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News Release from: Parvus Corp | Subject: IDE Drive Boot
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 May 2003
Boot protects drives in embedded systems
The Parvus IDE Drive Boot is a novel solution that enhances the reliability and durability of data storage for 2.5in ATA spinning media hard drives used in PC/104 embedded computer systems.
The Parvus IDE Drive Boot is a novel solution that enhances the reliability and durability of data storage for 2.5in ATA spinning media hard drives used in PC/104 embedded computer systems The product is designed to fit on Parvus' PC/104 CompactFlash and IDE adapter module and is priced at $89 each in orders of 100+ units
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 22 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Made of Silastic silicone rubber, Parvus' IDE Drive Boot effectively isolates harmful shock and vibration energies that normally limit the use of many conventional magnetic disk drives in mobile and/or rugged embedded computing applications.
The product enables a 2.5in hard drive (commonly used in laptop computers) to be securely and safely mounted on Parvus' PC/104 CompactFlash and IDE adapter, which provides a primary or secondary IDE controller to run the disk drive.
The IDE Drive Boot includes mounting holes and a nylon retention bracket for properly securing the hard disk for high shock/vibration stress.
The product also comes with a 16bit PC/104 header that fits within an opening in the boot to pass though all PC/104 bus signals from Parvus' CompactFlash and IDE adapter board to other system components in a PC/104 card stack.
The availability of this protective boot enables the CompactFlash and IDE adapter to provide an embedded system with the benefits of removable, nonvolatile CompactFlash memory together with the large storage capacity of a traditional spinning media hard drive, despite rigorous shock/vibration requirements.
In fact, Parvus has successfully implemented the IDE Drive Boot in custom integrated systems for the military, which have undergone environmental testing for compliance to the MIL-STD-810 standard.
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