to be accessed is the even byte of the word and the second byte accessed is the odd byte of the equivalent word access.

A byte access to address 0 with -CE1 high and -CE2 low accesses the error (read) or feature (write) register.

2) Registers at offset 8, 9 and D are non-overlapping duplicates of the registers at offset 0 and 1.Register 8 is equivalent to register 0,

while register 9 accesses the odd byte. Therefore, if the registers are byte accessed in the order 9 then 8 the data shall be transferred odd byte then even byte.

Repeated byte accesses to register 8 or 0 shall access consecutive (even then odd) bytes from the data buffer. Repeated word accesses to register 8, 9 or 0 shall access consecutive words from the data buffer. Repeated byte accesses to register 9 are not supported. However, repeated alternating byte accesses to registers 8 then 9 shall access consecutive (even then odd) bytes from the data buffer. Byte accesses to register 9 access only the odd byte of the data.

3) Accesses to even addresses between 400h and 7FFh access register 8. Accesses to odd addresses between 400h and 7FFh

access register 9. This 1 Kbyte memory window to the data register is provided so that hosts can perform memory to memory block moves to the data register when the register lies in memory space.

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Some hosts, such as the X86 processors, must increment both the source and destination addresses when executing the memory to memory block move instruction. Some PCMCIA socket adapters also have auto incrementing address logic embedded within them. This address window allows these hosts and adapters to function efficiently.

Note that this entire window accesses the Data Register FIFO and does not allow random access to the data buffer within the CompactFlash Storage Card.

A word access to address at offset 8 shall provide even data on the low-order byte of the data bus, along with odd data at offset 9 on the high-order byte of the data bus.

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5.4 True IDE Mode Addressing

When the CompactFlash Storage Card is configured in the True IDE Mode, the I/O decoding is as follows:

Note: 1) See the section 6.1.5 CF-ATA Registers for information regarding the control of 8 or 16 bit transfers to the data register.

5.5 CF-ATA Registers

The following section describes the hardware registers used by the host software to issue commands to the CompactFlash device. These registers are often collectively referred to as the “task file.”

Note: In accordance with the PCMCIA specification: each of the registers below that is located at an odd offset address may be accessed in the PC Card Memory or PC Card I/O modes at its normal address and also the corresponding even address (normal address -1) using data bus lines (D15-D8) when -CE1 is high and -CE2 is low unless -IOIS16 is high (not asserted by the card) and an I/O cycle is being performed.

In the True IDE mode of operation, the size of the transfer is based solely on the register being addressed. All registers are 8 bit only except for the Data Register, which is normally 16 bits, but can be programmed to use 8 bit transfers for Non-DMA operations through the use of the Set Features command. The data register is also 8 bits during a portion of the Read Long and Write Long commands, which exist solely for historical reasons and should not be used.

5.5.1 Data Register (Address - 1F0h[170h];Offset 0,8,9)

The Data Register is a 16 bit register, and it is used to transfer data blocks between the CompactFlash Storage Card data buffer and the Host. This register overlaps the Error Register Table: Data Register Access below describes the combinations of data register access and is provided to assist in understanding the overlapped Data Register and Error/Feature Register rather than to attempt to define general PCMCIA word and byte access modes and operations.

See the PCMCIA PC Card Standard, for further definitions of the Card Accessing Modes for I/O and Memory cycles.

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Notes: 1) -REG signal is mode dependent. Signal shall be 0 for I/O mode and 1 for Memory Mode.

5.5.2 Error Register (Address - 1F1h[171h]; Offset 1, 0Dh Read Only)

This register contains additional information about the source of an error when an error is indicated in bit 0 of the Status register. The bits are defined as follows:

Figure: Error Register

This register is also accessed in PC Card Modes on data bits D15-D8 during a read operation to offset 0 with -CE2 low and -CE1 high.

Bit 7 (BBK) Bit 6 (UNC): this bit is set when an Uncorrectable Error is encountered. Bit 5

: this bit is 0.

Bit 4 (IDNF) Bit 3

: this bit is 0.

Bit 2 (Abort)

Bit 1 This bit is 0. Bit 0 (AMNF)

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: this bit is set when a Bad Block is detected.

: the requested sector ID is in error or cannot be found.

This bit is set if the command has been aborted because of a CompactFlash Storage Card status condition: (Not Ready, Write Fault, etc.) or when an invalid command has been issued.

This bit is set in case of a general error.

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5.5.3 Feature Register (Address - 1F1h[171h]; Offset 1, 0Dh Write Only)

This register provides information regarding features of the CompactFlash Storage Card that the host can utilize. This register is also accessed in PC Card modes on data bits D15-D8 during a write operation to Offset 0 with -CE2 low and

-CE1 high.

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5.5.4 Sector Count Register (Address - 1F2h[172h]; Offset 2)

This register contains the numbers of sectors of data requested to be transferred on a read or write operation between the host and the CompactFlash Storage Card. If the value in this register is zero, a count of 256 sectors is specified. If the command was successful, this register is zero at command completion. If not successfully completed, the register contains the number of sectors that need to be transferred in order to complete the request.

5.5.5 Sector Number (LBA 7-0) Register (Address - 1F3h[173h]; Offset 3)

This register contains the starting sector number or bits 7-0 of the Logical Block Address (LBA) for any CompactFlash Storage Card data access for the subsequent command.

5.5.6 Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8) Register (Address - 1F4h[174h]; Offset 4)

This register contains the low order 8 bits of the starting cylinder address or bits 15-8 of the Logical Block Address.

5.5.7 Cylinder High (LBA 23-16) Register (Address - 1F5h[175h]; Offset 5)

This register contains the high order bits of the starting cylinder address or bits 23-16 of the Logical Block Address.

5.5.8 Drive/Head (LBA 27-24) Register (Address 1F6h[176h]; Offset 6)

The Drive/Head register is used to select the drive and head. It is also used to select LBA addressing instead of

cylinder/head/sector addressing. The bits are defined as follows:

Figure: Drive/Head Register

Bit 7

: this bit is specified as 1 for backward compatibility reasons. It is intended that this bit will become obsolete in a

future revision of the specification. This bit is ignored by some controllers in some commands.

Bit 6

: LBA is a flag to select either Cylinder/Head/Sector (CHS) or Logical Block Address Mode (LBA). When LBA=0,

Cylinder/Head/Sector mode is selected. When LBA=1, Logical Block Address is selected. In Logical Block Mode,

the Logical Block Address is interpreted as follows:

LBA7-LBA0: Sector Number Register D7-D0.

LBA15-LBA8: Cylinder Low Register D7-D0.

LBA23-LBA16: Cylinder High Register D7-D0.

LBA27-LBA24: Drive/Head Register bits HS3-HS0.

Bit 5

: this bit is specified as 1 for backward compatibility reasons. It is intended that this bit will become obsolete in a

future revisions of the specification. This bit is ignored by some controllers in some commands.

Bit 4 (DRV):

Setting this bit to 1 is obsolete in PCMCIA modes of operation. If the obsolete functionality is support by a CF Storage Card, the CompactFlash Storage Card is set to be Card 0 or 1 using the copy field (Drive #) of the PCMCIA Socket & Copy configuration register.

Bit 3 (HS3)

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DRV is the drive number. When DRV=0, drive (card) 0 is selected. When DRV=1, drive (card) 1 is selected.

: when operating in the Cylinder, Head, Sector mode, this is bit 3 of the head number.

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Bit 2 (HS2)

Bit 1 (HS1)

Bit 0 (HS0)

5.5.9 Status & Alternate Status Registers (Address 1F7h[177h]&3F6h[376h]; Offsets 7 & Eh)

These registers return the CompactFlash Storage Card status when read by the host. Reading the Status register does clear a pending interrupt while reading the Auxiliary Status register does not. The status bits are described as follows:

Bit 7 (BUSY)

Bit 6 (RDY)

: when operating in the Cylinder, Head, Sector mode, this is bit 2 of the head number.

It is Bit 26 in the Logical Block Address mode.

: when operating in the Cylinder, Head, Sector mode, this is bit 1 of the head number.

It is Bit 25 in the Logical Block Address mode.

: when operating in the Cylinder, Head, Sector mode, this is bit 0 of the head number.

It is Bit 24 in the Logical Block Address mode.

Figure: Status & Alternate Status Register

: the busy bit is set when the CompactFlash Storage Card has access to the command buffer and registers

and the host is locked out from accessing the command register and buffer. No other bits in this register are valid when this bit is set to a 1.

During the data transfer of DMA commands, the Card shall not assert DMARQ unless either the BUSY bit, the DRQ bit, or both are set to one.

: RDY indicates whether the device is capable of performing CompactFlash Storage Card operations. This bit

is cleared at power up and remains cleared until the CompactFlash Storage Card is ready to accept a command.

Bit 5 (DWF)

Bit 4 (DSC): This bit is set when the CompactFlash Storage Card is ready.

