Contec PC-ESD500-A User manual

1 PC-ESD-A Series
2.5 inch Silicon Disk Drive
PC-ESD500-A, PC-ESD1000-A, PC-ESD2000-A,
PC-ESD4000-A, PC-ESD8000-A
User’s Guide
CONTEC CO.,LTD.
Thank you for purchasing the CONTEC PC-ESD-A Series. This product is a silicon disk drive
interchangeable with a 2.5-inch IDE hard disks. Please use this product in accordance with the
procedures described in this document.
Product Configuration
- Product …1
- User’s Guide (this booklet) …1
- Mounting screws…1 set (M3 x 6mm, M3 nylon washers 4pcs)
- Jumper …1
- Warranty Certificate …1
- Serial number label …1
Disposal
When disposing of the product, follow the disposal procedures stipulated under the relevant laws and
municipal ordinances.
Features
- Containing no rotating or moving part as in hard disk drives, thus best suited for applications which require high
environmental resistance (to temperature, humidity, vibration, shock) and for continuous operation for extended
periods of time.
- Never making any sound such as motor rotation sound or access noise during seeking, thus best suited for
applications which require complete silence.
- Lower in power consumption than hard disk drives
- The product comes with a protective function that minimizes disk failures during an instantaneous stop. *1
*1 This function is not designed to protect files (or data) written onto the disk.
FCC PART15 Class A Notice
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device,
pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in commercial environment.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and
used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful
interference at his own expense.
NOTE
Change or modifications not expressly approved the manufacturer can void the user's authority to
operate this equipment.
WARNING TO USER
Limited One-Year Warranty
CONTEC Products are warranted by CONTEC CO., LTD to be free from defects in material and workmanship for up to one year from the
date of purchase by the original purchaser. Repair will be free of charge only when this device is returned freight prepaid with a copy of
the original invoice and a Return Merchandise Authorization to the distributor or the CONTEC group office, from which it was purchased.

PC-ESD-A Series User’s Guide
PC-ESD-A Series 2
This warranty is not applicable for scratches or normal wear, but only for the electronic circuitry and original boards. The warranty is
not applicable if the device has been tampered with or damaged through abuse, mistreatment, neglect, or unreasonable use, or if the
original invoice is not included, in which case repairs will be considered beyond the warranty policy.
Hardware Specifications
Specifications
Item PC-ESD500-A PC-ESD1000-A PC-ESD2000-A PC-ESD4000-A PC-ESD8000-A
Format capacity 503MB 1006MB 2012MB 4026MB 8053MB
Bus specification ATA (IDE-AT 44 pin)
ATA bus transfer rate 23Mbyte/sec (Read)
10Mbyte/sec (Write)
Transfer mode PIO mode 4, Multiword DMA mode 2, Ultra DMA mode 2
Write endurance 2,100,000 times or more *1
Rated voltage 5VDC ±5%
Consumed power
Sleep 5mW (Typ.)
(read) / (write) 700mW (Max.) / 700mW (Max.)
Ambient temperature
(Operating) 0 - 60ºC
(Non-operating) -20 - 80ºC
Storage temperature (Operating) 10 - 90%RH (No condensation)
Corrosive gases None
Anti-vibration
(Operating) 15G or less
Anti-shock
(Operating) 1000G or less
External dimensions (mm) 69.85(W) x 100(D) x 12.5(H)
Weight About 100g
*1 It becomes a permissible frequency when rewriting of 128KB or less is generated with there no free space.
It is not permissible frequency of “Memory unit”. It is different of actual rewriting longevity depending
on the state of operation and the size of the rewriting file.
BIOS Setup Parameters
IDE Parameters
Products Size (MB) Cylinder Head Sector
PC-ESD500-A 503 975 16 63
PC-ESD1000-A 1006 1950 16 63
PC-ESD2000-A 2012 3900 16 63
PC-ESD4000-A 4026 7801 16 63
PC-ESD8000-A 8053 15603 16 63
External Dimensions and Master / Slave Settings
100
3
12.5
61.72
69.85
14
21
38.1
17.5
9.4
M3 tap (16places)
Screw hole depth : 4mm (Max.)
Slave: A - B short
Master / Single: Open
1
2
44
43
[mm]
Factory setting
BD
AC
BD
AC

