SATA III
Flexxon’s PATA SSD & Compact Flash Card Introduction
Parallel ATA (PATA) is a legacy protocol. After introduction of Serial ATA (SATA) in 2003, it has widely been replaced by SATA interface in newer system. However, FLEXXON is manage to supply PATA solution which is suitable for embedded system or legacy platform.
FLEXXON’s PATA solution offers various form factor such as 2.5″ SSD, PATA DOM (40pin & 44pin) and Compact Flash (CF) card, support latest CF 6.0 version and Ultra DMA mode up to 7. It has wide compatibility and high reliability well suited for rigorous industrial environments. Other than that, FLEXXON’s PATA solution support high performance, power loss management and AES encryption, designed to satisfy specific applications.
CF card
A Compact Flash (CF) card is a memory card that uses flash memory to store data up to 256GB capacity by using Parallel ATA (PATA) interface. CF cards are widely used as removable memory in industrial & commercial market due to the robustness. In commercial market, high-end camera manufacturers are still prefer using CF card for the high resolution picture and video recording nowsdays. Furtheremore, FLEXXON CF card offers wide compatibility and good reliability products to support various type of rigorous industrial environments. FLEXXON’s CF card supports the latest CF 6.0 which is the latest version. It provides high performance bus speeds up to 160MB/s.
FLEXXON’s PRESTO CF card series offers Video Performance Guarantee (VPG) 65 where the CF card write speed able to maintain at minimum 65MB/s. This specification is designed for the high-end flagship cameras to capture RAW image file continuously and 4K video recording.
FLEXXON PATA SSD & CF Card Overview
Data Transfer Mode
- Up to PIO Mode 4
- Up to Multiword DMA Mode 2
- Ultra DMA Mode 7
Highlight Features
- ECC Scheme
- Correct up to 68 bits error in 1KB data
- Fully compatible with CF specification version 6.x
- Power Loss Protection
- Support CFA VPG-65 specification
| PATA Series | LEGACY II | LEGACY III | CLASSIC | CLASSIC II | PRESTO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feature | High Compatibility & High Reliability Best for Rigorous Applications |
High Compatibility & High Performance Support Power Loss Protection |
Wide Compatibility & High Reliability Embedded Applications |
High IOPS Performance High Capacity & High Reliability Support AES Encryption |
Ultra Performance Fit for DSLR with VPG 65 |
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| Compliance | CF Spec Ver. 4.1 Ultra DMA Mode 6 |
CF Spec Ver. 6.x Ultra DMA Mode 7 |
Ultra DMA Mode 4 | CF Spec Ver. 6.1 Ultra DMA Mode 6 |
Ultra DMA Mode 6 | CF Spec Ver. 6.x Ultra DMA Mode 7 |
| Form Factor | CF Card | CF Card | PATA DOM | CF Card | 2.5″ PATA SSD | CF Card |
| Flash Type | SLC | SLC, MLC, pSLC | SLC | SLC, MLC, pSLC | SLC, MLC, pSLC | 3D TLC |
| Capacity | 128MB ~ 16GB | SLC: 4GB ~ 32GB MLC: 8GB ~ 128GB pSLC: 4GB ~ 64GB |
128MB ~ 4GB | SLC: 1GB ~ 64GB MLC: 4GB ~ 512GB pSLC: 8GB ~ 128GB |
SLC: 1GB ~ 128GB MLC: 4GB ~ 1TB pSLC: 8GB ~ 128GB |
3D TLC: 32GB ~ 256GB |
| Max. Performance | Read: 51 MB/s Write: 40 MB/s |
Read: 106 MB/s Write: 80 MB/s |
Read: 43 MB/s Write: 28 MB/s |
Read: 86 MB/s Write: 75 MB/s |
Read: 86 MB/s Write: 75 MB/s |
Read: 160 MB/s Write: 135 MB/s |
| Grade | Industrial | Industrial | Industrial | Industrial | Industrial | Commercial |