Bit 3 (DRQ): The Data Request is set when the CompactFlash Storage Card requires that information be transferred

Bit 2 (CORR): This bit is set when a Correctable data error has been encountered and the data has been corrected. This

Bit 1 (IDX)

Bit 0 (ERR)

5.5.10 Device Control Register (Address - 3F6h[376h]; Offset Eh)

This register is used to control the CompactFlash Storage Card interrupt request and to issue an ATA soft reset to the card. This register can be written even if the device is BUSY. The bits are defined as follows:

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: This bit, if set, indicates a write fault has occurred.

either to or from the host through the Data register.

During the data transfer of DMA commands, the Card shall not assert DMARQ unless either the BUSY bit, the DRQ bit, or both are set to one.

condition does not terminate a multi-sector read operation.

: This bit is always set to 0.

: This bit is set when the previous command has ended in some type of error. The bits in the Error register

contain additional information describing the error. It is recommended that media access commands (such as Read Sectors and Write Sectors) that end with an error condition should have the address of the first sector in error in the command block registers.

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Figure: Device Control Register

Bit 7

: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. The host software should set this bit to 0.

Bit 6

: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. The host software should set this bit to 0.

Bit 5

: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. The host software should set this bit to 0.

Bit 4

: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. The host software should set this bit to 0.

Bit 3: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card. The host software should set this bit to 0.

Bit 2 (SW Rst): this bit is set to 1 in order to force the CompactFlash Storage Card to perform an AT Disk controller Soft

Reset operation. This does not change the PCMCIA Card Configuration Registers (see Section 4.3 to 4.7) as a hardware Reset does. The Card remains in Reset until this bit is reset to ‘0.’

Bit 1 (-IEn)

Bit 0

5.5.11 Card (Drive) Address Register (Address 3F7h[377h]; Offset Fh)

This register is provided for compatibility with the AT disk drive interface. It is recommended that this register not be mapped into the host’s I/O space because of potential conflicts on Bit 7. The bits are defined as follows:

: the Interrupt Enable bit enables interrupts when the bit is 0. When the bit is 1, interrupts from the CompactFlash Storage Card are disabled. This bit also controls the Int bit in the Configuration and Status Register. This bit is set to 0 at power on and Reset.

: this bit is ignored by the CompactFlash Storage Card.

Bit 7

: this bit is unknown.

Implementation Note:

Conflicts may occur on the host data bus when this bit is provided by a Floppy Disk Controller operating at the same addresses as the CompactFlash Storage Card. Following are some possible solutions to this problem for the PCMCIA implementation:

1) Locate the CompactFlash Storage Card at a non-conflicting address, i.e. Secondary address (377) or in an independently decoded Address Space when a Floppy Disk Controller is located at the Primary addresses.

2) Do not install a Floppy and a CompactFlash Storage Card in the system at the same time.

3) Implement a socket adapter that can be programmed to (conditionally) tri-state D7 of I/0 address 3F7h/377h when a CompactFlash Storage Card is installed and conversely to tristate D6-D0 of I/O address 3F7h/377h when a floppy controller is installed.

4) Do not use the CompactFlash Storage Card’s Drive Address register. This may be accomplished by either a) If possible, program the host adapter to enable only I/O addresses 1F0h-1F7h, 3F6h (or 170h-177h, 176h) to the CompactFlash Storage Card or b) if provided use an additional Primary / Secondary configuration in the CompactFlash Storage Card which does not respond to accesses to I/O locations 3F7h and 377h. With either of these implementations, the host software shall not attempt to use information in the Drive Address Register.

Bit 6 (-WTG)

Bit 5 (-HS3)

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: this bit is the negation of bit 3 in the Drive/Head register.

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Bit 3 (-HS1)

Bit 2 (-HS0)

Bit 1 (-nDS1)

Bit 0 (-nDS0)

5.6 CF-ATA Command Description

This section defines the software requirements and the format of the commands the host sends to the CompactFlash Storage Cards. Commands are issued to the CompactFlash Storage Card by loading the required registers in the command block with the supplied parameters, and then writing the command code to the Command Register. The manner in which a command is accepted varies. There are three classes (see Table 38: CF-ATA Command Set) of command acceptance, all dependent on the host not issuing commands unless the CompactFlash Storage Card is not busy (BSY=0). All commands listed in this specification shall be implemented.

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: this bit is the negation of bit 1 in the Drive/Head register.

: this bit is the negation of bit 0 in the Drive/Head register.

: this bit is 0 when drive 1 is active and selected.

: this bit is 0 when the drive 0 is active and selected.

Upon receipt of a Class 1 command, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY within 400 nsec.

Upon receipt of a Class 2 command, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY within 400 nsec, sets up the sector buffer for a write operation, sets DRQ within 700 µsec, and clears BSY within 400 nsec of setting DRQ.

Upon receipt of a Class 3 command, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY within 400nsec, sets up the sector buffer for a write operation, sets DRQ within 20 msec (assuming no re-assignments), and clears BSY within 400 nsec of setting DRQ.

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5.6.1 CF-ATA Command Set

CF-ATA Command Set summarizes the CF-ATA command set with the paragraphs that follow describing the individual commands and the task file for each.

Command Code FR SC SN CY DH LBA

1 Check Power Mode E5 or 98h – – – – Y – Support

2 Execute Drive Diagnostic 90h – – – – Y – Support

3 Erase Sector C0h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

4 Flush Cache E7h – – – – Y – NOT Support #3

5 Format Track 50h – Y – Y Y Y Support

6 Identify Device ECh – – – – Y – Support

7 Idle E3h or 97h – Y – – Y – Support

8 Idle Immediate E1h or 95h – – – – Y – Support

9 Initialize Drive Parameters 91h – Y – – Y – Support

Key Management

10

Structure Read

Key Management Read

11

Keying Material

Key Management Change

12

Key Management Value

13 NOP 00h – – – – Y – NOT Support

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Y Y Y Y Y – NOT Support #1

14 Read Buffer E4h – – – – Y – Support

15 Read DMA C8h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

16 Read Long Sector 22h or 23h –

17 Read Multiple C4h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

18 Read Sector(s) 20h or 21h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

19 Read Verify Sector(s) 40h or 41h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

20 Recalibrate 1Xh – – – – Y – Support

21 Request Sense 03h – – – – Y – Support

22 Security Disable Password F6h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

23 Security Erase Prepare F3h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

24 Security Erase Unit F4h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

25 Security Freeze Lock F5h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

26 Security Set Password F1h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

27 Security Unlock F2h – – – – Y – NOT Support #2

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Command Code FR SC SN CY DH LBA

28 Seek 7Xh – – Y Y Y Y Support

29 Set Feature EFh Y – – – Y – Support

30 Set Multiple Mode C6h – Y – – Y – Support

31 Set Sleep Mode E6h or 99h – – – – Y – Support

32 Standby E2 or 96h – – – – Y – Support

33 Standby Immediate E0 or 94h – – – – Y – Support

34 Translate Sector 87h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

35 Wear Level F5h – – – – Y – Support

36 Write Buffer E8h – – – – Y – Support

37 Write DMA CAh – Y Y Y Y Y Support

38 Write Long Sector 32h or 33h – – Y Y Y Y Not Support #3

39 Write Multiple C5h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

40 Write Multiple w/o Erase CDh – Y Y Y Y Y Support

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41 Write Sector(s) 30h or 31h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

42 Write Sector(s) w/o Erase 38h – Y Y Y Y Y Support

43 Write Verify 3Ch – Y Y Y Y Y Support

#1: This command is optional, depending on the key Management scheme in use.

#2: Use of this command is not recommended by CFA

#3: Use of this command is not recommended.

Definitions

FR = Features Register

SC =Sector Count register (00H to FFH, 00H means 256 sectors)

SN = Sector Number register

CY = Cylinder Low/High register

DH = Head No. (0 to 15) of Drive/Head register

LBA = Logic Block Address Mode Support

– = Not used for the command

Y = Used for the command

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5.6.2 Check Power Mode - 98h or E5h

If the CompactFlash Storage Card is in, going to, or recovering from the sleep mode, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to 00h, clears BSY and generates an interrupt.

If the CompactFlash Storage Card is in Idle mode, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, sets the Sector Count Register to FFh, clears BSY and generates an interrupt.

Bit ->

Command (7)

C/D/H (6)

Cyl High (5)

Cyl Low (4)

Sec Num (3)

Sec Cnt (2)

Feature (1)

7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

X

5.6.3 Execute Drive Diagnostic - 90h

When the diagnostic command is issued in a PCMCIA configuration mode, this command runs only on the CompactFlash Storage Card that is addressed by the Drive/Head register. This is because PCMCIA card interface does not allows for direct inter-drive communication (such as the ATA PDIAG and DASP signals). When the diagnostic command is issued in the True IDE Mode, the Drive bit is ignored and the diagnostic command is executed by both the Master and the Slave with the Master responding with status for both devices.

Bit ->

7

6

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Command (7)

C/D/H (6)

Cyl High (5)

Cyl Low (4)

Sec Num (3)

Sec Cnt (2)

Feature (1)

Diagnostic Codes are returned in the Error Register at the end of the command.

