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Flash discs for solid-state reliability

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Mar 5, 2001

Providing full IDE hard disc compatibility, the IFM-401/441 flash disc modules are offered in capacities of 16, 32, 48, 64 and 96Mbyte.

Providing full IDE hard disc compatibility, the IFM-401/441 flash disc modules are offered in capacities of 16, 32, 48, 64 and 96Mbyte.

CE approved for use in Europe, the modules are supported by a multitude of operating systems, including DOS, Windows 3.1/95/98, Windows NT/2000, Windows CE, OS/2 Warp, Linux, QNX and UnixWare.

Further, this solid-state storage solution offers the benefits of an MTBF of over a million hours and a high-level of data reliability via a built-in EDC/ECC function.

Designed for rugged applications, the modules operate over -10 to 70C under maximum shock and vibration of 1000G and 15G peak-to-peak respectively.

The modules are also rated to withstand humidity levels of 5 to 95% noncondensing and an altitude of 50,000 feet.

With an unlimited read endurance, the IFM-401/441 typically delivers a write/erase endurance of a million cycles.

Housed in a plastic package, these high-performance flash disk modules feature an IDE interface that meets ATA-4 (PIO mode 1-4).

System performance specifications include an access time of under 0.1ms, track-to-track seek time of less than 0.1ms and a bus transfer speed of 16.7Mbyte/s.

The modules run off either 5 or 3.3V supplies and consume little power.

At 3.3V sleep mode consumption is under 200uA, while read and write power drains are less than 25 and 30mA, respectively.