ATA PCMCIA Card
ATA33 Series
WHITE ELECTRONIC DESIGNS
ATA Flash card
FEATURES
• PC Card ATA compatible
- 68 pin two piece connector and type I or type II housing
(5mm)
WEDC ATA33 Series flash memory cards are ATA
compatible cards and are suitable for usage as a data
storage memory medium for PC’s or any other
electronic equipment. This product is built with high
performance NAND memory devices and SanDisk
controller.
- PCMCIA/JEIDA 4.1
• x8/x16 PCMCIA standard interface
• Single 3 Volt / 5 Volt Supply
Packaged in a PCMCIA type I or type II housing,
the WEDC ATA series cards provide a lightweight,
low power, reliable nonvolatile storage medium.
Built in to the card controller, Error Correcting Code
(ECC) provides a high level of reliability and MTBF
(Mean Time Between Failures).
• ISA standard, Read/Write unit is 1 sector (512 bytes)
- Sector Read/Write transfer rate:
-sustain: approx 1MB/sec (ATA33)
- High reliability based on internal ECC function (Error
Correcting Code)
• Card Capacity
- 32 MB to 1024 MB (unformatted)
WEDC’s standard cards are shipped with the WEDC
FLASH Logo. Cards are also available with blank
housings (no Logo). The blank housings are available
in both a recessed (for label) and flat housing. Please
contact your WEDC sales representative for further
information on Custom artwork.
• Card Access mode:
- Memory card mode
- I/O card mode
- True-IDE mode
• Reliability:
• MTBF
1,000,000 hours
• Data reliability is 1 error in 1014 bits read
NOTE: ATA33 product family is electrically and
functionally compatible with the older ATA30.
• Auto Sleep Function
Block Diagram
Memory Array
Code/software
DATA
ADRS
...
DATA I/O
CONTROLLER
CONTROL
OSC
October 2001
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ATA30 Series
PC Card Products