Code

01h No Error Detected

02h Formatter Device Error

03h Sector Buffer Error

04h ECC Circuitry Error

05h Controlling Microprocessor Error

8Xh Slave Error in True IDE Mode

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5.6.4 Erase Sector(s) - C0h

This command is used to pre-erase and condition data sectors in advance of a Write without Erase or Write Multiple without Erase command. There is no data transfer associated with this command but a Write Fault error status can occur.

Command (7)

C/D/H (6)

Cyl High (5)

Cyl Low (4)

Sec Num (3)

Sec Cnt (2)

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C0h

Drive

Cylinder High (LBA 23-16)

Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8)

Sector Number (LBA 7-0)

Sector Count

3

2

Head (LBA 27-24)

1

0

Feature (1)

5.6.5 Format Track - 50h

This command writes the desired head and cylinder of the selected drive with a vendor unique data pattern (typically FFh or 00h). To remain host backward compatible, the CompactFlash Storage Card expects a sector buffer of data from the host to follow the command with the same protocol as the Write Sector(s) command although the information in the buffer is not used by the CompactFlash Storage Card. If LBA=1 then the number of sectors to format is taken from the Sec Cnt register (0=256). The use of this command is not recommended.

Bit ->

Command (7)

C/D/H (6)

Cyl High (5)

Cyl Low (4)

Sec Num (3)

Sec Cnt (2)

Feature (1)

7 6 5

1 LBA 1

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Cylinder High (LBA 23-16)

Cylinder Low (LBA 15-8)

Count (LBA mode only)

X

4 3 2 1 0

50h

Head (LBA 27-24)

X (LBA 7-0)

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5.6.6 Identify Device – Ech

Bit ->

Command (7)

C/D/H (6) X X X Drive

Cyl High (5)

Cyl Low (4)

Sec Num (3)

Sec Cnt (2)

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Feature (1)

The Identify Device command enables the host to receive parameter information from the CompactFlash Storage Card. This command has the same protocol as the Read Sector(s) command. The parameter words in the buffer have the arrangement and meanings defined in Table as below. All reserved bits or words are zero. Hosts should not depend on Obsolete words in Identify Device containing 0. Table specifies each field in the data returned by the Identify Device Command. In Table as below, X indicates a numeric nibble value specific to the card and aaaa indicates an ASCII string specific to the particular drive.

Word

Address

0

1 XXXXh 2 Default number of cylinders

2 0000h 2 Reserved

3 00XXh 2 Default number of heads

4 0000h 2 Obsolete

5 0000h 2 Obsolete

6 XXXXh

7-8 XXXXh

9 XXXXh

10-19 aaaa 20 Serial number in ASCII (Right Justified)

20 0000h 2 Obsolete

21 0000h 2 Obsolete

22 0004h 2 Number of ECC bytes passed on Read/Write Long Commands

23-26 aaaa 8 Firmware revision in ASCII. Big Endian Byte Order in Word

27-46 aaaa 40 Model number in ASCII (Left Justified) Big Endian Byte Order in Word

47 XXXXh

48 0000h 2 Reserved

49 XX00h 2 Capabilities

50 0000h 2 Reserved

Default

Value

848Ah 2 General configuration - signature for the CompactFlash 0 lash Storage Card

0XXX 2 General configuration – Bit Significant with ATA-4 definitions.

Total

Bytes

2 Default number of sectors per track

4 Number of sectors per card (Word 7 = MSW, Word 8 = LSW)

2 Obsolete

2 Maximum number of sectors on Read/W rite Multiple command

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Address

57-58 XXXXh

60-61 XXXXh

69-79 0000h 20 Reserved

80-81 0000h 4 Reserved – CF cards do not return an ATA version

82-84 XXXXh

85-87 XXXXh

92-127 0000h 72 Reserved

129-159 0000h 64 Vendor unique bytes

165-167 0000h 6 Reserved for assignment by the CFA

168-255 0000h 158 Reserved

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51 0X00h 2 PIO data transfer cycle timing mode

52 0000h 2 Obsolete

53 000Xh 2 Field Validity

54 XXXXh

55 XXXXh

56 XXXXh

59 01XXh 2 Multiple sector setting

62 0000h 2 Reserved

63 0X0Xh 2 Multiword DMA transfer. In PC Card modes this value shall be 0h

64 00XXh 2 Advanced PIO modes supported

65 XXXXh

66 XXXXh

67 XXXXh

68 XXXXh

88 XXXXh

89 XXXXh

90 XXXXh

91 XXXXh

128 XXXXh

160 XXXXh

161 0000h 2 Reserved for assignment by the CFA

162 0000h 2 Key management schemes supported

163 XXXXh

164 XXXXh

F

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Default

Value

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Total

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2 Current numbers of cylinders

2 Current numbers of heads

2 Current sectors per track

4 Current capacity in sectors (LBAs)(Word 57 = LSW, Word 58 = MSW)

4 Total number of sectors addressable in LBA Mode

2

2 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control

2 Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY flow control

6 Features/command sets supported

6 Features/command sets enabled

2 Reserved

2 Time required for Security erase unit completion

2 Time required for Enhanced security erase unit completion

2 Current Advanced power management value

2 Security status

2 Power requirement description

2 CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capability and Setting

2 CF Advanced PC Card I/O and Memory Timing Mode Capability

Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time per word. In PC Card modes this value shall be 0h

Recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time. In PC Card modes this value shall be 0h

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 Word 0: General Configuration

This field indicates the general characteristics of the device. When Word 0 of the Identify drive information is

848Ah then the device is a CompactFlash Storage Card and complies with the CFA specification and CFA command set. It is recommended that PCMCIA modes of operation report only the 848Ah value as they are always intended as removable devices.

Bits 15-0: CF Standard Configuration Value

Word 0 is 848Ah. This is the recommended value of Word 0.

Some operating systems require Bit 6 of Word 0 to be set to 1 (Non-removable device) to use the card as the

root storage device. The Card must be the root storage device when a host completely replaces conventional disk storage with a CompactFlash Card in True IDE mode. To support this requirement and provide capability for any future removable media Cards, alternatehandling of Word 0 is permitted.

Bits 15-0: CF Preferred Alternate Configuration Values 044Ah: This is the alternate value of Word 0 turns on ATA device and turns off Removable Media and

Removable Device while preserving all Retired bits in the word.

0040h: This is the alternate value of Word 0 turns on ATA device and turns off Removable Media and

Removable Device while zeroing all Retired bits in the word

Bit 15-12: Configuration Flag If bits 15:12 are set to 8h then Word 0 shall be 848Ah. If bits 15:12 are set to 0h then Bits 11:0 are set using the definitions below and the Card is required to support

for the CFA command set and report that in bit 2 of Word 83.

Bit 15:12 values other than 8h and 0h are prohibited.

Bits 11-8: Retired These bits have retired ATA bit definitions. It is recommended that the value of these bits be either the

preferred value of 0h or the value of 4h that preserves the corresponding bits from the 848Ah CF signature value.

Bit 7: Removable Media Device If Bit 7 is set to 1, the Card contains media that can be removed during Card operation. If Bit 7 is set to 0, the Card contains nonremovable media.

Bit 6: Not Removable Controller and/or Device

Alert! This bit will be considered for obsolescence in a future revision of this standard.

If Bit 6 is set to 1, the Card is intended to be nonremovable during operation. If Bit 6 is set to 0, the Card is intended to be removable during operation.

Bits 5-0: Retired/Reserved

Alert! Bit 2 will be considered for definition in a future revision of this standard and shall be 0 at this

time.

Bits 5-1 have retired ATA bit definitions. Bit 2 shall be 0. Bit 0 is Reserved and shall be 0. It is recommended that the value of bits 5-0 be either the preferred value of 00h or the value of 0Ah that

preserves the corresponding bits from the 848Ah CF signature value.

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Word 1: Default Number of Cylinders

This field contains the number of translated cylinders in the default translation mode. This value will be the

same as the number of cylinders.

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Word 3: Default Number of Heads

This field contains the number of translated heads in the default translation mode.

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Word 6: Default Number of Sectors per Track

This field contains the number of sectors per track in the default translation mode.

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Words 7-8: Number of Sectors per Card

This field contains the number of sectors per CompactFlash Storage Card. This double word value is also the first invalid address in LBA translation mode.

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Words 10-19: Serial Number

This field contains the serial number for this CompactFlash Storage Card and is right justified and padded

with spaces (20h).

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Word 22: ECC Count

This field defines the number of ECC bytes used on each sector in the Read and Write Long commands. This

value shall be set to 0004h.

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Words 23-26: Firmware Revision

This field contains the revision of the firmware for this product.

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Words 27-46: Model Number

This field contains the model number for this product and is left justified and padded with spaces (20h).

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Word 47: Read/Write Multiple Sector Count

Bits 15-8 shall be the recommended value of 80h or the permitted value of 00h. Bits 7-0 of this word define

the maximum number of sectors per block that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports for Read/Write Multiple commands.

