Apro HERMIT Series Owner's manual

November 2010
Product Specification
Industrial micro IDE Flash Module (MIF)
- HERMIT Series -
Doc-No: 100-XMIFHA-02V0

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1.0 Initial release 2008/12/23
2.0 New front label released 2010/11/11

CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................ 1
1.1. SCOPE...................................................................................................................................................... 2
1.2. SYSTEM FEATURES ................................................................................................................................. 2
1.3. ATA/ATAPI-6 STANDARD ....................................................................................................................... 2
1.4. TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENCE -STATIC WEAR LEVELING.................................................................... 2
2. PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ..................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. SYSTEM ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS.......................................................................................... 3
2.2. SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................... 3
2.3. SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ......................................................................................................................... 3
2.4. SYSTEM RELIABILITY.............................................................................................................................. 4
2.5. PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................................................... 4
2.6. CAPACITY SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................................................... 7
3. INTERFACE DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................................................... 9
3.1. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 9
3.2. PIN ASSIGNMENTS .................................................................................................................................. 9
3.3. ELECTRICAL DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................... 10
3.4. ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................11
3.4.1. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATING........................................................................................................... 12
3.4.2. RECOMMENDED OPERATING CONDITION ......................................................................................... 12
3.4.3. DC CHARACTERISTICS....................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.4. TIMING SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................... 13
PIO MODE....................................................................................................................................................... 13

CONTENTS
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MULTIWORD DMA.......................................................................................................................................... 14
ULTRA DMAMODE.......................................................................................................................................... 15
4. COMMAND DESCRIPTIONS .................................................................................................................... 18
4.1. COMMAND SET...................................................................................................................................... 18
5. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE .................................................................................................................. 19
5.1. BEFORE UNPACKING ............................................................................................................................. 19
5.2. ESD PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................................................... 19
5.3. CONFIGURATION OF MIF..................................................................................................................... 19
5.4. MIFINSERTION AND REMOVING.......................................................................................................... 19
5.4.1. MIFINSERTION ................................................................................................................................. 19
5.4.2. MIFREMOVING................................................................................................................................. 21
5.5. IDE DEVICE SETUP /AUTO-DETECTION.............................................................................................. 21
5.6. PARTITION &FORMAT .......................................................................................................................... 21
ORDERING INFORMATION............................................................................................................................... 23
APPENDIX A. LIMITED WARRANTY.............................................................................................................. 24

1. Introduction
APRO Industrial 40/44-pin micro IDE Flash (MIF) Disk Hermit Series products are designed to follow ATA/ATAPI-6
standard. The main used Flash memories are Samsung SLC NAND Type Flash memory chips. The available Card
capacities are 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB. The operating temperature grade is optional for
standard grade 0°C ~ 70°C and industrial grade -40°C ~ +85°C. The APRO Industrial 40/44-pin micro IDE Flash (MIF)
Disk Hermit Series are designed electrically compliant with the conventional IDE hard disk and support True IDE Mode.
The data transfer modes supports PIO mode 0~6, Multi Word DMA 0~4, or UDMA 0~5; Default setting are PIO mode-4 or
UDMA-4. Hermit Series MIF features an extremely light weight, reliable, low-profile form factor.
The APRO Industrial 40/44-pin MIF Hermit Series provides a high level interface to the host computer. This interface
allows a host computer to issue commands to the Flash Disk to read or write blocks of memory. The host addresses the
card in 512 byte sectors. Each sector is protected by a powerful 4 bits Error Correcting Code (ECC). APRO Industrial
40/44-pin micro IDE Flash (MIF) Disk Hermit Series, it uses intelligent controller which manages interface protocols, data
storage and retrieval as well as ECC, defect handling and diagnostics, power management and clock control.
Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the used high tech Industrial 40/44-pin micro IDE Flash (MIF) Disk Hermit Series
controller.
Flash Flash
Flash
Sequencer
and Control
Logic
EDC/ECC
Circuit
ROM
Code
RAM
Micro
processor
Buffer
Management
and Control
Control & Address
Signal
Data Signal
ATA Interface
ATA Host
Figure 1: micro IDE Flash Disk Controller Block Diagram
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1.1. Scope
This document describes the features and specifications and installation guide of APRO’s Industrial 40/44-pin MIF Hermit
Series. In the appendix, there provides order information, warranty policy, RMA/DOA procedure for the most convenient
reference.
1.2. System Features
Non-volatile memory and no moving parts
SLC NAND type flash technology
Disk capacity from 128MB to 8GB
ATA interface and True IDE mode
Master/Slave Switch
Data transfer supports PIO-4 and UDMA-4 (Default setting)
Performance up to 40.0MB/sec
Automatic 4 bits error correction and retry capabilities
Supports power down commands and Auto stand-by / sleep modes.
+5 V ±10％or +3.3 V ±5％operation
40-pin MIF support pin-20 5V power-input.
MTBF > 3,000,000 hours.
Shock : 50g (Duration：10ms, 3 axes), compliance to IEC 68-2-27
Vibration : 5g (7 Hz to 2000 Hz, 3 axes), compliance to IEC 68-2-6
Rugged environment is working well
Very high performance, very low power consumption
Low weight, Noiseless
1.3. ATA/ATAPI-6 Standard
APRO Industrial 40/44-pin MIF disks are fully compatible with the ATA/ATAPI-6 standard.
1.4. Technology Independence - Static Wear Leveling
In order to gain the best management for flash memory, APRO Industrial CF Cards – Hermit series supports Static
Wear Leveling technology to manage the Flash system. The life of flash memory is limited; the management is to
increase the life of the flash product.
A static wear-leveling algorithm evenly distributes data over an entire Flash cell array and searches for the
least used physical blocks. The identified low cycled sectors are used to write the data to those locations. If
blocks are empty, the write occurs normally. If blocks contain static data, it moves that data to a more heavily
used location before it moves the newly written data. The static wear leveling maximizes effective endurance
Flash array compared to no wear leveling or dynamic wear leveling.