PC-ESD-A Series User’s Guide
3 PC-ESD-A Series
Connector Pin Assignment
Pin Signal Function I/O Pin Signal Function I/O
1 RESET- Bus Reset I 2 GND Signal Ground
3 DB7 Data Bus Bit 7 I/O 4 DB8 Data Bus Bit 8 I/O
5 DB6 Data Bus Bit 6 I/O 6 DB9 Data Bus Bit 9 I/O
7 DB5 Data Bus Bit 5 I/O 8 DB10 Data Bus Bit 10 I/O
9 DB4 Data Bus Bit 4 I/O 10 DB11 Data Bus Bit 11 I/O
11 DB3 Data Bus Bit 3 I/O 12 DB12 Data Bus Bit 12 I/O
13 DB2 Data Bus Bit 2 I/O 14 DB13 Data Bus Bit 13 I/O
15 DB1 Data Bus Bit 1 I/O 16 DB14 Data Bus Bit 14 I/O
17 DB0 Data Bus Bit 0 I/O 18 DB15 Data Bus Bit 15 I/O
19 GND Signal Ground I/O 20 KEY Key Pin
21 DMAREG DMA Request O 22 GND Signal Ground
23 IOW- Host I/O Write I 24 GND Signal Ground
25 IOR- Host I/O Read I 26 GND Signal Ground
27 IORDY I/O ch RDY O 28 Reserved
29 DMAACK DMA Acknowledge I 30 GND Signal Ground
31 INTRQ+ Interrupt Request O 32 IOCS16- Drive 16 Bit I/O O
33 ADD1 Host Address 1 I 34 PDIAG- Passed Diagnostic I/O
35 ADD0 Host Address 0 I 36 ADD2 Host Address 2 I
37 CS0- Chip Select 0 I 38 CS1- Chip Select 1 I
39 DASP- Active (LED) O 40 GND Signal Ground
41 +5V +5VDC 42 +5V +5VDC
43 GND Signal Ground 44 Reserved
About write endurance
PC-ESD series have a write endurance which limits the number of times each memory may be written,
due to the characteristic of the memory that is used. A write endurance can be calculated by the
following formula as a reference value: As for the rewriting average life span in the real file, it is time when it
is not in case of occasion for there is a free space in this product and the computational method is different.
- When there is a free space in this product
128KB
[KB]
100,000
128KB
[KB] rewrittenbeocapacity tFileareadataFixedcapacityTotal
allowedisrenritingfilehnumberwhicThe ÷×
−
=
[Hour]][ rewrittentointervalsTimeallowedisrenritingfilehnumberwhicThetimeLongevity ×=
Fixed data area : Area where file in which rewriting data doesn’t happen is preserved
Example1 : When the file of 1MB is made for PC-ESD-A of 2GB in all capacity and 0.5GB in the use
area, and it updates it once a minute.
292[year]) ( [hour]2,[Hour]
128KB
1024[KB]
100,000
128KB
[KB]10240.5)-2 2
==×÷×
×
=000,560
60
1(
Longevity
(note : When calculating by 1MB=1024KB)
- When there is no free space in this product
Example2 : When you update the file of 128KB or less once a minute
timesallowedisrenritingfilehnumberwhicThe 2,100,000
=
4[year]r]35,000[hou
60
1
2,100,000 ≅=×=Longevity

PC-ESD-A Series User’s Guide
Copyright 2012 CONTEC CO., LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
CONTEC CO., LTD. December 2012 Edition
3-9-31, Himesato, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-0025, Japan
Japanese http://www.contec.co.jp/
English http://www.contec.com/ A-51-626 (LYJW333)
Chinese http://www.contec.com.cn/ 12192012_rev3 [07112008]
No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written
consent of CONTEC CO., LTD.
Example3 : When one file of the size equal to the total content of this product is made, and it updates it once an hour.
timesallowedisrenritingfilehnumberwhicThe 100,000
=
[year]ur]100,000[ho 11Longevity
≅
=
How to Obtain Service
For replacement or repair, return the device freight prepaid, with a copy of the original invoice. Please obtain a
Return Merchandise Authorization Number (RMA) from the CONTEC group office where you purchased before
returning any product.
* No product will be accepted by CONTEC group without the RMA number.
Liability
The obligation of the warrantor is solely to repair or replace the product. In no event will the warrantor be liable for
any incidental or consequential damages due to such defect or consequences that arise from inexperienced usage,
misuse, or malfunction of this device.
Handling Precautions
W
A
RNING
- Do not modify the product. Doing so may cause fire, electric shock.
- If smoke or abnormal odor is detected, immediately turn off the PC and peripheral devices and unplug the power
cables.
- Never touch this product with wet hands. Doing so can short-circuit the product to cause fire, electric shock,
and/or failure.
CAUTION
- Use only the mounting screws (M3 x 6) provided with the product. Longer screws may damage the interior of
the product.
- This product is the silicon disk drives for PC/AT compatible (DOS/V compliant) IDE hard disk.
- No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form by any means without prior written consent of
CONTEC CO., LTD.
- The contents of this document may be changed in the future without prior notice.
- All relevant issues have been considered in the preparation of this document. Should you notice an omission or
any questionable item in this document, please feel free to notify CONTEC CO., LTD.
- Regardless of the foregoing statement, CONTEC assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this
document or for any results of using the product.
- The silicon disk is limited in the number of times they can be written (rewritten) to due to the nature of its
memory used. Note that the write life depends on the actual operating conditions.
- Do not turn off the power during disk access (writing). Doing so may break the data.
- The product comes with a protective function that prevents the disk from damaging during an instantaneous stop
but this function is not designed to protect data written onto the disk. When protecting data, use it under the
condition which has no instantaneously stops.
- This product is not formatted. Please be sure to format before use.