Word 49: Capabilities

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Bit 13: Standby Timer If bit 13 is set to 1 then the Standby timer is supported as defined by the IDLE command If bit 13 is set to 0 then the Standby timer operation is defined by the vendor. Bit 11: IORDY Supported If bit 11 is set to 1 then this CompactFlash Storage Card supports IORDY operation. If bit 11 is set to 0 then this CompactFlash Storage Card may support IORDY operation. Bit 10: IORDY may be disabled Bit 10 shall be set to 0, indicating that IORDY may not be disabled. Bit 9: LBA supported Bit 9 shall be set to 1, indicating that this CompactFlash Storage Card supports LBA mode addressing. CF

devices shall support LBA addressing.

Bit 8: DMA Supported If bit 8 is set to 1 then Read DMA and Write DMA commands are supported. Bit 8 shall

be set to 0. Read/Write DMA commands are not currently permitted on CF cards.

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PIO Data Transfer Cycle Timing Mode

The PIO transfer timing for each CompactFlash Storage Card falls into modes that have unique parametric

timing specifications. The value returned in Bits 15-8 shall be 00h for mode 0, 01h for mode 1, or 02h for mode 2. Values 03h through FFh are reserved.

Translation Parameters Valid

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Bit 0 shall be set to 1 indicating that words 54 to 58 are valid and reflect the current number of cylinders,

heads and sectors. If bit 1 of word 53 is set to 1, the values in words 64 through 70 are valid. If this bit is cleared to 0, the values reported in words 64-70 are not valid. Any CompactFlash Storage Card that supports PIO mode 3 or above shall set bit 1 of word 53 to one and support the fields contained in words 64 through

70.

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Current Number of Cylinders, Heads, Sectors/Track

These fields contains the current number of user addressable Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors/Track in the

current translation mode.

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Current Capacity

This field contains the product of the current cylinders times heads times sectors.

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Multiple Sector Setting

Bits 15-9 are reserved and shall be set to 0. Bit 8 shall be set to 1 indicating that the Multiple Sector Setting is valid. Bits 7-0 are the current setting for the number of sectors that shall be transferred per interrupt on Read/Write

Multiple commands.

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 Multiword DMA transfer

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Word 64: Advanced PIO transfer modes supported

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Word 65: Minimum Multiword DMA transfer cycle time

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Recommended Multiword DMA transfer cycle time

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Word 67: Minimum PIO transfer cycle time without flow control

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This field contains the total number of user addressable sectors for the CompactFlash Storage Card in LBA

mode only.

Bits 15 through 8 of word 63 of the Identify Device parameter information is defined as the Multiword DMA

mode selected field. If this field is supported, bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. This field is bit significant. Only one of bits may be set to one in this field by the CompactFlash Storage Card to indicate the multiword DMA mode which is currently selected. Of these bits, bits 15 through 11 are reserved. Bit 8, if set to one, indicates that Multiword DMA mode 0 has been selected. Bit 9, if set to one, indicates that Multiword DMA mode 1 has been selected. Bit 10, if set to one, indicates that Multiword DMA mode 2 has been selected.

Selection of Multiword DMA modes 3 and above are specific to CompactFlash are reported in word 163,

Word 163: CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capabilities and Settings.

Bits 7 through 0 of word 63 of the Identify Device parameter information is defined as the Multiword DMA data

transfer supported field. If this field is supported, bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. This field is bit significant. Any number of bits may be set to one in this field by the CompactFlash Storage Card to indicate the Multiword DMA modes it is capable of supporting.

Of these bits, bits 7 through 2 are reserved. Bit 0, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card

supports Multiword DMA mode 0. Bit 1, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports Multiword DMA modes 1 and 0. Bit 2, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports Multiword DMA modes 2, 1 and 0. Support for Multiword DMA modes 3 and above are specific to CompactFlash are reported in word 163, Word 163: CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capabilities and Settings.

Bits 7 through 0 of word 64 of the Identify Device parameter information is defined as the advanced PIO data

transfer supported field. If this field is supported, bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. This field is bit significant. Any number of bits may be set to one in this field by the CompactFlash Storage Card to indicate the advanced PIO modes it is capable of supporting.

Of these bits, bits 7 through 2 are reserved. Bit 0, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card

supports PIO mode 3. Bit 1, if set to one, indicates that the CompactFlash StorageCard supports PIO mode

4.

Support for PIO modes 5 and above are specific to CompactFlash are reported in word 163.

Word 65 of the parameter information of the Identify Device command is defined as the minimum Multiword

DMA transfer cycle time. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the minimum cycle time that, if used by the host, the CompactFlash Storage Card guarantees data integrity during the transfer.

If this field is supported, bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. The value in word 65 shall not be less than the

minimum cycle time for the fastest DMA mode supported by the device. This field shall be supported by all CompactFlash Storage Cards supporting DMA modes 1 and above. If bit 1 of word 53 is set to one, but this field is not supported, the Card shall return a value of zero in this field.

Word 66 of the parameter information of the Identify Device command is defined as the recommended

Multiword DMA transfer cycle time. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the cycle time that, if used by the host, may optimize the data transfer from by reducing the probability that the CompactFlash Storage Card will need to negate the DMARQ signal during the transfer of a sector.

If this field is supported, bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. The value in word 66 shall not be less than the

value in word 65. This field shall be supported by all CompactFlash Storage Cards supporting DMA modes 1 and above. If bit 1 of word 53 is set to one, but this field is not supported, the Card shall return a value of zero in this field.

Word 67 of the parameter information of the Identify Device command is defined as the minimum PIO

transfer without flow control cycle time. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the minimum cycle time that, if used by the host, the CompactFlash Storage Card guarantees data integrity during the transfer without utilization of flow control. If this field is supported, Bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. Any CompactFlash Storage Card that supports PIO mode 3 or above shall support this field, and the value in word 67 shall not

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be less than the value reported in word 68. If bit 1 of word 53 is set to one because a CompactFlash Storage Card supports a field in words 64-70 other than this field and the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support this field, the CompactFlash Storage Card shall return a value of zero in this field.

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Word 68: Minimum PIO transfer cycle time with IORDY

Word 68 of the parameter information of the Identify Device command is defined as the minimum PIO

transfer with IORDY flow control cycle time. This field defines, in nanoseconds, the minimum cycle time that the CompactFlash Storage Card supports while performing data transfers while utilizing IORDY flow control. If this field is supported, Bit 1 of word 53 shall be set to one. Any CompactFlash Storage Card that supports PIO mode 3 or above shall support this field, and the value in word 68 shall be the fastest defined PIO mode supported by the CompactFlash Storage Card. If bit 1 of word 53 is set to one because a CompactFlash Storage Card supports a field in words 64-70 other than this field and the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support this field, the CompactFlash Storage Card shall return a value of zero in this field.

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Words 82-84: Features/command sets supported

Words 82, 83, and 84 shall indicate features/command sets supported. The value 0000h or FFFFh was

placed in each of these words by CompactFlash Storage Cards prior to ATA-3 and shall be interpreted by the host as meaning that features/command sets supported are not indicated. Bits 1 through 13 of word 83 and bits 0 through 13 of word 84 are reserved. Bit 14 of word 83 and word 84 shall be set to one and bit 15 of word 83 and word 84 shall be cleared to zero to provide indication that the features/command sets supported words are valid. The values in these words should not be depended on by host implementers.

Bit 0 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the SMART feature set is not supported. If bit 1 of word 82 is set to one, the Security Mode feature set is supported. Bit 2 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the Removable Media feature set is not supported. Bit 3 of word 82 shall be set to one; the Power Management feature set is supported. Bit 4 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the Packet Command feature set is not supported. If bit 5 of word 82 is set to one, write cache is supported. If bit 6 of word 82 is set to one, look-ahead is supported. Bit 7 of word 82 shall be set to zero; release interrupt is not supported. Bit 8 of word 82 shall be set to zero; Service interrupt is not supported. Bit 9 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the Device Reset command is not supported. Bit 10 of word 82 shall be set to zero; the Host Protected Area feature set is not supported. Bit 11 of word 82 is obsolete. Bit 12 of word 82 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the W rite Buffer command. Bit 13 of word 82 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the Read Buffer command. Bit 14 of word 82 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the NOP command. Bit 15 of word 82 is obsolete.

Bit 0 of word 83 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Download

Microcode command.

Bit 1 of word 83 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Read DMA

Queued and Write DMA Queued commands. Bit 2 of word 83 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the CFA feature set. If bit 3 of word 83 is set to one, the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the Advanced Power Management

feature set. Bit 4 of word 83 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Removable Media

Status feature set.

 Words 85-87: Features/command sets enabled

Words 85, 86, and 87 shall indicate features/command sets enabled. The value 0000h or FFFFh was placed

in each of these words by CompactFlash Storage Cards prior to ATA-4 and shall be interpreted by the host

as meaning that features/command sets enabled are not indicated. Bits 1 through 15 of word 86 are reserved.

