CompactFlash® (CF) Memory Card for Standard
and Industrial Grade Applications

Compact Flash Product Information (PDF)
Quick Reference CF & SD (PDF)

	Standard Grade	Industrial Grade	Pro Series Industrial
	110 Series	303 Series	303 Pro Series
Application	Low Cost Solution	High Performance	High Performance
Memory Type	MLC NAND	SLC NAND	SLC NAND
Control	BOM Control	BOM Control	BOM Control
Cycle	Long LIfe Cycle	Long LIfe Cycle	Long LIfe Cycle
303Pro Features	—	—	Yes
Status	Coming soon	available	available
Capacity	1 GB - 32 GB	128 MB - 16 GB	128 MB - 16 GB
Endurance Cycles	100k	>2 Milllion	> 2 Million
MTBF (Hours)	200k	4 Million	4 Million
Warranty	3 Years	5 Years	5 Years
Standard Temp.	0°C - 70°C	0°C - 70°C	0°C - +70°C
Extended Temp.	—	-45°C - +90°C	-45°C - +90°C
Sequential Read	45 / 20* MB/sec	35 / 20* MB/sec	35 / 20* MB/sec
Sequential Write	19 / 5* MB/sec	20 / 10* MB/sec	20 / 10* MB/sec
Random Read	40 /20* MB/sec	30 / 20* MB/sec	30 /20* MB/sec
Random Write	5.5 / 2.5* MB/sec	3.5 / 3* MB/sec	3.5 / 3* MB/sec
Shock/Vibration	3000G/30G	3000G/30G	3000G/30G
Error Correction	8/15 bit BCH ECC	4 byte/sector RS ECC	4 byte/sector RS ECC
UDMA	up to Mode 6	up to Mode 4	up to Mode 4
* for capacity 1GB and below

Features:
- Industry Standard CF Type I Form Factor
- Supports True IDE Mode
- Supports ATA PIO Mode 0-4
- Supports Multiword DMA 2
- Data retention: > 10 years
- Dual Voltage Support: 3.3V or 5.0V
- Unique Electronic Serial Card ID
- Supports Traceability Barcode
- Solid State Design With No Moving Part 
- Bad block management
- customized Versions possible for >1000 pieces
- Pro Revision: write-protect-switch available on request

303Pro Features:
- ATA Security Feature Set: Password set/disable, Unlock, Unerase
- CTPurge: Erase only, Erase and Overwrite with random data once or n-times
  according to high standard specifications.
- CTLock: Lock Card to Host System
- Write Protect: Multiple Methods (Hardware/Software)

Differences between "fixed" and "removable" Compact-Flash Cards:
All IDE/ATA memory devices are configured either as "fixed" or "removable" devices.
While booting, the OS reads this configuration from the memory status Register of the memory device.
Some OS (e.g. WinCE, older x86 PC) can boot from "fixed" devices only.
The ability for disk/card partitioning also depends on the configuration as "fixed" or "removable".
In general: "Fixed" cards for applications with bootable OS that don't support external bootable devices.
"Removable" cards for all other applications.
Removable cards are detected as "fixed" in TrueIDE mode and as "removable" in PCMCIA mode.

Removable cards at:
PCMCIA mode => removable device
TrueIDE mode => fixed device
Fixed cards at:
PCMCIA mode => fixed device
TrueIDE mode => fixed device

Basically the CompactFlash Standard is a hybrid of PCMCIA standard and ATA standard. CompactFlash can work like a PCMCIA card or an ATA drive.
For PCMCIA Card => PCMCIA mode
For ATA drive => TrueIDE mode
A CompactFlash Card can be turned into PCMCIA Card by using a "PCMCIA-to-CF" adapter. It also can be turned into an ATA device by using a "IDE-to-CF" adapter. These adapters have nothing but simple a PCB without any on board logic.

Ordering Information for CompactFlash Memory Cards:
KCXY-110-aa for Standard Grade
KCXYZ-303A for Industrial Grade
KCXYZ-304A for Systems that DO NOT support DMA

Additional Documents:

Compact Flash Card Manual and Brochures
Application Notes
Product Brief 3xxPro Revision

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