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2. Product Specifications
For all the following specifications, values are defined at ambient temperature and nominal supply voltage unless
otherwise stated.
2.1. System Environmental Specifications
Table 1: Environmental Specification
Standard Grade Industrial Grade
APRO Industrial Hermit Series MIF SxMIFxxxx-HACSC Series WxMIFxxx-HAISI- Series
Temperature Operating:
Non-operating:
0ºC ~ +70ºC
-55ºC ~ +95ºC
-40ºC ~ +85ºC
-55ºC ~ +95ºC
Humidity Operating & Non-operating: 10% ~ 95% non-condensing
Vibration Operating & Non-operating: 5g (7 Hz to 2000 Hz, 3 axes),
compliance to IEC 68-2-6
Shock Operating & Non-operating: 50g (Duration：10ms, 3 axes),
compliance to IEC 68-2-27
2.2. System Power Requirements
Table 2: Power Requirement
Standard Grade Industrial Grade
APRO Industrial Hermit Series MIF SxMIFxxxx-HACSC Series WxMIFxxx-HAISI- Series
DC Input Voltage (VCC) 100mV max. ripple(p-p) +5 V ±10％
Reading Mode : Single Channel: 69mA (max.) / Duel Channel: 128mA (max.)
Writing Mode : Single Channel: 48mA (max.) / Duel Channel: 118mA (max.)
+5V Current
(Maximum average value) Sleeping Mode : Single Channel: 1.2mA (max.) / Duel Channel: 1.8mA (max.)
2.3. System Performance
Table 3: System Performances
Data Transfer Mode supporting - PIO mode : 0,1,2,3,4,5,6 (Default PIO-4)
- UDMA Mode: 0,1,2,3,4,5 (Default UDMA-4)
Data Transfer Rate To/Form Host 16.6Mybtes/sec burst under PIO Mode 4
66.6Mbytes/sec burst under UDMA-4 Mode
Average Access Time 0.2 ms(estimated)
Sequential Read 40 Mbytes/sec Max.
Maximum Performance Sequential Write 17 Mbytes/sec Max.
Note:
(1). All values quoted are typically at 25oC and nominal supply voltage.
(2). Testing of the Industrial 40/44-pin micro IDE Flash (MIF) Disk Hermit Series maximum performance was performed under the
following platform:
- Computer with AMD 3.0GHz processor
- Windows XP Professional operating system
- IDE transfer mode: Ultra DMA mode 4
- IDE Flash Disk capacity: 4GB

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2.4. System Reliability
Table 4: System Reliability
MTBF >3,000,000 hours
Data Reliability <1 non-recoverable error in 1014bits read
<1 erroneous correction in 1020bits read
Wear-leveling Algorithms Supportive
ECC Technology 4 bits Error Connection Code
Endurance Greater than 2,000,000 cycles Logically contributed by
Wear-leveling and advanced bad sector management
Data Retention 10 years
2.5. Physical Specifications
Refer to Table 5 and see Figure 3 for Industrial 40/44-pin MIF physical specifications and dimensions.
Table 5: Physical Specifications
40-pin MIF
Orientation : Vertical Type Horizontal Type
Length: 60.20 mm 55.00 mm
Width: 27.79 mm 32.40 mm
Thickness: 6.40 mm 7.40 mm
G. W. : 20 g 15 g
44-pin MIF
Orientation : Vertical Type Horizontal Type
Length: 50.25 mm 48.00 mm
Width: 27.27 mm 32.60 mm
Thickness: 5.80 mm 4.50 mm
G. W. : 15 g 10 g

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Figure 2 - 40-pin Vertical Type MIF
Figure 3 – 40-pin Horizontal-leftward Type MIF
Figure 4 - 40-pin Horizontal-rightward Type MIF

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Figure 5 - 44-pin Vertical Type MIF
Figure 6 - 44-pin Horizontal-leftward Type MIF
Figure 7 - 44-pin Horizontal-rightward Type MIF