Bits 0-13 of word 87 are reserved. Bit 14 of word 87 shall be set to one and bit 15 of word 87 shall be cleared

to zero to provide indication that the features/command sets enabled words are valid. The values in these

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Bit 0 of word 85 shall be set to zero; the SMART feature set is not enabled. If bit 1 of word 85 is set to one, the Security Mode feature set has been enabled via the Security Set

Password command. Bit 2 of word 85 shall be set to zero; the Removable Media feature set is not supported. Bit 3 of word 85 shall be set to one; the Power Management feature set is supported. Bit 4 of word 85 shall be set to zero; the Packet Command feature set is not enabled. If bit 5 of word 85 is set to one, write cache is enabled. If bit 6 of word 85 is set to one, look-ahead is enabled. Bit 7 of word 85 shall be set to zero; release interrupt is not enabled. Bit 8 of word 85 shall be set to zero; Service interrupt is not enabled. Bit 9 of word 85 shall be set to zero; the Device Reset command is not supported. Bit 10 of word 85 shall be set to zero; the Host Protected Area feature set is not supported. Bit 11 of word 85 is obsolete. Bit 12 of word 85 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the W rite Buffer command. Bit 13 of word 85 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the Read Buffer command. Bit 14 of word 85 shall be set to one; the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the NOP command. Bit 15 of word 85 is obsolete.

Bit 0 of word 86 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Download

Microcode command. Bit 1 of word 86 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Read DMA

Queued and Write DMA Queued commands. If bit 2 of word 86 shall be set to one, the CompactFlash Storage Card supports the CFA feature set. If bit 3 of word 86 is set to one, the Advanced Power Management feature set has been enabled via the Set

Features command. Bit 4 of word 86 shall be set to zero; the CompactFlash Storage Card does not support the Removable Media

Status feature set.

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Word 89: Time required for Security erase unit completion

Word 89 specifies the time required for the Security Erase Unit command to complete. This command shall

be supported on CompactFlash Storage Cards that support security.

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Word 90: Time required for Enhanced security erase unit completion

Word 90 specifies the time required for the Enhanced Security Erase Unit command to complete. This command shall be supported on CompactFlash Storage Cards that support security.

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Word 91: Advanced power management level value

Bits 7-0 of word 91 contain the current Advanced Power Management level setting.

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Word 128: Security Status

Bit 8: Security Level If set to 1, indicates that security mode is enabled and the security level is maximum. If set to 0 and security mode is enabled, indicates that the security level is high. Bit 5: Enhanced security erase unit feature supported If set to 1, indicates that the Enhanced security erase unit feature set is supported. Bit 4: Expire

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If set to 1, indicates that the security count has expired and Security Unlock and Security Erase Unit are

command aborted until a power-on reset or hard reset. Bit 3: Freeze If set to 1, indicates that the security is Frozen. Bit 2: Lock If set to 1, indicates that the security is locked. Bit 1: Enable/Disable If set to 1, indicates that the security is enabled. If set to 0, indicates that the security is disabled. Bit 0: Capability If set to 1, indicates that CompactFlash Storage Card supports security mode feature set. If set to 0, indicates that CompactFlash Storage Card does not support security mode feature set.

Word 160: Power Requirement Description

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This word is required for CompactFlash Storage Cards that support power mode 1.

Bit 15: VLD If set to 1, indicates that this word contains a valid power requirement description. If set to 0, indicates that this word does not contain a power requirement description. Bit 14: RSV This bit is reserved and shall be 0. Bit 13: -XP If set to 1, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card does not have Power Level 1 commands. If set to 0, indicates that the CompactFlash Storage Card has Power Level 1 commands Bit 12: -XE If set to 1, indicates that Power Level 1 commands are disabled. If set to 0, indicates that Power Level 1 commands are enabled. Bit 0-11: Maximum current This field contains the CompactFlash Storage Card’s maximum current in mA.

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Word 162: Key Management Schemes Supported

Bit 0: CPRM support If set to 1, the device supports CPRM Scheme (Content Protection for Recordable Media) If set to 0, the device does not support CPRM. Bits 1-15 are reserved for future additional Key Management schemes.

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Word 163: CF Advanced True IDE Timing Mode Capabilities and Settings

This word describes the capabilities and current settings for CFA defined advanced timing modes using the

True IDE interface.

Notice! The use of True IDE PIO Modes 5 and above or of Multiword DMA Modes 3 and above impose

significant restrictions on the implementation of the host: Additional Requirements for CF Advanced Timing Modes.

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There are four separate fields defined that describe support and selection of Advanced PIO timing modes

and Advanced Multiword DMA timing modes. The older modes are reported in words 63 and 64. Word 63: Multiword DMA transfer and 6.2.1.6.19: Word 64: Advanced PIO transfer modes supported.

Bits 2-0: Advanced True IDE PIO Mode Support Indicates the maximum True IDE PIO mode supported by

the card.

Value Maximum PIO mode timing selected

0 Specified in word 64 1 PIO Mode 5 2 PIO Mode 6

3-7 Reserved

Bits 5-3: Advanced True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Support Indicates the maximum True IDE Multiword DMA

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mode supported by the card.

Bits 8-6: Advanced True IDE PIO Mode Selected Indicates the current True IDE PIO mode selected on the

card.

Bits 11-9: Advanced True IDE Multiword DMA Mode Selected Indicates the current True IDE Multiword DMA

Mode Selected on the card.

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Value Maximum Multiword DMA timing mode supported

0 Specified in word 63 1 Multiword DMA Mode 3 2 Multiword DMA Mode 4

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Value Current PIO timing mode selected

0 Specified in word 64 1 PIO Mode 5 2 PIO Mode 6

3-7 Reserved

Value Current Multiword DMA timing mode selected

0 Specified in word 63 1 Multiword DMA Mode 3 2 Multiword DMA Mode 4

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Bits 15-12 are reserved.

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Word 164: CF Advanced PCMCIA I/O and Memory Timing Modes Capabilities and Settings

This word describes the capabilities and current settings for CFA defined advanced timing modes using the

Memory and PCMCIA I/O interface.

Notice! The use of PCMCIA I/O or Memory modes that are 100ns or faster impose significant restrictions on the implementation of the host: Additional Requirements for CF Advanced Timing Modes.

Bits 2-0: Maximum Advanced PCMCIA I/O Mode Support Indicates the maximum I/O timing mode supported

by the card.

Bits 5-3: Maximum Memory timing mode supported Indicates the Maximum Memory timing mode supported by the card.

Value Maximum PCMCIA IO timing mode Supported

0 255ns Cycle PCMCIA I/O Mode 1 120ns Cycle PCMCIA I/O Mode 2 100ns Cycle PCMCIA I/O Mode 3 80ns Cycle PCMCIA I/O Mode

4-7 Reserved

Value Maximum Memory timing mode Supported

0 250ns Cycle Memory Mode 1 120ns Cycle Memory Mode 2 100ns Cycle Memory Mode 3 80ns Cycle Memory Mode

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Bits 15-6 are reserved.

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5.6.7 Idle - 97h or E3h

This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter the Idle mode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. If the sector count is non-zero, it is interpreted as a timer count with each count being 5 milliseconds and the automatic power down mode is enabled. If the sector count is zero, the automatic power down mode is disabled. Note that this time base (5 msec) is different from the ATA specification.

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5.6.8 Idle Immediate - 95h or E1h

This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter the Idle mode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt.

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5.6.9 Initialize Drive Parameters - 91h

This command enables the host to set the number of sectors per track and the number of heads per cylinder. Only the Sector Count and the Card/Drive/Head registers are used by this command.

Timer Count (5 msec increments)

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5.6.10 Read Buffer - E4h

The Read Buffer command enables the host to read the current contents of the CompactFlash Storage Card’s sector buffer. This command has the same protocol as the Read Sector(s) command.

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5.6.11 Read DMA – C8h

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This command uses DMA mode to read from 1 to 256 sectors as specified in the Sector Count register. A sector count of 0 requests 256 sectors. The transfer begins at the sector specified in the Sector Number Register. When this command is issued the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, puts all or part of the sector of data in the buffer. The Card is then permitted, although not required, to set DRQ, clear BSY. The Card asserts DMAREQ while data is available to be transferred. The Card asserts DMAREQ while data is available to be transferred. The host then reads the (512 * sector-count) bytes of data from the Card using DMA. While DMAREQ is asserted by the Card, the Host asserts -DMACK while it is ready to transfer data by DMA and asserts -IORD once for each 16 bit word to be transferred to the Host.

Interrupts are not generated on every sector, but upon completion of the transfer of the entire number of sectors to be transferred or upon the occurrence of an unrecoverable error.

At command completion, the Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the last sector read. If an error occurs, the read terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The amount of data transferred is indeterminate.

When a Read DMA command is received by the Card and 8 bit transfer mode has been enabled by the Set Features command, the Card shall return the Aborted error.

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5.6.12 Read Multiple - C4h

Note: This specification requires that CompactFlash Cards support a multiple block count of 1 and permits larger values to be supported.

The Read Multiple command performs similarly to the Read Sectors command. Interrupts are not generated on every sector, but on the transfer of a block, which contains the number of sectors defined by a Set Multiple command.

Command execution is identical to the Read Sectors operation except that the number of sectors defined by a Set Multiple command is transferred without intervening interrupts. DRQ qualification of the transfer is required only at the start of the data block, not on each sector.

The block count of sectors to be transferred without intervening interrupts is programmed by the Set Multiple Mode command, which shall be executed prior to the Read Multiple command. When the Read Multiple command is issued, the Sector Count Register contains the number of sectors (not the number of blocks or the block count) requested. If the number of requested sectors is not evenly divisible by the block count, as many full blocks as possible are transferred, followed by a final, partial block transfer. The partial block transfer is for n sectors, where

n = (sector count) modulo (block count).

If the Read Multiple command is attempted before the Set Multiple Mode command has been executed or when Read Multiple commands are disabled, the Read Multiple operation is rejected with an Aborted Command error. Disk errors encountered during Read Multiple commands are posted at the beginning of the block or partial block transfer, but DRQ is still set and the data transfer shall take place as it normally would, including transfer of corrupted data, if any.

Interrupts are generated when DRQ is set at the beginning of each block or partial block. The error reporting is the same as that on a Read Sector(s) Command. This command reads from 1 to 256 sectors as specified in the Sector Count register. A sector count of 0 requests 256 sectors. The transfer begins at the sector specified in the Sector Number Register.

At command completion, the Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the last sector read.

If an error occurs, the read terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The flawed data is pending in the sector buffer.

Subsequent blocks or partial blocks are transferred only if the error was a correctable data error. All other errors cause the command to stop after transfer of the block that contained the error.

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5.6.13 Read Sector(s) - 20h or 21h

This command reads from 1 to 256 sectors as specified in the Sector Count register. A sector count of 0 requests 256 sectors. The transfer begins at the sector specified in the Sector Number Register. When this command is issued and after each sector of data (except the last one) has been read by the host, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, puts the sector of data in the buffer, sets DRQ, clears BSY, and generates an interrupt. The host then reads the 512 bytes of data from the buffer.

At command completion, the Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the last sector read. If an error occurs, the read terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The flawed data is pending in the sector buffer.

5.6.14 Read Verify Sector(s) - 40h or 41h

This command is identical to the Read Sectors command, except that DRQ is never set and no data is transferred to the host. When the command is accepted, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY.

When the requested sectors have been verified, the CompactFlash Storage Card clears BSY and generates an interrupt. Upon command completion, the Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the last sector verified.

If an error occurs, the Read Verify Command terminates at the sector where the error occurs. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The Sector Count Register contains the number of sectors not yet verified.

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5.6.15 Recalibrate - 1Xh

This command is effectively a NOP command to the CompactFlash Storage Card and is provided for compatibility purposes.

5.6.16 Request Sense - 03h

This command requests extended error information for the previous command. Table defines the valid extended error codes for the CompactFlash Storage Card Series product. The extended error code is returned to the host in the Error Register.

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5.6.17 Seek - 7Xh

This command is effectively a NOP command to the CompactFlash Storage Card although it does perform a range check of cylinder and head or LBA address and returns an error if the address is out of range.

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5.6.18 Set Features – EFh

This command is used by the host to establish or select certain features. If any subcommand input value is not supported or is invalid, the Compact Flash Storage Card shall return command aborted. Table: Feature Supported defines all features that are supported.

Table: Feature Supported

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Features 01h and 81h are used to enable and clear 8 bit data transfer modes in True IDE Mode. If the 01h feature command is issued all data transfers shall occur on the low order D[7:0] data bus and the -IOIS16 signal shall not be asserted for data register accesses. The host shall not enable this feature for DMA transfers.

Features 02h and 82h allow the host to enable or disable write cache in CompactFlash Storage Cards that implement write cache. When the subcommand disable write cache is issued, the CompactFlash Storage Card shall initiate the sequence to flush cache to non-volatile memory before command completion.

Feature 03h allows the host to select the PIO or Multiword DMA transfer mode by specifying a value in the Sector Count register. The upper 5 bits define the type of transfer and the low order 3 bits encode the mode value. One PIO mode shall be selected at all times. For Cards which support DMA, one Multiword DMA mode shall be selected at all times. The host may change the selected modes by the Set Features command.

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PIO default mode 00000b 000b PIO default mode, disable IORDY PIO flow control transfer mode 00001b Mode Reserved 00010b N/A Multiword DMA mode 00100b Mode Reserved 01000b N/A Reserved 10000b N/A

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A CompactFlash Storage Card reporting support for Multiword DMA modes shall support all Multiword DMA modes below the highest mode supported. For example, if Multiword DMA mode 2 support is reported, then modes 1 and 0 shall also be supported.

5.6.19 Set Multiple Mode - C6h

This command enables the CompactFlash Storage Card to perform Read and Write Multiple operations and establishes the block count for these commands. The Sector Count Register is loaded with the number of sectors per block. Upon receipt of the command, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY to 1 and checks the Sector Count Register.

If the Sector Count Register contains a valid value and the block count is supported, the value is loaded and execution is enabled for all subsequent Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands. If the block count is not supported, an Aborted Command error is posted and the Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands are disabled. If the Sector Count Register contains 0 when the command is issued, Read and Write Multiple commands are disabled. At power on, or after a hardware or (unless disabled by a Set Feature command) software reset, the default mode is Read and Write Multiple disabled.

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5.6.20 Set Sleep Mode- 99h or E6h

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This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter the Sleep mode, clear BSY and generate an interrupt. Recovery from sleep mode is accomplished by simply issuing another command (a reset is permitted but not required). Sleep mode is also entered when internal timers expire so the host does not need to issue this command except when it wishes to enter Sleep mode immediately. The default value for the timer is 5 milliseconds. Note that this time base (5 msec) is different from the ATA Specification.

5.6.21 Standby - 96h or E2h

This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter the Sleep mode (which corresponds to the ATA “Standby” Mode), clear BSY and return the interrupt immediately. Recovery from sleep mode is accomplished by simply issuing another command (a reset is not required).

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5.6.22 Standby Immediate - 94h or E0h

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This command causes the CompactFlash Storage Card to set BSY, enter the Sleep mode (which corresponds to the ATA “Standby” Mode), clear BSY and return the interrupt immediately. Recovery from sleep mode is accomplished by simply issuing another command (a reset is not required).

5.6.23 Translate Sector - 87h

This command allows the host a method of determining the exact number of times a user sector has been erased and programmed. The controller responds with a 512 byte buffer of information containing the desired cylinder, head and sector, including its Logical Address, and the Hot Count, if available, for that sector. Table represents the information in the buffer. Please note that this command is unique to the CompactFlash Storage Card.

Table:Translate Sector Information

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5.6.24 Wear Level - F5h

For the CompactFlash Storage Cards that do not support security mode feature set, this command is effectively a NOP command and only implemented for backward compatibility. The Sector Count Register shall always be returned with a 00h indicating Wear Level is not needed. If the CompactFlash Storage Card supports security mode feature set, this command shall be handled as Security Freeze Lock.

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5.6.25 Write Buffer - E8h

The Write Buffer command enables the host to overwrite contents of the CompactFlash Storage Card’s sector buffer with any data pattern desired. This command has the same protocol as the Write Sector(s) command and transfers 512 bytes.

5.6.26 Write DMA – CAh

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This command uses DMA mode to write from 1 to 256 sectors as specified in the Sector Count register. A sector count of 0 requests 256 sectors. The transfer begins at the sector specified in the Sector Number Register. When this command is issued the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, puts all or part of the sector of data in the buffer. The Card is then permitted, although not required, to set DRQ, clear BSY. The Card asserts DMAREQ while data is available to be transferred. The host then writes the (512 * sector-count) bytes of data to the Card using DMA. While DMAREQ is asserted by the Card, the Host asserts -DMACK while it is ready to transfer data by DMA and asserts -IOWR once for each 16 bit word to be transferred from the Host.

Interrupts are not generated on every sector, but upon completion of the transfer of the entire number of sectors to be transferred or upon the occurrence of an unrecoverable error.

At command completion, the Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the last sector read. If an error occurs, the read terminates at the sector where the error occurred. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head, and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The amount of data transferred is indeterminate.

When a W rite DMA command is received by the Card and 8 bit transfer mode has been enabled by the Set Features command, the Card shall return the Aborted error.

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5.6.27 Write Multiple Command - C5h

Note: This specification requires that CompactFlash Cards support a multiple block count of 1 and permits larger values to be supported.

This command is similar to the Write Sectors command. The CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY within 400 nsec of accepting the command. Interrupts are not presented on each sector but on the transfer of a block that contains the number of sectors defined by Set Multiple. Command execution is identical to the Write Sectors operation except that the number of sectors defined by the Set Multiple command is transferred without intervening interrupts.

DRQ qualification of the transfer is required only at the start of the data block, not on each sector.The block count of sectors to be transferred without intervening interrupts is programmed by the Set Multiple Mode command, which shall be executed prior to the Write Multiple command.

When the Write Multiple command is issued, the Sector Count Register contains the number of sectors (not the number of blocks or the block count) requested. If the number of requested sectors is not evenly divisible by the block count, as many full blocks as possible are transferred, followed by a final, partial block transfer. The partial block transfer is for n sectors, where:

n = (sector count) modulo (block count).

If the Write Multiple command is attempted before the Set Multiple Mode command has been executed or when Write Multiple commands are disabled, the Write Multiple operation shall be rejected with an aborted command error.

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Errors encountered during Write Multiple commands are posted after the attempted writes of theblock or partial block transferred. The Write command ends with the sector in error, even if it is in the middle of a block. Subsequent blocks are not transferred in the event of an error. Interrupts are generated when DRQ is set at the beginning of each block or partial block.

The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector numbers of the sector where the error occurred. The Sector Count Register contains the residual number of sectors that need to be transferred for successful completion of the command, e.g., each block has 4 sectors, a request for 8 sectors is issued and an error occurs on the third sector. The Sector Count Register contains 6 and the address is that of the third sector.

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5.6.28 Write Multiple without Erase – CDh

This command is similar to the Write Multiple command with the exception that an implied erase before write operation is not performed. The sectors should be pre-erased with the Erase Sector(s) command before this command is issued.

5.6.29 Write Sector(s) - 30h or 31h

This command writes from 1 to 256 sectors as specified in the Sector Count Register. A sector count of zero requests 256 sectors. The transfer begins at the sector specified in the Sector Number Register. When this command is accepted, the CompactFlash Storage Card sets BSY, then sets DRQ and clears BSY, then waits for the host to fill the sector buffer with the data to be written. No interrupt is generated to start the first host transfer operation. No data should be transferred by the host until BSY has been cleared by the host.

For multiple sectors, after the first sector of data is in the buffer, BSY shall be set and DRQ shall be cleared. After the next buffer is ready for data, BSY is cleared, DRQ is set and an interrupt is generated. W hen the final sector of data is transferred, BSY is set and DRQ is cleared. It shall remain in this state until the command is completed at which time BSY is cleared and an interrupt is generated.

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If an error occurs during a write of more than one sector, writing terminates at the sector where the error occurs. The Command Block Registers contain the cylinder, head and sector number of the sector where the error occurred. The host may then read the command block to determine what error has occurred, and on which sector.

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5.6.30 Write Sector(s) without Erase - 38h

This command is similar to the Write Sector(s) command with the exception that an implied erase before write operation is not performed. This command has the same protocol as the Write Sector(s) command. The sectors should be pre-erased with the Erase Sector(s) command before this command is issued. If the sector is not pre-erased with the Erase Sector(s) command, a normal write sector operation will occur.

5.6.31 Write Verify - 3Ch

This command is similar to the Write Sector(s) command, except each sector is verified immediately after being written. This command has the same protocol as the Write Sector(s) command.

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Check Power Mode

Execute Drive Diagnostic

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Format Track

Identify Device

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Initialize Drive Parameters

Read Buffer

Read DMA V V V V V V V V V V

Read Multiple V V V V V V V V V V

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Read Verify Sectors V V V V V V V V V V

Recalibrate

Request Sense

Seek

Set Features

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Set Sleep Mode

Stand By

Stand By Immediate

Translate Sector V

Wear Level V V V V V V V V

Write Buffer

Write DMA V

Write Multiple V

Write Multiple w/o Erase

Write Sector(s) V

Write Sector(s) w/o Erase V

Write Verify V

Invalid Command Code

Error and Status Register summarizes the valid status and error value for all the CF-ATA Command set.

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6.CIS Description:

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Address Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

000h 01h CISTPL_DEVICE Device Info tuple Tuple code

002h 04h TPL_LINK Link length is 4 byte Link to next tuple 004h DFh Device Type W Speed Type=D: I/O device

006h 79h Speed 79:80ns Speed

008h 01h # Address units –1 unit size 2 Kbytes of address space Device size

00Ah FFh CISTPL_END End of CISTPL_DEVICE End marker

00Ch 1Ch CISTPL_DEVICE_OC Common memory other

00Eh 05h TPL_LINK Link Length is 5 byte Link to next tuple

010h 02h Ext Reserved 3V M 3V=1: dual voltage card,

012h DFh Device Type W Speed Type=D: I/O device

Description of Contents CIS function

Device type, WPS WPS=1 : no WP switch Speed=7: extend bye

operating conditions tuple

conditions for 3.3V operation

M=0: conditions without wait

WPS=1 : no WP switch

speed

Tuple code

Other Conditions

Information

Device type, WPS

speed

Speed=7: extend bye

014h 79h Speed 79:80ns Speed

016h 01h # Address units –1 unit size 2 Kbytes of address space Device size

018h FFh CISTPL_END End of CISTPL_DEVICE_OC End marker

01Ah 18h CISTPL_JEDEC_C JEDEC programming info tuple Tuple code

01Ch 02h TPL_LINK Link length is 2 byte Link to next tuple

01Eh DFh JEDEC ID Device Mnufacturer ID Manufacturer ID

020h 01h JEDEC Info Manufacturer specific info Manufacturer info

022h 20h CISTPL_MANFID Manufacturer ID tuple Tuple code

024h 04h TPL_LINK Link Length is 4 bytes Link to next tuple

026h 0Ah TPLMID_MANF PC Card manufacturer code Manufacturer ID

028h 00h

02Ah 00h TPLMID_CARD Manufacturer specific info Manufacturer info

02Ch 00h

02Eh 15h CISTPL_VERS_1 Level 1 version/product info Tuple code

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Address Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

030h 1Bh CISTPL_LINK Link length is 27 bytes Link to next tuple

032h 04h TPPLV1_MAJOR PCMCIA2.0/JEIDA4.1 Major version

034h 01h TPPLV1_MINOR PCMCIA2.0/JEIDA4.1 Major version

4Eh

53h

43h

45h

4Eh

44h

20h

‘T’ Info string 1

Null terminator

Transcend PRODUCT Name Info string 2

036h 54h

038h 52h ‘R’

03Ah 41h ‘A’

03Ch

03Eh

040h

042h

044h

046h

048h

04Ah 00h

04Ch 54h…

Description of Contents CIS function

‘N’

‘S’

‘C’

‘E’

‘N’

‘D’

‘ ’

064h 00h

066h FFh

068h 21h CISTPL_FUNCID Function ID tuple Tuple code

06Ah 02h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 2 bytes Link to next tuple

06Ch 04h TPLFID_FUNCTION Fixed disk drive Function code

06Eh 01h Reserved R P R=0: no expansion ROM

070h 22h CISTPL_FUNCE Function Extension tuple Tuple code

072h 02h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 2 bytes Link to next tuple

074h 01h Disk function extension tuple Disk interface information TPLFE_TYPE

076h 01h Disk interface type PC card ATA interface TPLFE_DATA

078h 22h CISTPL_FUNCE Function Extension tuple Tuple code

07Ah 03h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 3 bytes Link to next tuple

07Ch 02h Disk function extension tuple PC card ATA basic features TPLFE_TYPE

Null terminator

End of CISTPL_VERS_1 End marker

P=1: configure at POST

System init byte

TPLFID_SYSINIT

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07Eh 0Ch Reserved D U S V D=0: single drive on card

080h 0Fh R I E N P I=0: twin IOIS16# unspecified

082h 1Ah CISTPL_CONFIG Configuration Tuple Tuple code

084h 05h TPL_LINK Link length is 5 bytes Link to next tuple

086h 01h RFS RMS RAS RFS: reserved

088h 03h TPCC_LAST Last configuration entry is 03H Last entry index

08Ah 00h TPCC_RADR (LSB) Configuration registers are Configuration

Description of Contents CIS function

TPLFE_TYPE

U=1: unique serial number

S=1: silicon device

V=00: no VPP required

TPLFE_TYPE

E=0: index bit not emulated

N=0: I/O includes 0x3F7

P=F(1111):low power, sleep, standby, idle

supported

Size of fields

RMS: 1 byte register mask

RAS: 2 bytes base address

TPCC_SZ

08Ch 02h TPCC_RADR (MSB) Located at 0200H Register location

08Eh 0Fh TPCC_RMSK Configuration registers 0 to 3

are present

090h 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

092h 08h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 8 bytes Link to next tuple

094h C0h I D Configuration Index Memory mapped configuration,

index=0

I=1: Interface byte follows

D=1: Default entry

096h C0h W R P B Interface type W=1: wait required

R=1: ready/busy active

P=0: WP not used

B=0: BVD1, BVD2 not used

Type=0: Memory interface

Configuration register

present mask

Configuration Table

Index Byte

TPCE_INDX

Interface

Description

TPCE_IF

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Address Data 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0

098h A1h M MS IR IO T Power M=1: misc info present

09Ah 01h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV DI: no power-down current

09Ch 55h X Mantissa Exponent Nominal voltage 5.0V

09Eh 08h Length in 256 byte units (LSB) Length of memory space is 2 Memory space

0A0h 00h Length in 256 byte units (MSB) Kbyte descr. TPCE_MS

Description of Contents CIS function

Feature Selection

MS=1: 2 byte memory length

IR=0: no interrupt is used

IO=0: no I/O space is used

T=0: no timing info specified

Power=1: VCC info, no VPP

PI:no peak current info

AI: no average current info

SI: no static current info

HV:no max voltage info

LV:no min voltage info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

Byte TPCE_FS

Power Description

Structure Parameter

Selection Byte

TPCE_PD

0A2h 20h X R P RO A T X=0: no more misc fields

P=1: power-down supported

RO=0:read/write media

A=0: audio not supported

T=0: max twins is 0

0A4h 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

0A6h 06h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 6 bytes Link to next tuple

0A8h 00h I D Configuration Index Memory mapped configuration,

index=0

0AAh 01h M MS IR IO T Power Power=1: VCC info, no VPP TPCE_FS

0ACh 21h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV PI=1: peak current info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

0AEh B5h X Mantissa Exponent X=1: extension byte present

0B0h 1Eh X Extension Nominal voltage 3.30V

0B2h 4Dh X Mantissa Exponent Peak current 45 mA

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features TPCE_MI

TPCE_INDX

TPCE_PD

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0B4h 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

0B6h 0Ah CISTPL_LINK Link length is 10 bytes Link to next tuple

0B8h C1h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=1

0BAh 41h W R P B Interface type W=0: wait not required

0BCh 99h M MS IR IO T Power M=1: misc info present

Description of Contents CIS function

TPCE_INDX

I=1: Interface byte follows

D=1: Default entry

TPCE_IF

R=1: ready/busy active

P=0: WP not used

B=0: BVD1, BVD2 not used

Type=1: I/O interface

TPCE_FS

MS=0: no memory space info

IR=1: interrupt is used

IO=1: I/O space is used

T=0: no timing info specified

Power=1: VCC info, no VPP

0BEh 01h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV DI: no power-down current

PI: no peak current info

AI: no average current info

SI: no static current info

HV:no max voltage info

LV:no min voltage info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

0C0h 55h X Mantissa Exponent Nominal voltage 5.0V

0C2h 64h R S E IO S =1: support 16 bit hosts

E =1: support 8 bit hosts

IO=4: 4 address lines decoded

TPCE_PD

TPCE_IO

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0C4h F0h S P L M V B I N S=1: interrupt sharing logic

0C6h FFh IRQ7..0 Interrupt signal may be

0C8h FFh IRQ15..8 Assigned to any host IRQ

0CAh 20h X R P RO A T X=0: no more misc fields

0CCh 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

Description of Contents CIS function

TPCE_IR

P=1: pulse mode supported

L=1: level mode supported

M=1: masks V..N present

V=0: no vendor unique IRQ

B=0: no bus error IRQ

I=0: no I/O check IRQ

N=0: no NMI

TPCE_MI

P=1: power-down supported

RO=0:read/write media

A=0: audio not supported

T=0: max twins is 0

0CEh 06h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 6 bytes Link to next tuple

0D0h 01h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=1 TPCE_INDX

0D2h 01h M MS IR IO T Power Power=1: VCC info, no VPP TPCE_FS

0D4h 21h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV PI=1: peak current info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

0D6h B5h X Mantissa Exponent X=1: extension byte present

0D8h 1Eh X Extension Nominal voltage 3.30V

0DAh 4Dh X Mantissa Exponent Peak current 45 mA

0DCh 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

0DEh 0Fh CISTPL_LINK Link length is 15 bytes Link to next tuple

0E0h C2h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=2

I =1: Interface byte follows

D=1: Default entry

TPCE_PD

TPCE_INDX

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0E2h 41h W R P B Interface type W=0: wait not required

0E4h 99h M MS IR IO T Power M=1: misc info present

0E6h 01h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV DI: no power-down current

Description of Contents CIS function

R=1: ready/busy active

P=0: WP not used

B=0: BVD1, BVD2 not used

Type=1: I/O interface

MS=0: no memory space info

IR=1: interrupt is used

IO=1: I/O space is used

T=0: no timing info specified

Power=1: VCC info, no VPP

PI:no peak current info

AI: no average current info

SI: no static current info

HV:no max voltage info

TPCE_IF

TPCE_FS

TPCE_PD

LV:no min voltage info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

0E8h 55h X Mantissa Exponent Nominal voltage 5.0V

0EAh EAh R S E IO R=1: range follows

S=1: support 16 bit hosts

E=1: support 8 bit hosts

IO=10: 10 lines decoded

0ECh 61h LS AS NR LS=1: 1 byte length

AS=2: 2 byte address

NR=1: 2 address ranges

0EEh F0h Base address 1 (LSB) Address range 1

0F0h 01h Base address 1 (MSB) 0x1F0 to 0x1F7

0F2h 07h Address range 1 length

0F4h F6h Base address 2 (LSB) Address range 2

0F6h 03h Base address 2 (MSB) 0x3F6 to 0x3F7

0F8h 01h Address range 2 length

TPCE_IO

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0FAh EEh S P L M IRQN S=1: interrupt sharing logic

0FCh 20h X R P RO A T X=0: no more misc fields

0FEh 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

100h 06h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 6 bytes Link to next tuple

102h 02h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=2 TPCE_INDX

104h 01h M MS IR IO T Power Power=1: VCC info, no VPP TPCE_FS

106h 21h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV PI=1: peak current info

Description of Contents CIS function

TPCE_IR

P=1: pulse mode supported

L=1: level mode supported

M=0: masks V..N not present

IRQN=14: use interrupt 14

TPCE_MI

P=1: power-down supported

RO=0:read/write media

A=0: audio not supported

T=1: max twins is 0

TPCE_PD

NV=1: nominal voltage info

108h B5h X Mantissa Exponent X=1: extension byte present

10Ah 1Eh X Extension Nominal voltage 3.30V

10Ch 4Dh X Mantissa Exponent Peak current 45 mA

10Eh 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

110h 0Fh CISTPL_LINK Link length is 15 bytes Link to next tuple

112h C3h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=3

I=1: Interface byte follows

D=1: Default entry

114h 41h W R P B Interface type W=0: wait not required

R=1: ready/busy active

P=0: WP not used

B=0: BVD1, BVD2 not used

Type=1: I/O interface

TPCE_INDX

TPCE_IF

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116h 99h M MS IR IO T Power M=1: misc info present

118h 1h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV DI: no power-down current

11Ah 55h X Mantissa Exponent Nominal voltage 5.0V

11Ch EAh R S E IO R=1: range follows

Description of Contents CIS function

MS=0: no memory space info

IR=1: interrupt is used

IO=1: I/O space is used

T=0: no timing info specified

Power=1: VCC info, no VPP

PI:no peak current info

AI: no average current info

SI: no static current info

HV:no max voltage info

LV:no min voltage info

NV=1: nominal voltage info

S=1: support 16 bit hosts

TPCE_FS

TPCE_PD

TPCE_IO

E=1: support 8 bit hosts

IO=10: 10 lines decoded

11Eh 61h LS AS NR LS=1: 1 byte length

AS=2: 2 byte address

NR=1: 2 address ranges

120h 70h Base address 1 (LSB) Address range 1

122h 01h Base address 1 (MSB) 0x170 to 0x177

124h 07h Address range 1 length

126h 76h Base address 2 (LSB) Address range 2

128h 03h Base address 2 (MSB) 0x376 to 0x377

12Ah 01h Address range 2 length

12Ch EEh

S P L M IRQN

S=1: interrupt sharing logic

P=1: pulse mode supported

L=1: level mode supported

M=0: masks V..N not present

IRQN=14: use interrupt 14

TPCE_IR

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12Eh 20h X R P RO A T X=0: no more misc fields

130h 1Bh CISTPL_CFTABLE_ENTRY Configuration tuple Tuple code

132h 06h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 6 bytes Link to next tuple

134h 03h I D Configuration Index I/O mapped, index=3 TPCE_INDX

136h 01h M MS IR IO T Power Power=1: VCC info, no VPP TPCE_FS

138h 21h R DI PI AI SI HV LV NV PI=1: peak current info

13Ah B5h X Mantissa Exponent X=1: extension byte present

13Ch 1Eh X Extension Nominal voltage 3.30V

13Eh 4Dh X Mantissa Exponent Peak current 45 mA

140h 14h CISTPL_NO_LINK No link control tuple Tuple code

142h 00h CISTPL_LINK Link length is 0 bytes Link to next tuple

Description of Contents CIS function

TPCE_MI

P=1: power-down supported

RO=0:read/write media

A=0: audio not supported

T=0: max twins is 0

TPCE_PD

NV=1: nominal voltage info

144h FFh

146h FFh CISTPL_END End of CIS Tuple code

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